Rank #2993
Mohammed Ibrahim
Net worth $1.3B
Communications · United Kingdom
- Born
- May 03, 1946
- Age
- 80
- Source
- Communications
- Residence
- London
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Alexandria; Ph.D, University of Birmingham; Master, University of Bradford
Net worth over time
Biography
- Mohammed "Mo" Ibrahim founded Celtel International in 1998, one of the first mobile phone companies serving Africa and the Middle East.
- He sold Celtel to Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Company for $3.4 billion in 2005 and pocketed $1.4 billion.
- Since then, he's focused on fighting corrupt leadership in Africa through the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, directed by his daughter, Hadeel.
- Ibrahim also chairs the board of Satya Capital, a private equity fund that invests in African businesses, education and healthcare.
- Ibrahim's foundation has awarded the Ibrahim Prize, $5 million plus $200,000 annually for the rest of a laureate's life, to presidents of seven African countries.
- He was born in Sudan.