Isabel dos Santos
| Isabel dos Santos | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Isabel dos Santos 20 April 1973 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR |
| Residence | Luanda, Angola |
| Nationality | Angola |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Occupation | Investor |
| Net worth |
 US$ 3.4 billion (November 2015) |
| Spouse(s) | Sindika Dokolo (m. 2002) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | José Eduardo dos Santos |
Isabel dos Santos (born 20 April 1973) is an Angolan investor considered by Forbes to be the richest woman not only in Angola, but the whole of Africa. In 2013, according to research by Forbes, her net worth had reached more than three billion US dollars, making her Africa’s first billionaire woman. She is the daughter of Angola's President José Eduardo dos Santos, who has ruled the country since 1979.
Isabel dos Santos was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, the oldest daughter of Angola's President José Eduardo dos Santos and his first wife, the Russian-born Tatiana Kukanova, whom he met while studying in Azerbaijan. Her father's parents came from São Tomé and Príncipe. She studied electrical engineering at King's College in London. There she met her husband from Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Sindika Dokolo, a son of a millionaire from Kinshasa and his Danish wife. There were reports that when they got married in Luanda in December 2002 the wedding ceremony cost about US$4 million, with a special choir flown in from Belgium and two planes chartered to bring food from France. About 800 guests were present at the wedding, half of them relatives of the couple, and also several African presidents. Over the last 20 years she has been manager and has held management positions in companies listed on European stock exchanges. In June 2016, she was appointed by her father as chairwoman of Sonangol, the Angolan state oil company.
In March 2017, on the sidelines of the international Energy Conference CERAWeek , in Houston, Isabel dos Santos announced that Sonangol had already achieved reduced logistics costs by 50% between 2015 and 2017 under the restructuring program that is being implemented in the company.
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