At the top of the list is Aliko Dangote of Dangote Group with $12.6 billion. Right behind him is  Abdul Samad Rabiu with a net worth of $7.9 billion. He is the Chief Executive Officer of BUA Group.

In the third position is Alaafa Kariboye-igbo with $6.1 billion. He has business interest in oil and gas, and real estate amongst others. In the fourth position is Arthur Eze who is the CEO of Orange Atlanto Petroleum with a net worth of $5.8 billion. Mike Adenuga of Globacom is in the fifth position with $5.7 billion.

In the sixth place is Cletus Ibeto of Ibeto Group with a net worth of $3.8 billion. He is majorly into cement and energy. The seventh richest person is Orji Alalu with $3.2 billion and he is a politician cum business man.The next on the list, in the eighth position, is Emeka Offor with $2.9 billion. He is a successful businessman; an oil tycoon to be precise. in the ninth position is one Benedict Peters with $2.7 billion. His source of wealth is oil and gas. Andy Uba, a politician with a net worth of $ 2.1 billion is the tenth position.

The Eleventh richest person is Femi Otedola with $1.8 billion. Otedola is into petroleum, shipping, and real estate.In the twelfth position is Orjiako with $1.2 billion who gathers his wealth through  oil and gas industry. In the thirteenth position is Leo Stan Ekeh who is the Chairman of Zinox Group with a net worth of $1.2 billion.

The fourteenth richest person is T.Y Danjuma with a net worth of $1.1 billion. Danjuma is a politician and retired army.The next person in the fifteenth position is Jimoh Ibraheem with $1.1 billion. he is into hospitality, insurance, oil and gas. Pascal Gabriel with $1billion is in the sixteenth position. His source of wealth is investment in Banking.

The Seventeenth  person is a first richest woman in Nigeria, Folrunsho Alakija with $1 billion. Her source of wealth is fashion, oil, real estate and printing. In the eighteenth place is Igho Sanomi with $1billion. Igho is into telecommunications, shipping, aviation and real estate.

The Nineteenth richest Nigerian is Jim Ovia with $ 980 million. He founded Zenith Bank and remains the chairman and largest shareholder. Last and twentieth on the list is Tony Elumelu with a net worth of $700 million. TOE as he is popularly called is the Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and currently run the Tony Elumelu Foundation, a philanthropic organisation that supports entrepreneurs in Africa. 

Those are the richest people in Nigeria. Their combine net worth and investments play a significant role in the economy of Nigeria at large.