Abdul Samad Rabiu

Abdul Samad Rabiu
Abdul Samad Rabiu
Born	4 August 1960; Kano, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Kano State, Nigeria)
Occupation	Businessman
Relatives	Kabiru Isyaku Rabiu,
Honours	Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic; Commander of the Order of the Niger; Grand Commander of the Order of Merit of Niger (Niger Republic);

Abdul Samad Isyaku Rabiu (Listen^ⓘ) CFR CON(born 4 August 1960) is a Nigerian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. His late father, Khalifah Isyaku Rabiu, was one of Nigeria's foremost industrialists in the 1970s and 1980s. Abdul Samad is the founder and chairman of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate concentrating on manufacturing, infrastructure and agriculture and producing a revenue in excess of $2.5 billion. He is also the chairman of the Nigerian Bank of Industry (BOI).

On 7 July 2020, Forbes estimated Rabiu's wealth at $3.2 billion, putting him 716th in the global billionaire's club. In January 2022, he was reported to be the second richest man in Nigeria. In April 2022 he was reported to be the fifth-richest man in Africa, with a net worth of $6.7 billion. In January 2023, Rabiu was reported to have become the 4th richest man in Africa.

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