An haifi Dangote a Kano, Jihar Kano a cikin hamshakan hamshakan musulmin Hausa, mahaifiyar Dangote, Mariya Sanusi Dantata, diyar dan kasuwa ce, Sanusi Dantata.
Mahaifin Aliko Dangote, Mohammed Dangote, abokin kasuwancin Sanusi Dantata ne, ta wajen mahaifiyarsa, Dangote jikan Alhassan Dantata ne, wanda ya fi kowa arziki a yammacin Afirka a lokacin rasuwarsa a shekarar 1955.
Dangote ya yi karatunsa a Madrasa Sheikh Ali Kumasi, sannan ya yi makarantar Capital High School Kano. A shekarar 1978 ya sauke karatu a Kwalejin Gwamnati da ke Birnin Kudu.
Ya sami digiri na farko a fannin kasuwanci da gudanarwa a jami’ar Al-Azhar dake birnin Alkahira.
Fara kasuwanchinsa.
An kafa rukunin Dangote a matsayin karamin kamfani a shekarar 1977, a shekarar ne Dangote ya koma Legas don fadada kamfanin. Dangote ya karbi rancen dala 500,000 daga hannun kawunsa don fara kasuwancin kayayyaki da suka hada da buhunan siminti da kuma kayayyakin noma kamar shinkafa da sukari. A shekarun 1990, ya tunkari babban bankin Nijeriya da ra’ayin cewa zai yi arha bankin ya baiwa kamfanin sufurin sa damar sarrafa motocin bas dinsu na ma’aikata, shawarar da ita ma ta amince.
A yau, rukunin Dangote yana daya daga cikin manyan kamfanoni a Afirka, tare da ayyukan kasa da kasa a Benin, Ghana, Zambia da Togo. Rukunin Dangote ya tashi daga matsayin kamfani na kasuwanci ya zama rukunin masana’antu mafi girma a Najeriya, wanda ya kunshi sassa kamar matatar dangote, da simintin Dangote, da kuma fulawar Dangote.
Rukunin Dangote ya mamaye kasuwar sukari a Najeriya, inda kasuwancin matatun man ke kan gaba wajen samar da (kashi 70 na kasuwa) ga kamfanonin shaye-shaye na kasar nan, da masu sana’ar sayar da giya da kuma masu sayar da abinci. Kamfanin yana daukar ma’aikata sama da 11,000 a yammacin Afirka.
A watan Yulin 2012, Dangote ya tuntubi hukumar kula da tashoshin jiragen ruwa ta Najeriya domin ya ba da hayar wani fili da aka yi watsi da shi a tashar ruwan Apapa, wanda aka amince da shi.
Daga baya ya gina wa kamfaninsa sugar a can. Ita ce matatar mai mafi girma a Afirka kuma ta uku mafi girma a duniya, tana samar da tan 800,000 na sukari a duk shekara. Rukunin Dangote na da masana’antar gishiri da masana’antar fulawa kuma babbar mai shigo da shinkafa, kifi, taliya, siminti, da takin zamani. Kamfanin na fitar da auduga, da goro, koko, irin sesame, da ginger zuwa kasashe da dama. Bugu da ƙari, tana da manyan saka hannun jari a cikin gidaje, banki, sufuri, masaku, mai, da iskar gas.
A watan Fabrairun 2022, Dangote ya ba da sanarwar kammala taron Peugeot a Najeriya bayan hadin gwiwarsa da Stellantis Group, uwar kamfanin Peugeot, gwamnatin Kano da Kaduna. Sabon kamfanin kera motoci, Dangote Peugeot Automobiles Nigeria Limited (DPAN) da ke Kaduna ya fara aiki tare da fitar da Peugeot 301, Peugeot 5008, 3008, 508 da Land Trek.”
Dukiyarsa
Dangote ya zama hamshakin attajiri na farko a Najeriya a shekarar 2007. An ruwaito Dangote ya kara dala biliyan 9.2 a cikin dukiyarsa a shekarar 2013, kamar yadda mujallar Bloomberg ta bayyana, wanda ya sa ya zama mutum na talatin a duniya a lokacin, kuma ya fi kowa kudi a Afirka.[18] A cikin 2015, leaks na HSBC ya bayyana cewa Dangote abokin ciniki ne na HSBC kuma yana da kadarori a wurin ajiyar haraji a tsibirin Virgin Islands.[19][20] Ya zuwa watan Yunin 2022, Dangote shine mutum mafi arziki a Afirka, yana da kimanin dalar Amurka biliyan 20.[2][3]
Kyaututtuka da karramawa
Dangote ya samu lambar yabo ta biyu mafi girma a Najeriya, wato Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) daga tsohon shugaban kasa, Goodluck Jonathan.
An nada Dangote a matsayin gwarzon dan kwallon Afrika na Forbes na shekarar 2014.Shekaru shida a jere, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018[44] Forbes ta lissafa shi a matsayin “Mutumin da ya fi kowa karfi a Afirka”.
A cikin 2014, an jera shi CNBC’s “Manyan Kasuwancin 25 a Duniya” waɗanda suka canza kuma suka tsara ƙarni.
A cikin Afrilu 2014, mujallar Time ta jera shi a cikin mutane 100 mafi tasiri a duniya.
A cikin Oktoba 2015, Dangote ya kasance cikin jerin “50 Mafi Tasirin Mutane a Duniya” ta Kasuwannin Bloomberg.
Ya lashe “The Guardian Man of the Year 2015.
Ya lashe lambar yabo ta 2016 Jagoran Kasuwancin Afirka, wanda Cibiyar Afirka-Amurka (AAI) ta shirya.
An bayyana Dangote a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƴan Afirka 100 mafi tasiri ta mujallar New African a 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.