In
November 2012, Folorunsho Alakija made Forbes list of Africa’s 40
richest.
With
a net worth of $600m, Folorunsho Alakija was announced Nigeria’s richest woman.
If you think this would make her talk about money or how she made hers in this
interview with Punch, you are wrong.
The
business mogul is however quick to define wealth in her own words: “Wealth is
beyond money and affluence. It can be classified as a large amount of
something, ranging from experience to talent. It is a word that quantifies and
qualifies anything. For instance, you could say someone has a wealth of
interesting qualities. Many people have said the same to me because there are
so many parts to who I am, who I have become and who God has created me to be.
I am a businesswoman, a fashion designer and milliner by profession.
