Nigeria’s richest woman has opened up on her life and her rise to the mega bucks
Billionaire, Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija is one of the richest women in Africa, and like peers Bill Gates of Microsoft and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, she didn’t go to a university.
Alakija made the revelation while addressing students of the University of Lagos during the 2014 UN International Youths Day.
She said:
"I come from Ikorodu, Lagos state. I am married to a dashing young lawyer of 70 years of age and we have four grown up gentlemen and grandchildren. It has not been a rag to riches fairytale.
It has not been an overnight phenomenon like some cases which you find here and there all over the world. For as long as I can remember, I had always wanted my own business.
