The recognition by famed American business magazine, Forbes, also listed Russian President, Vladimir Putin; United States’ President-elect, Donald Trump and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, among the over 70 personalities. Dangote was ranked as the second most powerful in the African continent.
Listed as number 71 most powerful last year, Dangote moved up the ladder of influential people as he was named as the 68th most powerful in the world, coming only after the Egyptian President, Abdel el-Sisi, who was adjudged the most powerful in Africa and 44th in the world.
The Nigerian business mogul has constantly featured in the list since 2013 when he was listed as the only black African so rated by Forbes Magazine in the list of 100 most powerful persons.
Forbes, in the latest edition of its 74 World Most Powerful People ranking list released at the weekend, identified 64-year-old Putin as the most powerful personality in the world ahead of Trump, who is second.
According to Forbes, while Merkel is ranked the third most powerful person, outgoing US President, Barack Obama, came 48th on the list. Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, was recognised as the fifth most powerful person while the world’s richest, Bill Gates, was placed seventh.
Chinese President, Xi Jinping, is number four while Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, emerged number 10 most powerful person in the world.
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