Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote made a shocking revelation when he disclosed what he did to convince himself that he is indeed a wealthy man.
According to him, it wasn’t after he had withdrawn 10 million dollars cash from a bank that he was sure of his wealth.
“Yes, I cashed 10 million dollars, put it in the boot of my vehicle and took it home, I opened it and I looked at it and I said okay fine. Now I believe that I have money,” he said in an interview in 2019.
Dangote was speaking in the Ivorian capital Abidjan where he was attending the 2019 Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s Governance Week celebrations.
The Africa’s richest man was asked about his wealth, but guess what, he said he had stopped looking at the number of zeros on his bank statement.
“But you know after (you know) a year or so, I realised that I have much more than 12, 13 billion. And I said okay, fine, all these numbers are just written numbers.
“One day I went to a bank, at that time there were no restrictions (on withdrawals) and I wrote a cheque and cashed 10 million dollars and I took it home for myself.
“Yes, I cashed 10 million dollars, put it in the boot of my vehicle and took it home, I opened it and I looked at it and I said okay fine. Now I believe that I have money.
“It was in the boot of my car, I went there by myself, I drove myself to the bank, I cashed the money, I put it in my room, I looked at the money and I took it back to the bank the next day.”
Nigerian business magnate, Aliko Dangote who is noted for being a renowned industrialist, has topped the wealthiest person in Africa list for over a decade.
He is expected to see his net worth increase on the back of commencing production on an oil and petrochemical refinery, which is set to take off later in 2023.
I Withdrew $10m Just To Look At It and convince myself that I was rich- Dangote pic.twitter.com/WdvMg9D7cC
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