Businessman Farooq Oreagba, popularly known as Mr. Steeze, has reflected on the highs and lows of his financial journey, revealing that he went from being a dollar millionaire at the age of 30 to working as a labourer in England just five years later after losing his banking job.
Oreagba made the
revelation during an appearance on Ebuka Obi-Uchendu’s MENtality show,
co-hosted by Banky W, where he spoke about wealth, materialism and the
importance of life over money.
During the conversation,
Oreagba posed a hypothetical question to Ebuka to illustrate his belief that
life is more valuable than any amount of wealth.
“Ebuka I’m going to drop
a few nuggets here. How much is money to you. Will a billionaire dollar satisfy
you?” he asked.
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Responding, Ebuka said,
“I’m not looking for satisfaction.”
Oreagba continued, “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?”
Ebuka replied, “What
would I say? I’ll call you from Miami to thank you.”
Oreagba then added, “But
what if I told you you can have it but not live more than 24 hours to spend it
what would you do?”
Ebuka responded, “I mean
I could make 10 million dollars, so it’s not worth it.”
Using the exchange to
make his point, Oreagba reflected on his own experience with wealth and hardship.
“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.”
Oreagba said the
experience taught him that many people spend too much time chasing money while
neglecting what truly matters, noting that wealth alone does not define the
value of life.
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