2. Isabel dos Santos – $3.4 billion
Isabel dos Santos (born 20 April 1973) is an Angolan businesswoman, Africa’s richest woman and the eldest child of Angola’s former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country from 1979 to 2017. In 2013, according to research by Forbes, her net worth had reached more than 3 billion US dollars, making her Africa’s first billionaire woman. A Forbes magazine article described in 2013 how Isabel dos Santos acquired her wealth by taking stakes in companies doing business in Angola, suggesting that her wealth comes almost entirely from her family’s power and connections. In November 2015, the BBC named Isabel dos Santos as one of the 100 most influential women in the world.
She is now the second richest person in Angola.
1. José Eduardo dos Santos – $20 billion
José Eduardo dos Santos is an Angolan politician who served as President of Angola between 1979 and 2017. José Eduardo dos Santos born 28 August 1942 is an Angolan politician who served as President of Angola from 1979 to 2017. As President, José Eduardo dos Santos was also the commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and President of the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the party that has ruled Angola since it gained independence in 1975.
He still remains as one of the most influential and the richest person in Angola 2018.