The President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, saw his total assets increment by $162m to $16.2bn on Thursday, as the Founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, quickly surpassed Microsoft’s Bill Gates to assert the title of the world’s wealthiest individual.

As indicated by a continuous very rich people’s list arranged by Forbes, the total assets of the Chairman of Globacom, Dr. Mike Adenuga, ascended by $7m to $6.2bn.

The total assets of the Founder and Executive Chairman, Famfa Oil Limited, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, was unaltered at $1.6bn.

Bezos jumped Gates, who has been the wealthiest man on the planet since 2013, after an ascent in the offer cost of Amazon in front of its most recent outcomes due later on Thursday.

As indicated by the Forbes’ file, the ascent drove the estimation of Bezos’ fortune to $91bn, contrasted and Gates’ abundance of $90bn.