Bird of a feather, they say, flock together. With the super-wealthy in the world, the saying is taken seriously. Unlike how Nollywood portrays life, where a rich man is friends with a poor man in the village, real life doesn’t play out as such. The rich only make friends with the rich.
As a matter of fact, studies have shown that rich people go out of their way to surround themselves with only rich friends. Even long before they became billionaires, they made efforts to spend time with people they either aspired to be like or people who share the same mindset as them. Among many international billionaires, we can see this play out, with the budding friendship between Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates standing out.
Well, Nigerian billionaires are not left out. Over the years, we have seen Forbes top rated billionaires make friends with each other and increase their circle. They may be staunch competitors during the working hours. Still, outside business, they travel together, have dinner and party together, make friends with each other families and children, serve on charity boards together, and even celebrate their wins together. But can you blame them? They say the people you spend the most time with can affect your wealthy status. This couldn’t be truer, as this super-wealthy have only become wealthier over the years as well.
