10 Richest People In Ghana

1) Dr. Kwame Addo Kufuor ...$1.2 billion Doctor Kwame Addo-Kufuor (born 14 July 1940). Politician and Physician. Addo-Kufuor is a former member of parliament for Manhyia, and from 2001 to 2007 he was the Minister for Defense under President John Kufuor, his brother. (2) Dr. Sam Jonah...$500 Million Sam E Jonah, KBE is the Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital, equity firm based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr. Jonah was previously President of AngloGold Ashanti and shared the strategic leadership of the company with its CEO, Bobby Godsell. (3) Dr. Kwesi Nduom...$300 million: Paa Kwesi Nduom (born February 15, 1953) is a business consultant and politician. Dr. Nduom has made several investments in Ghana. He is a homeowner and together with his wife, owns other properties in the country. More important, he and his wife have made a number of investments that have provided jobs to many Ghanaians. Dr. Nduom's interests are managed by a Trustee. The investments include: � Coconut Grove Hotels � First National Savings and Loans � Gold Coast Investments etc. (4) Nana Akufo-Add0...$250 million Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (born March 29, 1944) is a lawyer and politician. Flag bearer of centrist New Patriotic Party. (5). Dr. Yaw Osafo-Maafo...$220 million An engineer and a project analyst by training, he established his credentials as a banking and finance leader by heading and successfully restructuring two major banks in Ghana, the Bank 1 Housing and Construction and the National Investment Bank between 1979 and 1992. He has been a Consultant to the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the United Nations Development Programme. He is the past Vice-President of the Executive Committee of the West African Bankers Association, and a Committee or the WestA1r1can Bankers Association, and a founding Deputy Chairman of the Ghana Stock Exchange. He has served as Chairman and a board member on a number of corporations including Nestle Ghana Limited, National Trust Holding Company, Merchant Bank Ghana Limited, National Development Planning Commission, Divestiture Implementation Committee and Donewell Insurance.