“I sold fake Versace and YSL shirts, made my first million 21 – Cheddar
One of the richest persons in Ghana, Cheddar, who`s a real estate developer has shared again with us one of his little beginning. This is in no way to give a bad advice but to encourage the youth to keep up with the grind.
he recall as he once made his first huge amount in England. He actually left for England to further his education. In an online interview with youtuber Samuel Leeds, Cheddar tells how he started selling fake designer wears in his car boot.
he recounts how he sold fake Versace and YSL clothes which made him good profits .
“I made my first million pounds at the age of 21 and I will tell you exactly what happened. I was living in England, and I was sent there to go to college and I was selling fake Versace and YSL shirts in the back of my 205 GTI which I bought for 499 pounds.
“I made my first million pounds at the age of 21 and I will tell you exactly what happened. I was living in England, and I was sent there to go to college and I was selling fake Versace and YSL shirts in the back of my 205 GTI which I bought for 499 pounds.
My capital when I was going to London was US$6,000. My mum, my brothers and everybody gave me 130 pounds which they taught was big money for me but I was laughing in my head…It was in 1994, I remember very well and I bought a Panasonic chip phone and so I was like the new kid on the block.”
“…Then I met Johnny Prescott, he was selling the jeans and the shirts. I just wanted to buy one pair of jeans and one pair of shit but when I saw the prices, 30 and 20 pounds, I offered him 20 pounds and 15 for the shirt and I put it at the back of my boot and I was selling it for 50 and 40. So, I started making money from the boot but I fell into the streets because I already understood what business was. At that point, business was me from where I was coming from,” Nana Kwame Bediako reminisced.
“…Then I met Johnny Prescott, he was selling the jeans and the shirts. I just wanted to buy one pair of jeans and one pair of shit but when I saw the prices, 30 and 20 pounds, I offered him 20 pounds and 15 for the shirt and I put it at the back of my boot and I was selling it for 50 and 40. So, I started making money from the boot but I fell into the streets because I already understood what business was. At that point, business was me from where I was coming from,” Nana Kwame Bediako reminisced.
Nana Kwame Bediako also recounted how he started buying scraps from salvages to resell them. he explained this also earned him great income, which ultimately contributed to him earning his first million pounds at age 21.
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“The beginning of business can start from a bad corner, you just need to turn it around and establish it…the naked truth of Freedom Jacob Caesar is coming out in the book that is about to come out,” he said as a motivational message to the youth.
“The beginning of business can start from a bad corner, you just need to turn it around and establish it…the naked truth of Freedom Jacob Caesar is coming out in the book that is about to come out,” he said as a motivational message to the youth.
