Saudi Arabian/Ethiopian businessman and billionaire, Mohammed Al-Amoudi has an estimated net worth of $8.35 billion in May 2019. The son of Saudi father and Ethiopian mother, Al Amoudi started investing in Sweden in the 1970s. His construction company Midroc scored a contract to build Saudi Arabia’s nationwide underground oil storage complex in 1988; estimated $30 billion project solidified his fortune. Mohammed Al-Amoudi is the richest black person in the world. He has been investing in Ethiopia since the late 1980s.
Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire Hui Wing Mau has an estimated net worth of $8.38 billion as of May 2019. Born in 1950 in Shishi, Fujian, China, his other name is Xu Rongmao in Traditional Chinese.
Indian businessman Cyrus Poonawalla has an estimated net worth of $8.39 billion in May 2019. He is known to be Poonawalla Group’s Chairman which include the biotech company Serum Institute of India. The company specializes in manufacturing pediatric vaccines.
French-Israeli businessman Patrick Drahi has an estimated net worth of $8.39 billion in May 2019. In January 2014, Drahi started making headlines across the globe when Altice, a multinational telecommunications company, made its first initial public offering at $1.8 billion. He is known to be the founder and the head of the French telecom group, Altice.
The son of Hillary and Willard Gordon Galen Weston, Galen Weston Jr. currently serves as the Loblaw Companies Limited’s executive Chairman, his net worth is estimated at $8.46 billion.
The eldest son of the deceased business tycoon Anton and his wife Huberte, Johann Rupert currently serves as the Chairman of the luxury goods company Richemont, which is based in Switzerland, and Remgro, which is based in South Africa. He also assumed the position as the Chief Executive Officer of the Compagnie Financiere Richemont. Johann Rupert is worth $8.57 billion in January 2018.