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Sunday, 23/07/2023 21:15 WIB
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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – As it is common knowledge that the ranks of the richest people in the world are currently dominated by western nations. These people are like Bernard Arnault, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet, to Bill Gates. But apparently, there are still many ranks of the richest people, some of whom are Muslim entrepreneurs.
As for the rich conglomerates who have the status of the Islamic religion, some of them come from Nigeria, India, and Pakistan. These people collect the coffers of money from various industries that cover many sectors. So who are the richest Muslim figures in the world?
Collect Forbesthe following are Muslim entrepreneurs who have assets of up to billions of US dollars:
Shahid Khan
Shahid Khan is an American-Pakistani Muslim who is the 146th richest person in the world with a wealth of US$11.7 billion or the equivalent of Rp.175.32 trillion. He is an engineer who produces truck bumpers and has 69 factories in the world with up to 26 thousand workers.
Khan also owns an American Football club, namely the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL which he bought in 2012. Not only that, a year later he also bought the English football club Fulham FC
In 2019, he and his son Tony Khan also released All Elite Wrestling which became the center for professional wrestling entertainment and rivaled WWE from the US. A year later, he also became a major investor for a media channel called the Black News Channel (BNC) in the US.
Where is Dangote?
Dangote Group CEO Aliko Dangote is the richest Muslim man in all of Africa with a net worth of US$9.8 billion or the equivalent of Rp.146.85 trillion. The man with Nigerian nationality is now in the top two hundred positions or to be exact the 130th richest person in the world.
The source of his wealth is the Dangote Cement cement business. This company is also the largest cement company in Africa with a production of 48.6 million tons of cement per year, and dominates the cement market share of up to 85 percent.
Dangote also expanded its business into fertilizer products, which only started in the middle of last year. Apart from that, he is also building an oil refinery called Dangote Refinery which is claimed to be the largest in the world.
Azim Premji
Azim Premji is a Muslim from Gujarat, India, who has a wealth of up to US $ 9.1 billion or the equivalent of Rp. 136.36 trillion. Azim is the founder of Wipro, a company engaged in the software sector, which is one of the largest software players in India.
Previously, he had studied at Stanford University, USA, but had to fail after his father died. The company even has an innovation center in Silicon Valley and focuses on developing new technologies and collaborating with start-ups there. With that much wealth, Azim Premji is the 206th richest person in the world and 18th in India.
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