Benedict Peters | |
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| Born | Benedict Peters December 1966 |
| Education | Geography and Regional Planning, Majoring in Geomorphology |
| Alma mater | University of Benin, Benin |
| Occupation(s) | Founder and CEO, Aiteo, Bravura Holdings |
| Children | 5 |
| Website | www |
Benedict Peters is a pan-African billionaire businessman with extensive assets in the oil and gas and mining industries.[1] He is the founder and CEO of Aiteo, Africa's largest indigenous oil producer, and Bravura Holdings, a vertically integrated mining company developing platinum, lithium, steel, copper, and gold assets in countries throughout Africa, including Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Libya, Tanzania, and South Africa.[2] Ventures Africa estimated his net worth in November 2014 at $2.7 billion. Other media have more recently placed the figure at between $3 and $5 billion.[3][4][5] Peters is a born again Christian and a prominent financier of the gospel of Jesus Christ.[6]
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- ^ Ventures Africa "Nigeria's Four Newest Billionaires" Archived 3 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Ventures Africa, 12 November 2014. Retrieved on 2 April 2017
- ^ Ewuji, Victoria (13 February 2024). "Benedict Peters: From Billionaire Businessman to Africa's 'Green Czar'". InfoWire. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Ewuji, Victoria (13 February 2024). "Benedict Peters: From Billionaire Businessman to Africa's 'Green Czar'". InfoWire. Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Benedict Peters, Hugo Chavez, Mia Mottley, Owen Arthur, and Hartley HenryBenedict Peters, Hugo Chavez, Mia Mottley, Owen Arthur, and Hartley HenryBringing News and Opinions to the People". Barbados Underground. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2024.