Xavier Effiong III

02/05/2015

The Walmart heirs alone have more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of Americans combined.The six Waltons on Forbes' list of wealthiest Americans have a net worth of $144.7 billion. This fiscal year three Waltons—Rob, Jim, and Alice (and the various entities that they control)—will receive an estimated $3.1 billion in Walmart dividends from their majority stake in the company. How did the family build that kind of wealth? How are they sustaining it? What can we learn from them?

01/05/2015

What did rich people, rich families, rich companies and rich nations do when they were not yet rich that later made them become rich? What did they do with their time when they had no capital? How did they raise capital? How do they decide where to invest?

05/04/2015

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When I first met him, he was not ‘comely’ to behold. This choclate skinned, lanky framed figure of a man rode on his Yamaha motor bike to come see me at M2 (male Hostel) in the University of Uyo where I lodged at the time.