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We already met the world's richest black billionaires, so it is time to take a look at their kids.
Being born into a billionaire family can certainly make life interesting. Many of these kids followed in their parent's footsteps, whether that meant playing basketball or running an oil company.
Despite growing up in undeniable privilege, many of the kids of billionaires have made an impact in their own right.
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Keep scrolling to meet the children of the world's richest black billionaires.
Michael Jordan is perhaps the greatest basketball player of all time, but also one of the richest African Americans on the planet with a net worth of $1.65 billion. In 2014, Jordan became father to a twin boy and girl, his fourth and fifth children.
Self-made billionaire, 71 year-old Mohammed Ibrahim, was born in Sudan and now lives in the UK. He became a billionaire after selling his telecommunications company and now spends much of his time focusing on improving the lives of African citizens through the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. His net worth is over $1.1 billion.
She is on the United Nations Secretary General's High-Level Panel on Humanitarian Funding and sits on the board for many organizations including the Clinton Foundation. Hadeel is also the co-chair of the Africa Center in New York that promotes collaboration between Africa and the US.
Folorunso Alakija, vice chair of Nigerian oil company Famfa Oil, got her start in business as the founder of an elite Nigerian fashion label. The 66 year-old self-made billionaire is worth $1.7 billion, lives in Lagos, Nigeria, and has four sons.
Not to be outdone, Folarin's older brother Ladi was married in an equally extravagant wedding. The two-part affair happened in Lagos, Nigeria, and London. Ladi and his wife now have a child.
Another Nigerian — Mike Adenuga — is chairman of telecommunications company Globacom, which has 36 million subscribers, as well as the majority owner of Lagos-based oil company Conoil. In total, Mike Adenuga has eight children with several different women and a net worth of $5.4 billion.
Tunde "Paddy" Abolade is a group executive director at Adenuga's Globacom business and came close to purchasing Chevron's Netherlands business by himself.
Aliko Dangote is the richest black billionaires on the planet with a fortune of $14.5 billion. The Nigerian has been married four times and has 15 children, including an adopted son — Abdulrahman Fasasi. Little is known about Dangote's offspring.
