Folorunsho Alakija is a Nigerian businesswoman, one of the richest African women and also one of the richest black women in the world.
In 2014 she unseated Oprah Winfrey as the richest woman of African descent in the world. In 2017, she was on the Forbes list of billionaires alongside Aliko Dangote and Mike Adenuga.
In this Youtube video, she is speaking at Harvard University at the African Development Conference 2017.
NAIJ.com also compiled a list of facts about this exceptional woman, and below are some of the facts:
1. She is worth $1.87 billion and is ranked one of the most powerful women on earth and has a lengthy profile on Forbes website.
2. Her father was Chief L. A. Ogbara and the Ogbaras are a prominent and wealthy family in Lagos. Her father had eight wives and 52 children in his lifetime (now left with 46). Her mother was his first wife.
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3. She schooled in the UK. She first went to study Secretarial Studies at Central College, Pitman but ended up at American College London and then Central School of Fashion to study Fashion design.
4. By 1974, her fashion influence was so great she became the National President of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN). Today, she remains the Permanent Trustee of the organization.
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5. In 1976, she got married to the love of her life, Modupe Alakija and eventually involved him and her four sons in Famfa Oil. Her husband is the Chairperson of Famfa Oil and she is the executive Vice President.
You can check out the full list of facts and quotes in this NAIJ.com article.
NAIJ.com recently interviewed another interesting woman, Uriel Oputa who recently left the Big Brother Naija house, below is the video:
