Top Nine Business Men In Nigeria

Nigeria is a stage. A stage where you would find those who play the 'script of business'. You cannot doubt this. There is a government body that is saddled with the responsibility of registering businesses. According to them, there are more than thousands of thousands of businesses registered by them, that are owned by Nigerians. Every day, one or two business are registered. Pick up a news paper, and you would discover that new ones are being forged everyday.

Some have identified and associated themselves with the business they own, even using their personal name as the designation for the business, proving that Nigeria as a stage or country isn't void of business. It rather is. There are many within this geographic entity.

Sadly not all who started business in Nigeria succeed. There are some that failed. We do not expect all to succeed do we? Not all always become victors at an endeavour. Some would fail. The names of those ones never gain limelight. Their business never gain recognition. If asked to, we may never even mention their particular business. 

There are some who did not completely fail. They achieved a measure of success. Though such ones never reach the height or reach the limit when it comes to success, they are successful because they never failed. The gap between success and failure is succeeds. If you do not fail you succeed. 

But then, there are some that reached the limits. Such ones succeeded more than anyone else. They attained more than considerable success in the field of business. There business are recognized. They gain extreme revenues. Thousands patronize them daily. They gain excess patronage. There is no day that passes by without them receiving patronage. People infact appreciate their business. They have secured too much profits from their business. 

They started humble, but ended up scoring more than the average person. 

Now it is those on this list- the successful that is worth knowing. I mean why should we want to know those that never succeeded? We can not learn anything from them on how to succeed. Failure is contagious. We do not want to be contaminated by their failures. Neither would we want to know those who achieved only little success. What is worth attaining is worth attaining very well. We cannot learn how to attain much success from such, for they do not know. If they knew they would succeed. No one wants less success. But we would want to get to know the most successful ones. When we know them, then we would aspire to be like them. Perhaps by even imitating them, we could succeed like them. 

Let us know dedicate our time to discussing about nine of the most successful business men in Nigeria. 

                   1. ALIKO DANGOTE 

You know, one thing with famous people is that they need no introduction at all. Just mention their name, to your audience, they would surely know whom you are talking about. You would be surprised that they know almost everything about the person. 

There is such a person in Nigeria. Aliko Dangote is one such person. It is consistent with human psychology to discuss about characters of a field. For instance, humans discuss Albert Einstein on Physics subject. In this field, which is the field of business it is the same. In Nigeria talks are made about business characters. And an observation has been made. Which is that, no one has been discussed more than the person of Dangote. He is so famous. Whenever Nigerians are assembled over a discussion on business and there is the need for them to talk about one of the characters, it is Dangote you would hear them talk about. He is always singled out. He is always singled out as successful.

Surprisingly, Wherever you talk about him, people seem to know him. He is that business man that people in Nigeria talks about more than anyone. He is that business man that people know more than anyone. There has to be a reason why Dangote is famed more than anyone at all. He is regarded as one of Africa's most successful business men. Therefore judging based on this consideration we are correct to vest success on him.

The Dangote has a large networth. To be specific his net worth transcends that of every other business men in Nigeria. The business was brought to birth more than 40 years ago. And the reason for his huge net worth is not because it has been in existence for such a long time. There are very many business that started about the same time he started that didn't attain such net worth. So age is not the reason. We can only attribute this to success. That he was able to gain more revenue than they is evidence that he superceded them in success. Only a successful business man can secure such a vast net worth as the Dangote, proving that we are correct to consider him successful.

The Dangote is the most versatile in Nigeria. A business that deals with many products. One of them is the Cement, which he is mostly associated with. Dangote is the most patronized business in Nigeria according to official sources. Almost everyone buys his products. If you do not buy one of his items, you would buy the other. Perhaps his fame is one of the reasons that accounts for his embrace. His huge embrace by people makes Dangote to have the highest chance of securing more profits than every business. More and more would continue to patronize him, which would mean more profits for him.

The Dangote has continued to diversify it's sources of income. Infact almost every year, you would hear that it has included another product or service to the list of the things it produces. The increase in production and investment on the part of Dangote, supercedes that of every other business. This investment has been singled out as one of the reason it stands out in success today. How could the Dangote continue to diversify and increase its investment at such an extreme rate, if it were not successful? Dangote usually diversifies or increases his operations with billions of dollars.

