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Mo Ibrahim was born on 3 May, 1946 in Sudan, is a businessman. Discover Mo Ibrahim's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Occupation Businessman, engineer
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 3 May 1946
Birthday 3 May
Birthplace Sudan
Nationality Sudan

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Mo Ibrahim Height, Weight & Measurements

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Who Is Mo Ibrahim's Wife?

His wife is Hania Morsi Fadl (m. 1973)

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Wife Hania Morsi Fadl (m. 1973)
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Children 3, including Hadeel Ibrahim

Mo Ibrahim Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Mo Ibrahim worth at the age of 78 years old? Mo Ibrahim’s income source is mostly from being a successful businessman. He is from Sudan. We have estimated Mo Ibrahim's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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2023

Ibrahim was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to charity and philanthropy.

2011

According to the Forbes 2011 Billionaire List, Mo Ibrahim is worth $1.8 billion, making him the 692nd richest person in the world. Mo Ibrahim was also selected for the TIME "Top 100" list in 2008 and was ranked first in the annual Powerlist of influential Black Britons.

2010

Since 2010, Ibrahim has lent his support to the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, a UN initiative which aims to spread the full benefits of broadband services to unconnected peoples.

2009

The Foundation publishes the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, ranking the performance of all 54 African countries. Until 2009, the Index took into account only the 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

2008

Ibrahim is credited with "transforming a continent" and is said to be the "most powerful black man in Britain", in 2008 he was ranked first in the annual Powerlist of the most influential Black Britons.

2007

In 2007 he initiated the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, which awards $5 million to African heads of state who deliver security, health, education and economic development to their constituents and democratically transfer power to their successors. Ibrahim has pledged to give at least half of his wealth to charity by joining The Giving Pledge.

In 2007 Ibrahim was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, and in 2011 an honorary doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.

2006

In 2006 Ibrahim created the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, founded in London. In 2007, the Foundation inaugurated the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, with the first recipient former president Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique.

2004

After some years, when Celtel needed long term source of capital, they considered doing an IPO on a reputable stock exchange, for instance the London Stock Exchange. When it became public that they considered a public offering, they received a lot of alternative offers. Many wanted to buy the company, and Ibrahim and his team decided to sell Celtel in 2004 to Kuwait-based Mobile Telecommunication Company (now Zain).

1998

In 1998, MSI spun off MSI-Cellular Investments, later renamed Celtel, as a mobile phone operator in Africa.

1989

Ibrahim was employed by British Telecom for a time, and later worked as the technical director for Cellnet, a subsidiary of British Telecom. In 1989 he founded MSI, a consultancy and software company, which in 2000 was bought by the Marconi Company. Originally the company was helping the cellular industry designing their networks, before they shifted their focus to mobile phones in the late 1990s. MSI had 800 employees, who owned approximately 30% of the stock at the point of its sale; Ibrahim says he gave employees stock as a form of bonus.

1973

In 1973, Ibrahim married Hania Morsi Fadl, an Alexandria University graduate from the year above him, whom he had known since childhood. They are now divorced, and Fadl is a Sudanese-born British radiologist, running the only breast cancer clinic in Sudan.

1946

Sir Mohammed Fathi Ahmed Ibrahim KCMG (Arabic: محمد إبراهيم; born 3 May 1946) is a Sudanese-British billionaire businessman. He worked for several telecommunications companies, before founding Celtel, which when sold had over 24 million mobile phone subscribers in 14 African countries. After selling Celtel in 2005 for $3.4 billion, he set up the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to encourage better governance in Africa, as well as creating the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, to evaluate nations' performance. He is also a member of the Africa regional advisory board of London Business School.

He was born on 3 May 1946 in Sudan, of Nubian descent, the second of five children, four of whom were boys. His family moved to Alexandria, Egypt when he was young, and father Fathi was employed there by a cotton company, and his mother Aida was very keen that they all get a good education.