Short List of Black Billionaires Lead by Africans Despite Group, which has an estimated current net there worth of around US$3.3 billion with opera- tions in Benin, Ghana and Togo, Dangote's businesses include food processing, cement manufacturing and freight. Dangote hit the jackpot when his compa- ny was listed on the Nigerian stock exchange last year. V, Top 100: Mohammed Al Amoudi Age: 61 Fortune: self made Source: oil Net Worth: $8.0 Billion Country Of Citizenship: Saudi Arabia Residence: Jeddah Saudi Arabia, Middle East & Africa Industry: Oil/Gas Marital Status: married, 8 children being 1,125 billionaires on planet earth according to the Forbes Rich List with an estimated combined net worth of $4.4 trillion among the high flyers are people of colour albeit they count for less then one per cent. Collectively African Americans are the wealthiest black people in the globe but Africans are now giving African Americans a run for their money and are making more dollar signs then ever before catapulting them onto Forbes World's Wealthiest Billionaires List. Mohammed Al Amoudi Sitting happily at the top of Forbes World's Wealthiest Billionaires List is Ethiopian born Mohammed Al Amoudi who is the richest black person alive with a total net worth of $9 billion. Ranked 97th on the Forbes World's Wealthiest Billionaires List, Al Amoudi made his fortune in construction and real estate before betting on Swedish and Moroccan oil refineries. His svenska petro- leum conducts oil exploration from the Nordic shelf to the Ivory Coast. Al Amoudi is the largest foreign investor in Sweden and the largest private investor in Ethiopia, investing in diverse assets such as hotels, gold mines and a food processing plant. Aliko Dangote NigerianAliko . Dangote is the '. I second richest black person, ' taking 334th position on Forbes' World's , Wealthiest Billionaires ' List. He is also --- the richest ~ 2. African citizen. Owner of The Dangote Aliko Da: Oprah Winfre Surprisingly Opirah \\infle\ i. 462nd on For bes Wor r Id s -" Wealthiest N '.-4 Billionaires ' List worth V over $2.5 billion. Winfrey was listed as the world's only black billionaire in 2004, 2005 and 2006. She has been dubbed as the first ' black bil- lionairess and has been ' ranked the " richest A fri can Mohamed Ibrahi American of the 20tll center,. the most philanthropic Afitcan American of all time and arguably the most influential \onman in "4, the world \\ nfre\ has o.er- "" i w f taken fornier EBa\ CEO lMeg \\hitman S'as the richest .wself- made \omran in America. IHer interriationall'\ .:. indicateded talk show .' The Oprah Winfrey Show has earned her multiple Emmy Awards and is the highest-rated talk show in the history of television. Winfrey is also an iote influential book critic, an Academy Award nominated actress, and a magazine publisher. Mohamed Ibrahim Sudanese-born Mohamed "Mo" Ibrahim sits side-by-side with Oprah Winfrey on Forbes World's Wealthiest Billionaires List worth over $2.5 billion. Dr. Ibrahim is a global expert in mobile communications with a distinguished aca- demic and business career launching the first cellular service in the UK in 1985 and founding Mobile Systems International (MSI), a technology consultancy and soft- ware business in 1989. Not stopping there, Dr. Ibrahim estab- lished Celtel mobile networks in Africa in 1998, which now has operations in 16 countries. The company was sold to MTC Kuwait in 2 .'15 for '13 4hil- ]lO l' Wealthiest Michael Lee-Chi Billionaires List worth over $2.5 billion. Since launching ARM in 1994 Motsepe has built his company into an $875 million (sales) mining conglomerate with interests in a wide swath of minerals precious met- als (platinum and its cousins), nickel, chrome, iron, manganese and coal. The business mogul ako holds 5 5O , stake in Sanlam, a pubbll traded firan- - cial services company ,.Lut~,ide Cape Town. Michael Lee-Chin Michael Lee-Chin kno.