Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola‘s Memoir, “Making it Large: Classes from a Life in Enterprise”, on Sunday, ranked 1st on the Amazon Finest Sellers within the Beginning a Enterprise class, accompanied by a 5‑star common ranking from readers.
PREMIUM TIMES had reported how the guide, launched on 18 August, rapidly ranked 4th in Enterprise, Biographies and Memoirs, only a day after its launch.
Within the 286-page memoir, Mr Otedola, who chairs Geregu Energy PLC and FirstHoldCo PLC, narrated his life journey from a modest starting as a toddler to turning into a billionaire at 41.
On Amazon, Mr Otedola’s guide ranked forward of Steven Bartlett’s The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Legal guidelines of Enterprise and Life (quantity 2); Simon Squibb’s What’s Your Dream?: Discover Your Ardour, Love Your Work and Construct a Richer Life (quantity 3) and Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Extremely Efficient Individuals.
Endorsements
The guide has acquired endorsements from business leaders, together with the Director Common of the World Commerce Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the quick previous President of the African Improvement Financial institution (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote.
Mrs Okonjo-Iweala praised Mr Otedola for deciding to seize his expertise in a guide, noting the rarity of books by African enterprise leaders documenting their journeys.
“There are only a few books by profitable African enterprise leaders documenting their journey and sharing classes discovered for posterity, however particularly for a youthful technology,” she stated.
Mr Adesina described it as “a must-read” for everybody concerned about entrepreneurship and management.
The guide is a must-read for all enterprise leaders, coverage makers and younger individuals venturing into the world of entrepreneurship and enterprise.”
In the meantime, Mr Dangote praised the guide’s sensible steerage and relatable narrative, saying it presents “helpful insights for surmounting enterprise hurdles” and is “a extremely beneficial learn for anybody who aspires to achieve success in a difficult atmosphere.”
Cascade of revelations
Within the memoir, Mr Otedola wrote about his instructional background, revealing that he dropped out and didn’t go to college as a result of he regularly struggled to get good grades in main and secondary colleges.
He additionally wrote about how, throughout a breakfast assembly in 2005, former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo persuaded him to fund the completion of the Nationwide Ecumenical Centre in Abuja with a donation of ₦300 million.
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He additionally revealed an encounter he had with the late enterprise magnate, philanthropist, and politician, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, and the way the encounter with Mr Abiola formed his notion in regards to the interaction of cash and energy within the lives of politicians, enterprise moguls, and different notable figures in society.
The memoir additionally recounts how he constructed companies in oil and fuel, transport, energy, actual property, and finance, whereas additionally navigating crippling setbacks that at occasions threatened his fortune and status.
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