List of 5 World’s Richest Muslim Entrepreneurs, There Are From Indonesia

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1. Where is Dangote?

Reported by Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Tuesday (26/4), CEO of Dangote Group Aliko Dangote is the richest Muslim man in Africa with a wealth of US $ 14.5 billion or equivalent to Rp. 209 trillion (exchange rate of Rp. 14,432 per US dollar).

The man with Nigerian citizenship is now in the top two hundred, or to be precise, 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 controls the cement market share of up to 85%.

2. Azim Premji

Azim Premji is a Muslim from Gujarat, India, who has a wealth of up to US $ 9.5 billion or equivalent to Rp. 137 trillion.

Azim is the founder of Wipro, a software company, which is one of the largest software players in India. Previously, he had studied at Stanford University, USA, but had to run aground 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. Currently, Wipro’s son is Rishad Premji at the helm. With such a fortune, Azim Premji occupies the position of the 206th richest person in the world and 18th in India.

3. Chairul Tanjung
The businessman who is familiarly called CT or The Cassava Child is one of the richest Muslims in the world. With a wealth of US$8.5 billion or equivalent to Rp123 trillion, he is the 263rd richest person in the world and the 3rd richest person in Indonesia.

Chairul Tanjung is the leader of CT Corp, a holding company that oversees various types of businesses ranging from finance, media, retail, hospitality, property, food and beverage, to fashion.

Well-known brands currently controlled by his holding company include Transmedia, Bank Mega, Versace, Wendy’s, Baskins Robbins, Trans Luxury Hotel, Transmart, Coffee Beans and Tea Leaf, Trans Mall, Trans Studio, and Allo Bank.

In fact, PT Allo Bank Indonesia Tbk (BBHI) has been listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in the middle of last year and its shares have skyrocketed almost 100 times.

4. Shahid Khan

Shahid Khan is an American-Pakistani Muslim who inhabits the 313th richest person in the world with a wealth of US $ 7.6 billion or equivalent to Rp. 109 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, the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL which he bought in 2012. Not only that, a year later he also bought English football club Fulham FC

In 2019, he and his son Tony Khan also released All Elite Wrestling, which became the center of professional wrestling entertainment and rivaled the US WWE. A year later, he also became a major investor for a media channel under the name Black News Channel (BNC) in the US.

5. Abdulsamad Rabiu

BUA Group founder Abdulsamad Rabiu is one of the richest Muslims in the world with a wealth of US$6.6 billion or equivalent to Rp95 trillion. The Nigerian citizen is a conglomerate engaged in various lines of business.

Several well-known businesses that he built are engaged in sugar refining, production, cement, to real estate. In January 2020, he took control of the cement company Cement Co of Northern Nigeria after being merged with his cement company, Obu Cement Company.

Before becoming the 5th richest person in Africa, he had business in other fields such as importing iron, steel, and chemicals in 1998. But now his wealth has skyrocketed and occupies the 361st position as the richest person in the world.

[Gambas:Video CNBC]