< I-. to turn a dollar joyful', taking. the 677th position on tilhe Forbes World Wealtliiest Billionaires List with a net worth estimated to be $1 -S billion. The Jamaica native v. ho lives in Canada is tihe founder and Chairman ot Portland Holdings Inc. Executive Chairmar. of AIC Limited (a Canadian nIutiulal fund), and the National Commercial Bank of Jamaic. Additionally Lee-Chin ov. n stakes in National. Commercial Bank Janiawica. Total Finance in Trinidad & Tobago and Colu"mb:. Comnmunication;. a cable and conlmilniLncations corn- pan\ in Barbados. Hi-[l pei-sornal real es-tate port- flo inclde- 250 acres of heachfront property in Ocho Rio,. Jamaica and homes in Canada and Florida Robert .Johnson The Robert Johnson eer.\ hod\ kno\s is now o01\ the l10t,2nd richest person in the \%orld and eras merica's first black bli:,naiie Oprah remains the sole female on the list and the top of the The very short list of African-American billionaires. Mississippi born entre- BET for $3 billion. preneur made his for- Johnson continued to be the com- preneur made his for- tune when he create pany's chairman and CEO for B 1 a c k/ s i\ years but in 2005, Johnson turned over the E nte rtainm ent STelevision(BET)titles of President and Teeisio( Chief Operating Officer Eleven year of BET to Debra L. Eleven years '.-.4 : 'Y.- . lB Lee, a former BET vice later, BET ' president. became the first. president. black-controlled 'Staying true to his company listed on entrepreneurial talents, company listed on the New York Stock Robert Johnson Johnson Exchange. As of o w n s n 2007, BET reaches more than 65 million U.S. homes and expanded into other BET related television channels that, make up the BET Networks BETJ, and digital cable chan- nels BET Hip-Hop and BET Gospel. In 1998, Johnson took the company pri- vate, buying back all of its publicly traded stock. However in 1999, Viacom bought a interest in 100uu notes in America. He is also the first person of colour to hold a controlling interest in an American professional sports team- Charlotte Bobcats with rapper Nelly and NBA legend Michael Jordan. Johnson other investments include record- ing studios (Three Keys Music), restaurants (Posh). Will their commute be longer, tougher, more Public Workshop expensive? Or will they have more choices about how they live, work and travel? All workshops are 5:30 - You may not think about these transportation issues every day, but we do. The North Florida Transportation Planning Organization (formerly the First Coast MPO) is the independent regional agency that plans for future transportation needs, seeks and coordinates funding, and mobilizes resources through outreach and consensus building. One of the TPO's most important roles is to develop the Long Range Transportation Plan the blueprint for our region's transportation future. Please join us in creating the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan by attending an upcoming public workshop. We need to know how you envision traveling in the future, your values and priorities, and what tradeoffs you are willing to make. Northwest St. Johns County Tuesday, Jan. 20 Switzerland Point Middle School 777 Greenbriar Road Westside Wednesday, Jan. 21 Ramona Boulevard Elementary 5540 Ramona Boulevard Nassau County Thursday, Jan. 22 David Yulee Room FCCJ Nassau Center 76346 William Burgess Boulevard Northside Monday, Jan. 26 Highlands Regional Library 1826 Dunn Avenue 7:30 p.m. St. Augustine Tuesday, Jan. 27 The Meeting Room Ponce de Leon Mall 2121 US 1 South Arlington Wednesday, Jan. 28 Regency Square Library 9900 Regency Square Boulevard Clay County Thursday, Jan. 29 Fleming Island High School Teacher Training Center 2233 Village Square Parkway Southeast Duval County Monday, Feb. 2 FCCJ Deerwood 9911 Old Baymeadows Road Only you can tell us what you envision. For more information call (904) 306-7500 or visit www.envision2035.com. North Floridai Transportation Planning Organization PLAN FUND MOBfLIZE January 15-21, 2009 Pai!e 2 Ms. Perry's Free Press 11v "a"gum n