Estimated net worth: At least $75 million The full name is Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II, and it is quite the mouthful. His local title is Ọọ̀ni, which is a traditional King in Ile-Ife, which is an ancient city located in Southwest Nigeria. The legend has it that this is the origin country of the Yoruba people.
Oba Sijuwade first sat in the throne in 1980 and he knows how to do business just as well as lead his country. He learned it all as a teenager from his father, who was King before him. Just like a proper apprentice.
Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan of Ugbo Land
Estimated net worth: $300 million You can find Ugbo Land in southwest Nigeria, and in it, you can find oil. Lots of it. All that oil is actually the main source of riches for Oba Obateru Akinrutan, the king of Ugbo Land. His official title is Olugbo, — the traditional king.
He first assumed the throne in 2009 but he has been enjoying immense wealth even before that. In 1981, he founded OBAT Oil, which is the largest private oil trading company in Nigeria.
Other than that, the King is big on investing in real estate, including but not limited to Nigeria, London, and the Central Business District of Abuja.
Other than that, he has successfully gone into the oil business and different construction projects in Nigeria. He, too, owns real estate both in the U.K. and Nigeria.
Ghana Royal Family
Estimated net worth: $12 million Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is the 5th richest king in the continent of Africa. He went to graduate school in the United Kingdom, and he went on to work in private and public organizations in other countries such as Canada.
In 1989, he decided to return to Ghana to lead a 12 million dollar company that provided mining services in Africa. Thanks to his upbringing, he excelled in the business, and his personal net worth alone (not including the family’s wealth) is a whopping $10 million.