2022 Top 10 Richest people in Liberia

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HERE ARE THE 2022 RICHEST PEOPLE IN LIBERIA AND THEIR NET WORTH

10. Prince Johnson

Net Worth: $ 750,000

Prince Yormie Johnson is a Liberian politician and the current Senior Senator from Nimba County. A former rebel leader, Johnson played a prominent role in the First Liberian Civil War.

9. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa. Her net worth is USD1.8 Milion.

In 2011 she received the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts. But she also came under fire for cronyism and corruption, and during the devastating Ebola outbreak of 2014, her decision to use troops to quarantine the heavily infected and poor West Point neighborhood was widely criticized.

8. Varney Sherman

Net worth: $3.2 million

Sherman was born on February 16, 1953, in Robertsport, Grand Cape Mount County and graduated from St. John’s Episcopal High School in 1971. He continued his education at Cuttington University where he earned a degree in 1975. In 1979, he was awarded a Bachelor of Laws at the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia in Monrovia. Sherman completed his education in 1982 in the United States where he earned a Master of Law at Harvard Law School.

In 2003, Cuttington University of Liberia conferred on him the honorary LLD. degree in recognition of his philanthropy, especially his personal financial and material support for higher education in Liberia.

Harry Varney Gboto-Nambi Sherman is a Liberian politician and the current chairman of the Unity Party.

7. Winston Tubman

Tubman is a Liberian diplomat and politician of Americo-Liberian descent. He is a former justice minister and diplomat for the nation, as well as having been the standard bearer of the Congress for Democratic Change.

6. Amos Sawyer

Net Worth: $80 million

Amos Claudius Sawyer is a Liberian politician and academic who served as the President of the Interim Government of National Unity in Liberia. He was voted in by 35 leaders representing seven political parties and eleven interest groups.

Sawyer is Chairman of the Governance Reform Commission in Liberia, which has recently become the Governance Commission. His book, Beyond Plunder: Toward Democratic Governance in Liberia (2005), explored the development of multi-party democracy in the country.

He supported Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the October 2005 and 2011 elections.

5. Jewel Taylor

Jewel Cianeh Howard Taylor is a Liberian politician and the current Vice President of Liberia. She was married to President Charles Taylor and was First Lady of Liberia during his presidency.

Jewel Cianeh Howard Taylor is a Liberian politician and the current Vice President of Liberia. She was married to President Charles Taylor(whom she married in 1997, but later divorced in 2006) and was First Lady of Liberia during his presidency.

In 2005, Jewel Taylor was elected to the Senate of Liberia in Bong County as a member of the National Patriotic Party. She is the Chairperson of the Senate Health and Social Welfare Committee on Gender, Women and Children.

While her husband was president, Taylor held a number of official posts in the Liberian government, including Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Liberia (forerunner to the current Central Bank of Liberia), President of the Agriculture Cooperative and Development Bank (ACDB) and Mortgage Financing Underwriter of the First Union National Bank. In addition, she focused on educational, health and social projects.

4. Charles Brumskine

Charles Walker Brumskine is a Liberian politician and attorney. He is the leader of the Liberty Party and came third in the 2005 presidential election.

He challenged incumbent Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for the Presidency in 2011.

He is also the senior partner of Brumskine & Associates, a leading Liberian law firm. He came in third place in the 2005 presidential election, receiving nearly 14% of the vote.

3. Joseph Boakai

Joseph Nyumah Boakai Sr. is a Liberian politician who served as Vice President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018, serving under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Previously he was Minister of Agriculture from 1983 to 1985.

At the identical time he had one other vital job, being the chairman of West African Rice Development Association, and furthermore, Joseph was a advisor to the World Bank in Washington.

In addition, Joseph was later the chairman of two different organizations – Liberia Wood Management Corporation and Liberia Petroleum Refining Company. Boakai was subsequently elected because the vp of Liberia alongside Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s election for president in 2006, taking up the nation after a few years of civil warfare.

2. George Weah

George Weah, whose Net Worth was $87 Million dollars and earns an annual income of $2 million dollars in 2018 is the President of Liberia and a retired professional footballer who played as a striker. George Weah recently bought a brand new Aston Martin luxury car for $351,000 USD.

He has now dropped to be the number two on our list of 2022 richest people in Liberia with a net worth close to $500 million.

1. Benoni Urey

Benoni W. Urey is an Americo-Liberian businessman and politician, who was formerly the Liberian Commissioner of Maritime Affairs. In 2014 The Economist reported that Urey was Liberia’s wealthiest man. Urey currently owns Lonestar Communication Corporation, Liberia’s largest mobile phone service provider which is partnered with the MTN Group, through his PLC Investments group. Lonestar is one of the largest taxpayers in Liberia. Urey has served as the Chairman of the Board since the establishment of the corporation.

Urey established an agricultural farm and resort in Careysburg City, Wulki Farms I and Farmers Paradise Resort, developed on land owned by his father, Daniel Webster Urey IV. Benoni’s wife, Mai Urey, is the Managing Director of Wulki Farms and Farmers Paradise. The property includes commercial production of poultry and eggs, fish and fresh produce and guest accommodation.

Urey owns the sixth largest rubber plantation, Wulki Farms II, located in Konola, Margibi County.

Owned solely by Urey, Love Media Incorporated was established in 2003 and comprises radio and television stations and a newspaper. These stations are based in Monrovia and Careysburg City. Shiata FM, another station owned by Urey, was established in 2005 and is based in Careysburg City.

U-Housing is a real estate development company owned by Urey. He began developing real estate in 1994 when he returned to Liberia. U-Housing has acquired and developed a wide range of commercial and residential properties throughout the country.

Benoni Urey has an estimated net worth of $1.2 Million and he is now the number on our richest people in Liberia.