‘Africa’s Youngest Billionaire’ Got to the Top Via Truth, Love and Compassion (oopsie)

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At age 31, Ashish Thakkar has gone from being a penniless civil war refugee to heading a multi-million dollar pan-African conglomerate. He has enough wealth to be known as Africa’s youngest billionaire. But when it comes to wealth and business, Thakkar has his own view.

Thakkar’s parents, originally from India, were forced to leave Uganda in 1972 during the expulsion of Asians by then-president Idi Amin. They fled to the United Kingdom, and this is where Thakkar was born. When he was 12, his parents decided to sell their business and move the family to Rwanda.

But a peaceful life didn’t last long. When the Rwandan genocide broke out in 1994, Thakkar and his family were forced to flee the country—through the now famous hotel Rwanda—to Uganda.

“It was, of course, horrific … Today, I’m probably thankful I got to see that, because it was an experience which has reshaped my thinking and my philosophy,” said Thakkar in an interview with The Epoch Times in San Francisco.


http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/75654-african-refugee-turned-multi-millionaire-invests-in-african-youth/