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I would say my late father Johannes Naruseb I always called him Bill Gates of my world. His entrepreneurial career was cut-short by his pre-mature stroke that led to his disability. This great man came from a humble background of 11 siblings and mother that was truckling to make a living and raising her children.
At one stage my father did not even have trousers to put on and he would wear long shirts. Some members from the community gave my grandmother a nickname “poverty”. My dad was the second born and he dropped out of school at around 13 to work and look after his family. Around the age of 23 my beloved father decided not to work for anyone and started fulltime business in retail industry. His business idea was absolutely breath taking because he would buy consumables and food in Windhoek the capital city of Namibia and sell it in rural areas where there no shops. Eventually he set up small shops in those areas. You must remember that was during the oppressive apartheid era and from time-to-time the apartheid police officers would target him and confiscate money and stock from him and often he was also tortured.
Against all odds, tenacity is what he exhibited! Sadly, he got a stroke while I was three years old and lost everything.
One of the greatest thing and interesting thing I heard from him was: “I want to buy at least two big airplanes to transport people especially when they go back to their villages”. His argument was an aircraft can take more people at a time at the same time it is faster than a car.
At that stage he had no money, however; his entrepreneurial spirit was not dead and he was still a dreamer He died later that year. And that brings me to what I always say “an entrepreneur is someone who never see stop and yield signs but go signs”.
I continue to study other entrepreneurs because I am in business too. My greatest believe is if only my dad knew half of what I know today he would have been one of the richest men. He was way ahead of his peers.
I want to thank everybody who has read this. He may not be the Donald Trump; however he has made the most profound impact in my life - from a poor primary school dropout to a successful entrepreneur, though he lost it all.
My dream is to continue his legacy because I also grew up as a poor kid. Today; my greatest strength is my academic and organic intellectuality which I continue to nurture.
I wrote this to celebrate my Dad’s accomplishments his name is Jahannes Naruseb.
Yes, I do have other mainstream entrepreneurial heroes and heroines. Starting with Oprah Winfrey, Sir Richard Branson, Donald Trump; Charles Dunstone, Simon Nixon; Bill Gates; Warren Buffet; Elena Ambrosiadou; Duncan Banntyne and Simon Cowell. I admire all these great people in their distinct way; I studied all their profiles and it touched me tremendously.
Dantani
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