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Meet Nigeria’s First Billionaire Who Was Reportedly Worth $4 Billion At The Time Of His Death In 1966

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Get to know Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu; he is reportedly the first Nigerian billionaire and the founding president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. He established his wealth during the colonial era. When he died in 1966, his wealth was $4 billion in today’s economic value, Forbes Africa reported in 2018.

At the age of 20, he came to Lagos from Nnewi in 1929 after his education at Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar. Within 10 years of his arrival in Lagos, he became one of the richest men in the country…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>> READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

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