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I may be reading it wrong, but it looks to me that there are no female self-made billionaires, which is interesting.

• colmvp 14y ago
  That's my observation too. Also, none are African/African-American. Edit: Stand corrected. Aliko Dangote.
  • stevenspasbo 14y ago
    #47, Aliko Dangote
  • jules 14y ago
    Not just Aliko Dangote, but also #16 Alwaleed Al Saud.
    • philwelch 14y ago
      I wouldn't really characterize Arabs from the Arabian Peninsula as African in any respect.
      • jules 14y ago
        Yes, somehow I thought he was from egypt.
• rottencupcakes 14y ago
  They seem to be using the word "billionaire" loosely, it seems like a list of the 100 richest people. Oprah Winfrey is a self made billionaire (net worth ~$2.7 billion)
  • tptacek 14y ago
    It's the top 100. Like Steve Jobs, Oprah doesn't make the list.
    • zellyn 14y ago
      Aah. That makes sense. I was looking for Julia-Louis Dreyfus.
    • beambot 14y ago
      I'm pretty sure Steve Jobs isn't on the list because it's a list of living individuals.
      • tptacek 14y ago
        By that I meant, he didn't make it when he was alive.