Billionaire entrepreneur Aliko Dangote reveals how he withdrew $10Million to convince himself he was rich

Speaking in an interview at Ibrahim governance weekend in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, African richest man Aliko Dangote revealed that he once withdrew $10Million cash to convince himself he was a rich man.

He said, “After a year or so, I realised that I had more than 12, 13 billion. I say Ok fine, all these numbers, are just written numbers, one day I went to a bank. At that time, there were no restrictions, and I wrote a check and cashed $10 million. And I took it home for myself. I put it in the booth of my vehicle and I went home. And I opened it and I looked at the $10 million and I believed that now I have money.”

Having convinced himself that he is truly rich, Aliko said he returned the money to the bank the following day.

He also said that Nigeria will be the largest exporter of cement in Africa by the end of this year and that the Dangote refinery at the end of the day will give 650 barrel of crude and 32 million tonnes of products.