Who am I here with today?

Who am I here with today? Aliko Dangote What was the most amount of money you made in a single year? Well first quarter... We did about... $10 Billion Yes. Did you have any idea growing up that you were going to build a... No no no no no... You didn't? Not even 1% Selling candy to classmates... Yes. Today... What are they saying? What is your net worth? I don't really look at those things... worth over $30 Billion Yeah... $38 Billion But you know... most of our businesses are not listed yet. It will come out soon. The reason why I say that is... Everyone I've met... Say that you're incredibly humble... How have you stayed so humble despite becoming the richest person in Africa? I've actually passed the stage of just... Doing business to make money. It is to leave a legacy How do you want to be remembered? I want to be remembered as somebody who has... Industrialized Africa... That's what I want. Why Africa? Why should Americans be looking to invest in Africa? In Africa... 70% of our population... They're below 30 years of age. By 2050... 2.5 Billion of population. The real future is Africa the art of sales at an... Early age. sales and negotiation advice to anybody in business? Learn to be like the... Chinese You know Chinese... wear people out in negotiation... But the first thing that you have to do is that... You must... the customer as a king As a king?? Well he's a king... You don't sell your goods... You can't grow. You didn't build your fortune... Chasing trends. You built a cement company... You built a... Sugar... rice company... flower... But my question is... about building boring businesses that nobody else knew? These are things that we need And these were things that I was trading in... So I tried to do what you call... Backward integration To now produce what we used to import... And now we're... Going into oil and gas... Where the scale is huge. My final question for you... Do you believe in God? Oh... Of course. How did you know God was real? If I look at myself... I know that God is real. Thank you so much for your time. I really appreciate that. Billionaires Could I get your contact? Yes. He'll give it to you yeah.