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" I used to own two homes in Atlanta. But it was a lot of trouble. There are leaky roofs; you have to call people. It takes up too much time to own property everywhere. Now I stay at the St. Regis. I used to like cars a lot, too. I had 25 of them: Porsches, Ferraris. "

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" If bad and inexperienced politicians control power in Nigeria, my wealth may turn into poverty, and I am not ready to become a poor man. "

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" My love for Arsenal dates back to when I went to watch them play with the then-largest shareholder David Dein. I developed a likeness for the team, and I have been a supporter of the team since then. "

" The people who were supposed to invest in refineries, who understand the market, are benefiting from there being no refineries because of the fuel import business. "

" If you don't have ambition, you shouldn't be alive. "

" I always tried to move up the food chain. I started with cement and then moved into textiles and banking. When I was trading sugar, I added salt and flour so that then we could do pasta. And then I thought, why not make the bag for it, too? So, we started making packaging. "

" I'm not in it for the money. No, no. I like to run a business that's successful... I'm a very creative person. "

" I've run a very successful business, and I think I can also run a very successful team. "

" I always make sure I hire people smarter than me. "

" My great-grandfather was a kola nut trader and the richest man in West Africa at the time of his death. My father was a businessman and politician. I was actually raised by my grandfather. "

" Where the assets of Facebook were hype, we have real assets. "

" The number one thing that kills businesses in Africa is power - or the lack of power. "

" What I always say is that money doesn't have colour. It doesn't matter whether you are from Africa or anywhere in the world. The colour of money is the same. "

" The gas, which is our main source of power, is priced in dollars. "

" If I have an idea, I can actualize it through our political leaders. "

" Where the foreign exchange is not available, we are cutting down our operations. For example, we had a vegetable oil refinery; we have shut it down. We had a tomato-based processing plant; we have shut it down. "

" The most dangerous thing for an entrepreneur to do is to actually go into a business that he does not understand fully. "

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