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Isabel dos Santos

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Isabel Kukanova dos Santos ([izɐˈβɛl duʃ ˈsɐ̃tuʃ]; born 20 April 1973) is an Angolan businesswoman, the eldest child of Angola's former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country from 1979 to 2017. As early as 2013 Forbes described how dos Santos acquired her wealth by taking stakes in companies doing business in Angola, suggesting that her wealth came almost entirely from her family's power and connections. Since 2018, the Angolan government has been trying to prosecute Isabel dos Santos for corruption that may have led to Angola's ongoing recession. On 30 December 2019, the Luanda Provincial Court ordered the freezing of dos Santos's Angolan bank accounts and the seizure of her stake in local companies, including Unitel (Angola) and Banco de Fomento Angola. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Isabel dos Santos is the 670th most popular businessperson (down from 601st in 2024), the 144th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 139th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Azerbaijani Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Isabel dos Santos ranks 670 out of 847. Before her are Eliphalet Remington, Daniel Ek, Christian von Koenigsegg, Chris Anderson, Leonid Fedun, and Trip Hawkins. After her are Allan Williams, Andy Jassy, Philippe Kahn, Avram Glazer, George Steinbrenner, and Acun Ilıcalı.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Isabel dos Santos ranks 304. Before her are Laurent Lafitte, Naohiro Kitade, Cristiano da Matta, Surya Bonaly, Proof, and Natasha Korolyova. After her are Américo Aguiar, Martin Österdahl, Wang Junxia, Donato Carrisi, Umaga, and Hironori Nagamine.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Isabel dos Santos ranks 144 out of 232. Before her are Alexander Beglov (1956), Jovdat Hajiyev (1917), Elza Ibrahimova (1938), Samira Efendi (1991), Liu Hong (null), and Rauf Hajiyev (1922). After her are Jamil Hasanli (1952), Elmar Mammadyarov (1960), Afag Bashirgyzy (1955), Ramil Safarov (1977), Andrey Lugovoy (1966), and Georgy Poltavchenko (1953).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Azerbaijan

Among businesspeople born in Azerbaijan, Isabel dos Santos ranks 4. Before her are Vagit Alekperov (1950), Zeynalabdin Taghiyev (1838), and Boris Hagelin (1892). After her are Igor Ashurbeyli (1963).

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