Nigeria Woman Folorunsho Alakija Ranked 9th Richest In The World

Folorunsho Alakija's winding path to becoming the 9th richest woman in Africa began in London, where she pursued secretarial studies and fashion design as a young woman. (She and her sister were reportedly the only two of her father's 52 children sent abroad to study). After returning to Nigeria to work as an executive secretary for several corporations.

Below is the list of the rating:
$37.9b Christy Walton 
North America
$31.3b  Liliane Bettencourt
Europe
$14.8b Gina Reinhart 
Pacific
$6.3b Vanessa Paola Slim
Latin America
$6.3b Soumaya Slem de Romero Latin America
$6.3b Johanna Monique Slim Ayub Latin America
$.3b Uang Huiyan 
Asia
$4.2b Shari Arison 
Middle East
$1.2b Folorunsho Alakija 
Africa