Re: Three Wealthiest Men Ever To Come Out Of Europe, America And Africa by kayfra: 12:27am On Apr 29, 2019 |
Olu20090: Europe - Mayer Amschel Rothschild
America - John D. Rockefeller
[s]Africa - Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu. He died so young at age 57.[/s]Dangote Dangote Dangote Fixed |
Re: Three Wealthiest Men Ever To Come Out Of Europe, America And Africa by kayfra: 12:30am On Apr 29, 2019 |
Olu20090: THE INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF DANGOTE SIR LOUIS OJUKWU [s] A lot of people may not know who Sir Louis Philip Odumegwu Ojukwu is besides the fact that he was the father of late Biafran Warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu. But the fact is that he was one of the greatest Business men ever produced in Africa and one of the richest. It beggars belief that Sir Ojukwu went to Lagos with nothing in 1929 aged just 20 but 10 years later aged just 30, he was already managing his own chain of businesses which included, Ojukwu Stores, Ojukwu textiles and Ojukwu transportation company. By 1950, just Ojukwu Transportation company had over 200 trucks in its fleet. How did he do it?
Born Louis Philip Odumegwu Ojukwu in Nnewi in 1909, the only boy and second of four children,Sir Ojukwu went to Government primary School Asaba. In 1922, he proceeded to the only secondary School in the Eastern region at the time, Hope Waddell training institute, Calabar. After completing his secondary School education in 1928.
Sir Louis secured a job as a tyre sales clark with John Holt Lagos in 1929. It was working as a tyre clark the Sir Louis Ojukwu noticed that many Igbo traders who came to Lagos to buy tyres also bought textiles as well. With his meagre saving, Sir Louis travelled down to Onitsha where he opened his first business venture called "Ojukwu stores" and employed one of his relatives to oversee it. He then returned to Lagos and started sending down textiles on Lorries to his shop while still working for John Holt. Sir Louise's textile boomed.
By 1930, Louis bought a second hand truck and employed a driver in other move his goods himself and 'Ojukwu transport company' was born. Sir Ojukwu worked tirelessly and by end of the 1930's, was the major transporter on the East-West Road. In 1939, on the outbreak of world war 2, the British Government requested the use of Sir Ojukwus fleet of trucks for the War effort to which he agreed.
When the war ended in 1945, the British Goverment recognised the sacrifice he made and he was awarded a KBE (Knight of the British Empire). The end of the war also created a high demand for raw materials from West Africa and sir Ojukwus Transport business exploded sky high and he diversified into other businesses.
Some of Sir Ojukwu's early drivers such as Chief Ilodibe (Ekene Dili Chukwu) and Chief Izuchukwu (Izuchukwu Transport) would later become Transport moguls themselves.
Sir Ojukwu was so rich that in 1956 when the Queen visited Nigeria, the British authorities had to borrow his Rolls Royce and personal driver to chauffeur the Queen around. Sir Louis was also a financial pillar of Ziks NCNC party and when the party came to power in 1960, Sir Louis was offered the position of Finance Minister which he turned down, the position ultimately went to Okotie-Eboh. Sir Louis died in Nkalagu, present day Ebonyi state, in 1966. Sir Louis CV is the most intimidating I have ever seen and probably will ever see. He was:
1)The first President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange 2) President, African Continental Bank 3) Chairman, Nigerian cement company (NIGERCEM) 4) CEO, Ojukwu Transport company...over 5000 fleet of trucks 5) Chairman, Nigerian National Shipping Line...over 100 ships and vessels 6) Chairman, Lion Of Africa Insurance Company 7) Chairman, BISCO Nigeria Limited cool Chairman, Nigerian Industrial Development Bank...founded to specifically give loans to industries 9) Vice President, Lagos Chamber Of Commerce 10) Chairman, Palmline Shipping company 11) Chairman, Nigerian Produce Marketing board 12) Chairman, Eastern Nigerian Development Corporation 13) Chairman, Costain west Africa 14) Director, Shell D'Arcy Petroleum 15) Director, Thomas Wyatt & Son 16) Director, Nigerian Coal corporation 17) Director, Guiness Nigeria Limited 18) Director, Nigerian Tobacco Company 19) Director, Daily Times of Nigeria
The man was simply larger than life. Sir Louis also owned numerous building, landed properties and stocks. It is estimated that as at the time he died in 1966, he was worth about 40 Billion Dollars in today's money[/s]. Fixed |
Re: Three Wealthiest Men Ever To Come Out Of Europe, America And Africa by Nobody: 12:35am On Apr 29, 2019 |
kayfra:
Fixed Afonja and envy. Think Igbos are their mate? SMH.
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Re: Three Wealthiest Men Ever To Come Out Of Europe, America And Africa by kayfra: 12:41am On Apr 29, 2019 |
Olu20090:
Afonja and envy. Think Igbos are their mate? SMH. You are deluded. No Nigerian has come close to Dangote, no matter how you slice and dice it. Ojukwu was not even as rich as Deinde Fernandez or Yinka Folawiyo or Dantata or Da Rocha. No. We won't let you re-write a convenient history. |
Re: Three Wealthiest Men Ever To Come Out Of Europe, America And Africa by Nobody: 12:48am On Apr 29, 2019 |
kayfra:
[s]You are deluded. No Nigerian has come close to Dangote, no matter how you slice and dice it. Ojukwu was not even as rich as Deinde Fernandez or Yinka Folawiyo or Dantata or Da Rocha.
No. We won't let you re-write a convenient history.[/s] Dangote is a pidgin to Sir Louis Ojukwu. Dangote is just a front for government. Abiola, though another government front was even greater than Dangote!
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Re: Three Wealthiest Men Ever To Come Out Of Europe, America And Africa by kayfra: 1:03am On Apr 29, 2019 |
Olu20090:
Dangote is a pidgin to Sir Louis Ojukwu. Dangote is just a front for government. Abiola, though another government front was even greater than Dangote! You think everybody thinks with tribe plasted on their faces. So you injecting Abiola over Dangote must make me now be less objective? Simpleton Lmao ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) Dangote is the richest Nigerian dead or alive. |
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Re: Three Wealthiest Men Ever To Come Out Of Europe, America And Africa by Osaze007: 6:55am On May 09, 2020 |
Ojukwu used his father's money to fight the civil war. On his eve of victory, he declined the French offer,,,
Only him and his chi knew why he took such decision
...aboby where were you,, ![wink](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/wink.png)
..."I was in the toilet with bambam, applying the case of.." Lies from out of hell Ojuku took French support and still lost |
Re: Three Wealthiest Men Ever To Come Out Of Europe, America And Africa by koondog: 7:13am On Jul 18, 2021 |
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