I don't know if they're billionaires but the book The Next Factory of the World: How Chinese Investment is Reshaping Africa by Irene Yuan Sun, has many stories

I don't know if they're billionaires but the book The Next Factory of the World: How Chinese Investment is Reshaping Africa by Irene Yuan Sun, has many stories of self-made Chinese millionaires. The story that stuck out the most to me was a man whose highest education was grade school. Got a job making shoes in one of the first Chinese factories, worked his way up, and now owns a huge factory in Nigeria. Also according to this article, Zhou Qunfei, is the world's richest self-made woman with a net worth of $7.4 billion. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/16/worlds-richest-self-made-woman-shares-3-pieces-of-advice-for-success.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/16/worlds-richest-self-made-wom...