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Billionaire Watch
A breakdown of how some billionaires gained and lost money last week
The NSE All Share Index declined by 12.42% to close out the month of August. What this means, therefore, is that people lost money; including some billionaire investors lost money.
The stock market may not be the most volatile place to invest money, but every now and then stocks’ movements leave investors either grinning from ear to ear or frowning all day long. As you may have heard by now, the Nigerian equity market closed on a generally bearish note last week. According to fsdh’s weekly insight, the Nigerian Stock Exchange’s All Share Index declined by 12.42% to close out the month of August. What this means, in simple terms, is that people lost money; including some billionaire investors.
The top Nigerian billionaires we track here at Nairametrics have major stakes in some of the companies listed on the NSE. As a result, their net worths are constantly fluctuating; either increasing or declining depending on the performance of the stocks they have invested in. In this report, we shall be looking at how their shareholdings performed last week and what this means for their money.
Before we proceed, it is important to note that for the sake of this article, we are focusing on the notable gainers and losers of last week. This is according to information made available by the NSE.
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Abdulsamad Rabiu
The Non-Executive Chairman of the Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Plc (CCNN) owns a total unit of 12752801231 shares in the company. This translated to about N190 billion on Monday, August 26th, when calculated against a share price of N14.90. By Friday after the company’s share price had increased by 6.38% to N15.85, the monetary value of Rabius’s shareholding jumped to about N202.1 billion. This indicates that he made about N12.1 billion in one week.
Abdulsamad Isyaku Rabiu Founder, BUA Group
2. Ifeoma Esiri
This business executive is a Non-Executive Director in Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc where she has a total shareholding of 79,236, 569. At a share price of N35 on Monday, August 26th, this translated to a monetary value of N2.7 billion. Now, following the 8.57% increase in share price as at Friday, the value of Esiri’s shareholding had increased to approximately N3 billion; thereby earning her an extra N237 million in one week.
Ifeoma Esiri in the middle, flanked by others…
3. Austin Avuru
Seplat Petroleum’s CEO, Austin Avuru, shed a significant chunk of his net worth last week. As Nairametrics noted last week, the billionaire owns a total of 70,823,139 units of shares in the oil and gas company. When multiplied by the company’s share price of N490 as at Monday, August 26th, the monetary value of Mr Avuru’s shareholding was N34.7. By the end of the week, Seplat’s share price had declined by 18.84% to N397.70. What this means, therefore, is that the value of the CEO’s stake in the company reduced to N28.1 billion. He lost as much as N6.6 billion during the week.
Austin Avuru, Chief Executive Officer, Seplat Petroleum
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Billionaire Watch
Top 5 billionaires lost $8 billion in a day
The top 5 billionaires, as a group did not do well at the last trading session of the week amid an era showing the U.S dollar rebounded.
The top 5 billionaires on planet earth had an unimpressive showing at the most recent trading session.
The top 5 billionaires most recent daily loss stood at $7.754 billion
Elon Musk
The world’s richest person printed the highest wealth loss for the day as Elon’s wealth dropped by $4.28 billion. His wealth is now estimated to be worth $197 billion.
Tesla suffered significant losses at Friday’s trading session, on recent reports revealing its Model 3 is now only the fourth-best selling pure electric vehicle (EV) in Europe.
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Investors got alarmed that Tesla got outpaced by Renault and Volkswagen in an important car market like Europe.
- Elon Musk, who a few weeks ago, surpassed Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest person, is now the first person in modern history to ever surpass a wealth valuation of over $200 billion.
- However, for the long term, Stock experts anticipate that a Democratic-controlled U.S Senate is bullish for Tesla, on the bias that there would be more pro-renewable investments, at least for the next few years.
Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos, the current CEO, and founder of Amazon is presently valued at about $182 billion, printing a wealth drop of $1.26 billion for the day.
- Investors went short on the trillion-dollar valued company at its most recent trading session, taking into consideration that the tech company had become too powerful, particularly when Amazon dropped Parler, a social network that gained President Trump’s die-hard supporters after Twitter suspended his account.
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Bill Gates
In the third position is another popular tech genius, Bill Gates, the founder of the most valuable software company, Microsoft.
For many years, Gates had been the world’s richest man. He now has a wealth fortune of $132 billion, as recent data revealed it dropped by $814 million for the day.
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Bernard Arnault
Europe’s top entrepreneur and French celebrated fashion icon, Bernard Arnault, is fourth on the list with a fortune now estimated to be around $109 billion, with its most recent drop by $3.55 billion.