Dangote does not just establish petty companies under it. It is an evidence that it secures much profit. Consider, recently the Dangote added a refinery to its dealings. If the Dangote were not successful would it be able to build a refinery? The increase in the Dangotes investment by it, is a powerful evidence that it is successful. 

                    2. MIKE ADENUGA 

If you hear people call someone a physician you would do the same, won't you? The name he is addressed with, would give you the impression that he is a physician. You may want to be certain anyway. So you would take steps to ascertain if the person addressed as physician is worth addressing like that. Only if he possesses the qualities would you so address him. 

There is one man in Nigeria that has been considered a successful person in the field of business. His name is Mike Adenuga. 

He is considered as one of the most successful in the field and put on the same list as Dangote. Surely there has to be a reason why he is so considered. People are not always wrong. They could sometimes be correct. So they may be correct about him.  Considering the fact that many people consider him to be such, they could be correct. For amongst the many, might include those who embraced the sentiment for a reason. 

We would not just accept this claim to be true without a reason. If only we can be convinced that Mike Adenuga is successful we would consider him as people do. So, we may wonder, what is the evidence that he is really a successful business man? 

Mike is the third richest person in Africa. His wealth comes from his business. A prove that his business is lucrative to him. Having a lucrative business is a success in the field of business. For to be successful in business is to have a business that promises huge profit. 

He owns one of the largest Telecommunication network in Africa, which is the Globacom. Isn't it a success to be able to build such a business?Imagine owning one of the largest Telecommunication network in Africa. Establishing such a company is challenging, requires much capital. Yet, he was able to successfully build such a business. Think about the influence on people you can achieve with that. Think about it's financial prospects. Infact, it is considered a cash cow because it's prospect or financial rewards capacities was established to be high. Achieving this is no easy, a dream which many aspirants aspire to attain, but are unable to. Infact the Telecommunication network has over 30 million subscribers. So any amount established as it's revenue is under- rated. 

             3 FOLORUNSHO ALAKIJA

Women are also in the list. Not only men have the chances of excelling in business. One of such that is worthy of mention is, FOLORUNSHO ALAKIJA. There are many fashion brands in Nigeria, facing challenges and competing to succeed. She succeeded in building one such, that stands out. It receives so much attention and patronage from the public. This clothing line is worth millions and millions of dollars. Having such a business registered to her name is such a big achievement. 

She is precisely a billionaire according to Forbes, surpassing even Oprah Winfrey in wealth. There are many black women on Earth that are rich. It is interesting to know that she has succeeded in becoming one of the richest women on the Earth, which is evidence that her businesses are cash-Cows to her. 

She is the vice chairman of Famfa oil, which is a Nigerian oil exploration company with a stake in Agbami oilfield, which is worth billions of dollars. 

              4 ABDULSAMAD RABIU

A business man who draws so much wealth from business that almost reaches that if Dangote who is the richest African is successful. Having a business that could give one such money makes one successful. For to be successful in business is to achieve wealth since people employ it as a tool for fetching wealth. 

One such a man who has established a lucrative business is Abdulsamad Rabiu. He is worth over  $9, billion. He started as an importer of Steele and iron, and ventured afterwards into cement production. He became so successful that his cement became the sole competitor of Dangote. This is infact a success, competing with the man whose cement is the number one in the entire Nigeria. That means that he earns from his cement almost the same money Dangote earns from his. And you need not guess how much Dangote earns from cement. He earns billions of revenues monthly from his cement production. His BUA group is versatile, having interests in; cement, sugar refining, and  logistics. Having many business interests to ones name is such a success. It means that he has succeeded in establishing one venture after the other. Anyone that has many businesses merged into one, surely always secures much profit from the business which he derives money from, which he uses to establish others.

                 5 ORJI UZOR KALU 

Orji Uzor Kalu was born on April 21 1960. He is a native of Abia state in Eastern Nigeria. At a point in his history he was expelled from school. Afterwards he decided to pursue business. Then, he was only 19. To achieve his objective, he needed capital. He sourced the capital through loan and began. 

He began with the motive of building a business that would, be amongst the leading business in the country; that would give him much profits; and that would infact gain so much recognition. 

