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Excuse me, sir. Is this your Rolls-Royce?
No, it's sir.
Real quick. I have a channel with 22 million followers. Do you think I could do a quick interview with the gentleman in the back? Quick, could I could I get you real quick for 30 seconds, sir?
What side do you want?
Let me go get over here. How you doing, sir?
Maybe this isn't mine.
How did you get rich, sir? What did you do?
How did I get rich?
I tell you the secret to getting rich. You got a big balls. You got to work for yourself.
And what was your main company?
I had a lot of them, but I was one of the largest online lenders in the world.
How did you get into this business? It doesn't seem like a very sexy business.
It's sexy when you made the kind of money I made. And what was the most amount of money you made in a single year?
$60 million for myself.
For yourself? Why do most businesses fail in today's world?
I'll tell you exactly why. Most of them are under financed. You can have the greatest idea in the world. If you don't have the pockets to stay around during the tough time, you don't make it through. So, I mean, I got to run.
What's one lesson about money that banks don't want people to know?
I'll tell you what it is. Here's what banks do. They give you a [ __ ] umbrella when the sun is shining. And when it starts raining, they take the umbrella away.
Wow.
When you really need money, you're not getting it from a bank.
So, how are you today?
Ah, I'm way too young to tell you that.
How old are you? How old are you?
I'm in my 60s.
My last question. If me and you died tomorrow and you had one more message to leave with the younger generation, what would that be?
You can't be afraid to make moves to be a big boy. You're going to eat big [ __ ] big. And if you don't want to do that, then you'll always stay a small guy. I started in that business way after a lot of other guys are in that business and we went past him. Why? Cuz I wasn't afraid to take a chance.
Do you believe in God?
100% I do.
You know, God is real.
You want to hear a great story?
Yes, sir. Please.
My first career as a minister. I pastored a church until I was 30 years old. I was broke as you could come. So, yeah. Great. Great. Last question. And thank you so much for your time and I appreciate you, sir.
I look forward. You can put on the school of hard knocks.