- He is the only billionaire on the top 5 that isn’t from the tech ecosystem.
- Most of his wealth comes from his controlling stake of LVMH, controlled through his holding known as Christian Dior.
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Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg is fifth on the list, with a fortune estimated to now be valued at $95 billion, on the account, he was the only billionaire in the top 5 list that had a wealth gain for the day.
- His most recent wealth daily gain stood at $2.15 billion amid an era of reports revealing global investors are weighing significantly on Facebook amid antitrust and privacy concerns.
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Bottom line
The top 5 billionaires, as a group, infamously did not do well at the last trading session of the week amid an era showing the U.S dollar rebounded strongly.
Growing concerns that the leading global technology brands have grown too powerful has led some investors to trim their bullish bets cumulatively on the top 5 billionaires’ businesses.
Billionaire Watch
Elon Musk’s wealth jumps in 2021, more than top 5 billionaires combined
Elon Musk has made more gains in 2021 than Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Bernard Arnault, Mark Zuckerberg, and Warren Buffet combined.
Stock holdings of Tesla recorded impressive gains on the NASDAQ and it is looking good for Tesla Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, whose fortune has gained $31.6 billion in 2021 alone.
What you should know
Elon Musk, now worth $201 billion, has made more gains in 2021 than Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Bernard Arnault, Mark Zuckerberg, and Warren Buffet combined.
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- This takes to account that Jeff Bezos is down by $6.86 billion, Bill Gates’s wealth has grown by only about $712 million, and Bernard Arnault – a french-born billionaire’s wealth is down by $2.25 billion in 2021.
- Facebook’s Founder, Mark Zuckerberg has lost about $10 billion in value this year alone, as investors have reduced their stake in Facebook on privacy concerns and Warren Buffet printed a wealth gain of $1.25 billion.
- Elon Musk, who a few weeks ago, surpassed Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest person, is now the first person in modern history to ever surpass a wealth valuation of over $200 billion.
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Specifically, the world’s celebrated engineer and philanthropist had led the revolution of electric cars which is showing great potential to replace fossil-based combustion engine-driven vehicles.
- Electric-car maker, Tesla Inc’s share settled at $845 after the close of its most recent trading session.
- Now worth $801 billion, Tesla has increased the concentration of heavyweight companies within the S&P 500.
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Today, Tesla builds not only all-electric vehicles, but also infinitely scalable clean energy generation and storage products. Tesla believes that the faster the world stops relying on fossil fuels and moves towards a zero-emission future, the better.
Musk’s wealth gain is largely attributed to Tesla, the electric car automaker, which has gained about 700% in 2020 and has become by far the world’s most valuable automaker in the world, despite producing far less than Volkswagen, Toyota, or General Motors.
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What to expect
Stock experts anticipate that a Democratic-controlled U.S Senate is bullish for Tesla, on the bias that there would be more pro-renewable investments, at least for the next few years.
Tesla has gained more than 23,900% since its 2010 initial public offering, including a 5-for-1 stock split in 2020.
Billionaire Watch
Aliko Dangote’s net worth falls by $840 million
The net worth of Africa’s richest man declined by $840 million as the share price of his flagship company, Dangote Cement Plc drops.
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man and the founder of Africa’s manufacturing conglomerate, Dangote Group Plc, saw his net worth fall by $840 million to $17.5billion between January 7 and 8.
This is according to the information obtained by Nairametrics from Bloomberg’s billionaire tracker.
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The decline in Dangote’s net worth can be attributed to decline in the share price of his flagship company, Dangote Cement Plc (DCP), as the market capitalization of the company lost N339 billion on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), following the completion of the first tranche of the Cement behemoth’s share buyback programme.
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It is important to know that majority of Dangote’s fortune is derived from his 86% stake in the publicly-traded Dangote Cement, as the billionaire holds the shares of the company directly and through his conglomerate, Dangote Industries.
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What you should know
- Nairametrics reported on Friday, 8th January 2021, that the Shares of Dangote Cement Plc lost N339 billion, following the completion of the first tranche of the Cement behemoth’s share buyback programme.
- The report revealed that the market capitalization of the company, in just a week, declined from N4,173,220,263,484.50 at the open of trade on Monday 4th of January to N3,834,114,166,125.00 at the close of trade today the 8th of January 2021.
- This development comes a week after the company successfully completed the first tranche under the Share Buy-Back Programme, as the company bought back 40,200,000 DCP shares in the open market between 30th and 31st December. The unit bought represents 0.24% of the entire current issued shares of 17,040,507,404 ordinary shares.
