Alhaji Aminu Dantata is a Nigerian businessman, politician and philanthropist who runs the Dantata and Sons Organisation with interests in multiple sectors.
Aminu Dantata is one of the wealthiest men in Nigeria and jumped into the public consciousness in April 2023 after losing his wife, Hajia Rabi.
Her death has caused a major stir in Nigeria with thousands online sharing their condolences and spiked interest in the businessman.
In this article, Nigeriabombshell.com provides details about Alhaji Aminu Dantata biography, wife, age, house, net worth, pictures, family tree, wife death etc.
Alhaji Aminu Dantata Biography
Aminu Dantata is a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist who is one of the promoters of Kano State Foundation, an endowment fund that supported educational initiatives and provided grants to small-scale entrepreneurs in Kano.
He is the head of a group of companies, Dantata and Sons, that manages his real estate and other business ventures. Dantata is the founder of Express Petroleum & Gas Company Ltd and one of the organizers of Jaiz Bank in Nigeria.
In 1978, he was a member of the National Movement, an organization that later transformed to the National Party of Nigeria.
Dantata was born to the family of Alhassan Dantata, who was from an Agalawa trading family. Aminu Dantata’s grandfather was called Abdullahi while his great-grandfather was called Baba Talatin, a prosperous merchant who brought the family from Katsina to Madobi.
Following the death of his father Ali, Aminu Dantata’s grandfather, Abdullahi continued to operate from Madobi until 1877 when having set out for a journey to Gonja his wife delivered Alhassan Dantata the father of Aminu at a campsite (Zango) of Bebeji.
On his return from the journey he decided to abandon Madobi and moved to Bebeji.
Aminu Dantata is the fifteenth child in a family of seventeen children. From 1938 to 1945, he was educated at Dala Primary School and then finished his education through home studies in a private school built by his father in 1949.
After his studies, he joined the family business, Alhassan Dantata & sons in 1948 as a produce buyer and also got married.
In 1955, he became the Sokoto district manager of the business. The year 1955 was also when his father died and the shares in the business were subsequently distributed to the children.
In 1958, Dantata became the deputy managing director of the business with his brother Ahmadu, was the MD. When Ahmadu died in 1960, Dantata became the head of the business.
Over the years, Dantata expanded the business holdings and his activities into various sectors of the Nigerian political and economic sphere. By the beginning of the 1960s, Dantata had a construction firm that received patronage from the newly independent government in Nigeria, his firm was given a contract to build part of the School of Aviation in Zaria.
In 1961, he was among three other businessmen as part of the 23-member economic mission group, the first worldwide mission sent by an independent government in Nigeria.
In 1964, he was among the pioneer board members of the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank. In 1968, Dantata was appointed Kano State commissioner for Economic Development, Trade and Industry under the administration of Audu Bako, he was in the position until 1973.
During the indigenization period of the 1970s, the Dantata group bought shares and held significant holdings in Mentholatum, SCOA, Funtua Cotton Seed Crushing Co and Raleigh Industries.
Dantata assumed executive leadership of Alhassan Dantata and Sons in 1960. Established by his father as commodity firm trading in groundnut, kolanut and a few other commodities, Dantata later invested in some foreign enterprises operating in Nigeria.
Between 1960 and 1980, it operated the following divisions: Building and construction division whose contracts included Defense Academy in Kaduna, extension to Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria and a civil aviation training school in Zaria.
A Merchandise division that was founded in the middle of the 1970s traded in building materials primarily in Northern Nigeria.[6] Northern Amalgamated and Marketing Company Limited, this unit has two main parts, a fertilizer division generally supplying governments and a technical division trading in WARD generators and Barford construction equipment.
The firm maintained a division that held a Mercedes Benz dealership and another that maintained a terminal at Warri Port. By the 1990s, the group had changed its identity to become Dantata Organization with additional investment in oil exploration through Express Petroleum.
Alhaji Aminu Dantata is related to Aliko Dangote. Dangote is his grandnephew, the grandson of one of Aminu’s brothers, Sanusi.
Age
Aminu Dantata was born on 19th May 1931. He is 91 years old. He turns 92 in 2023.
Aminu Dantata Wife
Famous Nigerian businessman Alhaji Aminu Dantata lost his beloved wife, Hajiya Rabi Aminu Dantata in April 2023.
The deceased, known as Mama Rabi, died at a hospital in Jiddah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, April 8th 2023 after a prolonged illness.
Her death was announced on Sunday morning by her grandson, Sanusi Dantata, who confirmed her demise on his verified Twitter account, saying, “Please pray for our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, Haj. Rabi, wife of Alh. Aminu Dantata, who died yesterday after a protracted illness!
“May Allah forgive her, accept her good deeds, and grant her the highest rank in Paradise, Ameen!
“Innalillahi Wa Inna Ilaihirrajiuun!”
Hajia Rabi Dantata was ones of the wives of Alhaji Aminu Dantata.
She left behind her husband and six children, six children and multiple grandchildren.
Hajia Rabi Dantata, the late wife of Alhaji Aminu Dantata, was in her late 70s. Her exact age, date of birth and birthday are not readily available.
Alhaji Aminu Dantata and wife, Rabi, had six children together.
They include Tajuddeen Dantata, Batulu Dantata, Hafsa Dantata, Jamila Dantata, and Aliya Dantata. She also had multiple grandchildren including Sanusi Dantata, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology-trained Nigerian engineer.
Aminu Dantata wife and children
Aminu Dantata has multiple wives, 24 children and countless grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His family tree can fill an entire village!
Net Worth
Aminu Dantata’s net worth is estimated at $1bn!
Tajudeen Dantata
Tajudeen Dantata is the first son of Aminu Dantata and the late Hajia Rabi Dantata.
He is the heir apparent to the Dantata and Sons Company.
He is a graduate of West London University and astute commercially aware Business analyst and qualified Management administrator with over 20 year experience working with high-profile global organizations. He has a solid business track record of combining strong product knowledge with excellent negotiation skills to identify and maximize sales opportunities and deliver results in high-pressured target-based environments.
He is also a pace- setter and has demonstrated a cognitive professionalism during his service years as Group Managing Director with Dantata organization for close to 25 years.
He currently sits on the board of some very important Nigerian companies in the capacity of Chairman or Director. These include, Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN), Electric Meter Company of Nigeria (EMCON), Jaiz Bank and MTN among others.
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