Just for those that will see opening 28 account as fraud. The government then actually were the ones who defrauded the igbos by paying them just 20 pounds each compared to the millions they lost. So it's wisdom to do what he did to raise money. He was also honest enough to say that.

azpekuliar:
That is how to tell a success story not I started Zenith bank in 1990 with N20m from the sky Jim Ovia type story.

Most financial success stories are edited. Because the real deal behind the money is too dirty to mention to the public

GRASS TO GRACE

2shure:
After moving coke and selling expired drugs .abegi. tell the story to the birds.during the 90's,yahoo,drugs and fake products were the order of the day.ole

Go carry your own coke or go do the ole work. Abi to get money dey fear you? At 21, he was a millionaire. At your own age now, you dey struggle for recharge card.

2shure:
After moving coke and selling expired drugs .abegi. tell the story to the birds.during the 90's,yahoo,drugs and fake products were the order of the day.ole

I'm sure GUO is richer than your father that's why you're jealous of his success. If you don't know who GUO is, go and ask instead of exhibiting idiocy on nairaland

Adazi ani behold

Starzo:
So you created over 20 bank accounts to steal


This yahoo matter don tay

In saner climes he would be prosecuted

Igbo amaka

Congratulations mpa Pidu 😄

Your vehicle uses water because you nor dey buy fuel

Nice story

SpatialKing:
This is Joewezeza dad right

No jowizaza dad is jezco oil and gas

This one is Godwin ubaka okeke

Guo transport company

Evergreen4:
I realized they might just give a flat rate to everyone, so I worked with my brothers to open 28 different accounts and collected the 20 naira per account.

Yahoo started a long time ago

He made it by doing legitimate business, so don't tag him a yahoo person. Bitterness is not good for your health.

God bless Umu Igbo Nile

Nice uplift and very believable. Igbos and entrepreneurship are 5&6.

HE HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THIS STORY ALL THE YEARS. SO THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF TRUTH IN IT

Franzinni:
In this life just make money o...

This might be the heaven or hell the Bible is talking about ooo depending on where you find yourself ...

Sounds funny but very likely to be true

Unlimitedwords:
GUO@75: How I Became a Millionaire at 21



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umAd-692DnM?si=A1pZGjIvyKNNdm7P

After the Nigerian Civil War ended in 1970, people were scrambling to rebuild their lives. Fortunately, I had left my village just three days after the war ended and came down to Onitsha, where God immediately started blessing me.

As I arrived in Onitsha in my father's 404 saloon car, surveying the damage the war had caused, I was about to leave the market near the Fegge police station when some people approached me. They asked if I could take them to Enugu. I told them I hadn't been outside Onitsha since the end of the war, but I would do it for 1 pound per person. They agreed, and eight of them jumped into my Peugeot 404. I made 8 pounds in one trip, and without hesitation, I drove them to Enugu.

At Ogbete in Enugu, another group asked if I was going back to Onitsha, and I collected another 8 pounds, making a total of 16 pounds. At that time, there were hardly any vehicles on the road, as people were still hiding in their villages. I was amazed at the amount of money I had made and decided to go back to my village in Adazi-Ani to inform my parents about what I had seen and experienced in Onitsha.

My parents were worried that I had left without telling them, and they even tried to punish me. However, once I explained what had happened, they calmed down. My mother was more concerned about my safety than the money I had made. I assured them that nothing would happen to me and that I would be returning to Onitsha early the next morning to start a new business.

The money I had made from the trips, I gave to my parents without keeping any for myself. From 6 am the next day, I was running back and forth between Onitsha and Enugu, making good money.

This continued, and by the time the Nigerian government announced they would pay each person 20 pounds, I noticed that the bank officials were not properly counting the money people were bringing in. I realized they might just give a flat rate to everyone, so I worked with my brothers to open 28 different accounts and collected the 20 naira per account.

With the money I had accumulated, I started trading and bought Volkswagen vans, which were popular in the 1970s. I would go to factories, looking for distributorship, and by 1971, 1972, and 1973, I had made enough money through both trading and transportation. From there, I started travelling to China, Japan, and Hong Kong to import goods, and my business kept growing, ultimately making me a millionaire by the age of 21.

The headline is misleading...it was the 404 which I am sure is more than 8 pounds, that he turned around, not just 8 pounds.

Floww23:


Most financial success stories are edited. Because the real deal behind the money is too dirty to mention to the public

He did mention some dirtyness. Opening 28 accounts and fraudulently obtaining 560 naira is as against 20naira is a crime

Igbos are gifted to turn things around in business . Don't doubt their ability on this. They learn languages faster than any other tribe and cope effectively on any terrain except where there is no money .

Happy Birthday GUO!

Evergreen4:
I realized they might just give a flat rate to everyone, so I worked with my brothers to open 28 different accounts and collected the 20 naira per account.

Yahoo started a long time ago

That's all you saw in the entire story. That's why people like you constantly miss opportunity because you look for a negative in a virgin opportunity. For his father to have owned a car, do you know how much he must have had in the banks but confiscated by the govt? By the story, 20 pounds is an equivalent of what a regular bus carried in one trip (20 persengers) from Onitsha to Enugu. That sounds like giving 50k per person in today's naira regardless of what you have in the bank.

Do you know whatbit takes to drive from Onitsha to Enugu just 2 days after the announcement of the end of the war?

If you care to know, it's like driving solo around gaza right now when most people were still hidding.

The Anambra billionaire, made in Anambra....b4 those shit lovers will claim that every wealthy igbo man was made in their shit lagos...I told igbos come home there is money at home, Lagos only have tribalism and hatred for you, leave her, Aba, onitsha, nnewi is booming

I'll not say pim

To every glory there is always story behind it

Atleast he didn't try to paint a picture of being a self righteous prick. He told us the summary of he started. But no be today nigerian started being fraudulent. You can't make decent money in this country without breaking the law.

Na that one shock me pass, that's fraud

Starzo:
So you created over 20 bank accounts to steal


This yahoo matter don tay

Greenfaces:
May God help us
You opened 20 different accounts to take 20 naira each. Trust me 20 different people didn't get that 20 naira because of your decision and they were poor. How do you pay them now for all they lost in life

Fullish man.

The wicked Nigeria government wanted to impoverish him and he used smartness to get every worth of his money.

Same way people open domiciliary accounts to hide their money from the somersaulting naira.

Unlimitedwords:

...so I worked with my brothers to open 28 different accounts and collected the 20 naira per account.

Sorry o, is that not fraud? Please someone help me explain.

This is not yahoo this is fraud by another Igbo criminal Those foolish obidient ipob always blaming Awolowo will have nothing to say about this die hard foolish criminal

Evergreen4:
I realized they might just give a flat rate to everyone, so I worked with my brothers to open 28 different accounts and collected the 20 naira per account.

Yahoo started a long time ago