Know the state of your health that day . A few weeks ago, Reed Hastings surprised the corporate world when he said even though he was the ceo and founder of netflix, he would give up that position and become the coceo. I have been a coceo for a while. It can work and it did work for me but it is challenging to be coceo. Ceo and be the you realize he does not have a big ego. He is willing to listen to other people. I think it will work and i think it is working. Public iny now, point 2002, the market cap is up 86,000 . Stock is up 41,000 since then. Did you ever think it would become that big, that successful . No, because then i would never have sold a share. You never know on that. Honestly, there has been a lot of luck along the way. Blockbuster could have wiped us out many times. Off blockbuster in 2004, they saddled them with a billion dollars of debt as their goodbye kiss. That severelyn limited blockbuster when they attacked us. That was one. Another one is blockbuster had is on
I dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Aliko dangote is widely known to be the wealthiest man in africa. So is that a title you are proud to have . Or is that one where you get so many people calling you for money that you wish you were not the wealthiest man in africa . Aliko first of all, thank you very much, david. It is great to be here and seeing you today. Well, you know, when they call you the wealthiest person in africa, it comes with a lot of baggage. Of course, there are so many demands. People come up with so many different demands. But it is good because i like to give back to the society. David so right now, you are involved in many philanthropic endeavors. Lets go through some of them before we go to how you made all of this money. Recently, you
David people would not recognize me if my tie was fixed. Leave it this way. All right. David i do not consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of an interviewer where though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Aliko dangote is known to be the wealthiest man in africa. Is that a title you are proud to have or one where you get people calling you for money, you wish you were not the wealthiest man in africa . Aliko first of all, thank you very much. It is great to be here. When they call me the wealthiest person in africa, it comes with a lot of baggage. There are a lot of demands. People come up with different demands. It is good because i like to give back to the society. David you are involved in many philanthropic endeavors in africa and elsewhere. Lets go through some of them before you actually made all of this money. Recently, you had
Fixed, but ok. Lets just leave it this way. I dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Aliko dangote is widely known to be the wealthiest man in africa. So is that a title you are proud to have . Or is that one where you get so many people calling you for money that you wish you were not the wealthiest man in africa . Aliko first of all, thank you very much, david. It is great to be here and seeing you today. Well, you know, when they call you the wealthiest person in africa, it comes with a lot of baggage. Of course, there are so many demands. People come up with so many different demands. But it is good because i like to give back to the society. David so right now, you are involved in many philanthropic endeavors. Lets go through some of them before we go to h
Leave it this way. All right. David i do not consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Aliko dangote is known to be the wealthiest man in africa. Is that a title you are proud to have or one where you get people calling you for money, you wish you were not the wealthiest man in africa . Aliko first of all, thank you very much. It is great to be here. You the, when they call wealthiest person in africa, it comes with a lot of baggage. There are a lot of demands. People come up with different demands. It is good because i like to give back to the society. David you are involved in many philanthropic endeavors in africa and elsewhere. Lets go to some of them. Recently, you had an event in new york with mo ibraham, a wealthy african businessperson, and bill gates, in which you provi