Popular businessman Farooq Oreagba, a.k.a Mr. Steeze, has reflected on the highs and lows of his financial journey. He recently had his say during an appearance on Ebuka Obi-Uchendu’s MENtality show, co-hosted by Banky W, and fans have been reacting.
Revealing that he went from being a dollar millionaire at the age of 30 to working as a labourer in England, Farooq shared that everything came crashing down after he lost his banking job.
He added that the experience taught him that many people spend too much time chasing money while neglecting what truly matters.
His words, “Ebuka I’m going to drop a few nuggets here. How much is money to you. Will a billionaire dollar satisfy you?
Okay now I’m going back to the first question about materialism and people chasing money but if I gave you 10 million dollars now, what would you say?
But what if I told you you can have it but not live more than 24 hours to spend it what would you do?
Right. Then all of a sudden living now has more value. I was a dollar millionaire at 30, at 35 I was working as a labourer in England. I had my dream and all them I lost my job as a banker. To maintain that lifestyle I was hustling, doing all kinds of stuff… I had my priorities wrong. Sometimes we place priorities on….”
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