Many years after he started, we could say he achieved that objective. He succeeded in building businesses that are amongst the leading business in the country of his birth. His business which is the SLOK, which he is the chairman of, has interest in shipping, banking, oil, trading, manufacturing and media, is rated as one of the most lucrative in the country, giving him huge income or profits, that amounts to millions of dollars monthly. It is a success to have such a business with a high profit capacity. 

Not only that, he also owns a newspaper, which is the Daily sun, which is one of the country's most read, known and patronized. There are only few business in Nigeria that gives their owners much profit as the newspaper gives Mr Orji Uzor Kalu. 

                6 TONY ELUMELU

Mr Tony is one of them. He owns a bank, which is the United Bank For Africa. Commercial Banks as we know are lucrative business. So, owing one, is an attestation to the claim that he is successful. Infact establishing one is itself an attestation, for doing so is challenging. Since he was able to, despite constraints, he could be considered successful at establishing something very difficult to accomplish. More an evidence to this claim is the fact that his bank is amongst the foremost or leading banks in the country. 

He is the chairman of many business which includes; Heirs, Transcorp and the Tony ELUMELU foundation. His businesses are regarded as amongst the successful in the country; having much fame or recognition, patronage and profit capacity. Thanks to his business he was able to draw so much wealth that put him in position of being amongst the richest and powerful Nigerians.

                 7 JIM JAMES OVIA

He owns Zenith bank, which is one of the most successful commercial banks in Nigeria. Mr Jim is featured in the list of the most successful business owners in Nigeria. Judging based on his wealth, no one could oppose the claim. 

Apart from owing this lucrative business he also has others registered to his name. He owns real estates in many places in the country. He also owns a Telecommunication network which is Visaphone. 

           8 INNOCENT CHUKWUMA 

This man is a towering figure in the field of business. He started small; had humble beginnings. He started by trading on motor spare parts. Over time, he gained so much experience and success, that established him as one of the most successful in wealth acquisition. 

He would not stop there. But went on to diversify. Today, he is credited with the establishment of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing. 

It is the sole indigenous producer of vehicles in Nigeria. Producing not only his brand but motor parts; such as tires and other kinds of equipments. 

His company is also regarded as the first indigenous vehicle manufacturing company in Africa. You can easily identify his brand. It is to some the pride of Nigeria, as many have preference for his vehicle. The exact number of his patronizers is difficult to ascertain but the streets are filled with his vehicles. At homes of individuals you would find many at the garrages. On the roads you would find many driving it, which is an evidence of how much turnover he receives from people. There is no time that successful business men are mentioned that he isn't. 

This man has influenced many into having preference for home made cars. Something that no man has ever done in Nigeria. Because as stated, he is the first to establish a vehicle manufacturing firm in Nigeria to gain such reputation. His business is an evidence that wealth could be drawn from the production of vehicles. For those who do not know, his company has billions of Dollars networth.

Imagine being the main indigenous manufacturer of a product within a country. Just think of how much appreciation you would receive from people. Innoson has foreign competitors, but sentiments too, often makes most of his country men to have preference for his vehicles. No, it is not just sentiments but the quality of his vehicles. This is attested to by the statements of those that have purchased his vehicles. Innoson has received the remark of being excellent in his niche.

                    9. ARTHUR EZE

Arthur Eze's major niche is oil and gas. He is regarded one of the characters of this field. Every body knows it is what he is involved in. He occupies a very lofty position in his field. You can call him a giant in this field. You know that businesses related to oil are lucrative. This very man is the C.E.O of Atlas Oranto Petroleum. It is a private oil company in Nigeria. It is very famous. 

His contributions to this sector is enormous. He has also drawn so much wealth from this field. And most significantly, the profit capacity of his company sets him apart. 

The gap between him and the richest man in Africa whom is Dangote is just a dot. Only very few has made money from oil like him, as alleged.

 

                   9. ARTHUR EZE

Arthur Eze's major niche is oil and gas. He is regarded one of the characters of this field. Every body knows it is what he is involved in. He occupies a very lofty position in his field. You can call him a giant in this field. You know that businesses related to oil are lucrative. This very man is the C.E.O of Atlas Oranto Petroleum. It is a private oil company in Nigeria. It is very famous. 

His contributions to this sector is enormous. He has also drawn so much wealth from this field. And most significantly, the profit capacity of his company sets him apart. 

The gap between him and the richest man in Africa whom is Dangote is just a dot. Only very few has made money from oil like him, as alleged