Forbes has ranked Aliko Dangote 66th in its 2018 ranking of the World Powerful People.
Ranked first third among the 75 most powerful people on the planet were; Chinese President, Xi Jinping; the Russian President, Vladimir Putin; and the President of the United States, Donald Trump, who were ranked in that order.
Coming next to them were; German Chancellor, Angela Markel(4th), Jeff Bezos (5th); the Catholic pontiff, Pope Francis, (6th); Bill Gates (7th); the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (8th); Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi (9th); and the Chief Executive of Google, Larry Page (10th).
Beside Dangote, Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who was ranked the 45th most powerful person on the planet is the other African on the list. However, there was no other Nigerian.
Recall that in 2016, Dangote and the then President of the United States, Barack Obama were the only black man on the list.
