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We just interviewed a private equity billionaire. She made it is nearly $100 million and she just dropped the best interviews in Africa you guys. She just dropped. We gotta keep and go get guys, come on. Excuse me sir. Sir, how did you get rich? How did you get rich? I'm going all over Nigeria interviewing the richest people. What do you do? I run an oil and gas business. Oil and gas? You own the company? Yes. How long have you been an entrepreneur? About 32 years. Over these 32 years, what was the most amount of money you made in a single year? I think we have revenues in excess of $1 billion. A billion with a B? Billion. Can I interview you for one minute? I'm going all over Nigeria interviewing the richest people. Could we get one minute with you for a channel? It'll be worth it, I promise you. Sure. Is that okay? Awesome. Did you come from a lot of money growing up? No, but come from a reasonably middle class family. So what was your turning point to financial freedom? Learning and seeing what my mother's done in business and trying to emulate that and be much bigger. And Nigeria is a very huge countering force, right? You have a lot of very successful people historically. So you learn, focus, dedicate your money and time to make a difference. Now Nigeria has one of the largest populations of youth in the entire world. If you were a young person starting over in today's world in the next one to two years, what is the best industry people should be looking to get into right now? Culture and entertainment. Why? Because it sends, it speaks the language that people, the younger generation understands and it speaks the truth about what people are feeling and how they're feeling. How do you monetize that? Oh simple, it's already happening. Nollywood, Afropop, Afro music, it's just taking Africa to the world. Do you have any companies that failed? Oh, like everything in life, right? But you get up and try and try over again. Do you think everybody's built for entrepreneurship? Not really, but the key is once you can drive yourself with the zeal, determination, you can always make a difference to be a good entrepreneur. What was your superpower in business? When you think about yourself, what's your name? Khalil Kareem. When you think about yourself as the entrepreneur, what was the one thing that you were the best in the world at? Ability to smell, see, feel and touch a deal. So you're a good negotiator? I do try my best. What's the biggest deal you've ever closed? It's an oil and gas transaction. Was it actually? Yes. And what was the valuation of it? It's over $1 billion. Over $1 billion? Are you serious? Yeah. What's your secret to negotiation? Listen, agree or disagree, close. Those three things. That's it. How do you close the deal though? Look at the person, your counterparty, understand what you want out of the deal and put your benchmark where you're going to start. And once you understand that, the possibility of closing a deal is very high. What's the best question to ask the other person in a negotiation? Where and how do you see this deal closing? Get and fill their threshold before. People ever doubt you at any point in time when you were starting out? Oh yeah, that's normal. Yeah, nothing good comes easy. But with your mindset and your focus, the difference is clear. What did you have to sacrifice? Oh time, time with family. That's a big sacrifice major entrepreneurs have to give up. You can't be on a business trip and at the same time be at a school dinner or school dance or school play. Something's gotta give, right? But that sacrifice makes it worth it because then you have a family, you have a partner, you have a wife that's strong to support that growth. Now do you only do business in Nigeria or other places as well? Oh we've got business all over the place. We have business in the United States. You actually? Yes, I do. How important is it to go global? I think the world today, we're so interconnected, globalization. So any business that's worth its onions got to think global. But I call it glocal. So global, but think local. Now you're in the oil and gas business. What is the future of this business look like for those that want to get into it? The future of the oil and gas business is very clear. As the world's population grows, there's got to be requirements for enough energy to continue that growth. So you need it for daily movements, aviation, trucks, cars. So it doesn't matter how much renewable energy grows, the inflection point to catch up with fossil fuels is still long-winded. I love that right there. You're 57 today. Correct. If me and you died tomorrow and you had one more message to leave with the younger generation, what would that be? I think do your best, leave the rest, but live life making a mark. You got amazing advice, my friend. Thank you. Thank you for your time, my friend. Thank you. I like to connect with all the millionaires and billionaires I interview. Could I get your contact? Yeah, of course, 100%.