Success is not final, struggle is a process…what would make the difference eventually is ‘discipline’.
Billionaire Dr. Martin Aliker sent his audience laughing after recounting how rejection from a girl back when he was a university student because he could not afford to buy her beer, was the birth of his dream to one day own a brewery – where he could produce as much beer as possible.
Today, he’s one of the richest men in Uganda and owns shares in East African Breweries. He was giving a speech during the recent celebrations of Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) turning 70, when he recounted the interesting story…
It was back in late 1940s when taking beer had just become an in-thing. He approached a beautiful girl in a club, but the lady would only have time for him if he could buy her a bottle of beer.
“I was at Makerere and those days there was only one night club, near Clock Tower. I approached this girl and she actually wanted to dance with me. The condition was that I buy a beer. Back then a beer was only one shilling, but I couldn’t afford it,” the billionaire said as quoted by Matooke Republic.
Speaking during the celebrations held at Sheraton Kampala Hotel, Aliker said that that disappointing experience roused a will in him to work his way up and one day own a brewery.
“She rejected me because I couldn’t afford a beer but now I have a brewery. That night was my inspiration to be part of a brewery business. I vowed that one day I had to be involved in making beer,” the business mogul told the amused crowd.
Dr. Aliker also owns shares in other companies including Nation Media Group, National Insurance Corporation, Uganda Clays and Stanbic Bank, and has sat in over 40 boards of companies.
He eventually got married to a good lady he met in the US when he was a student, and persuaded her to come to Uganda with him.
– Who knows where that lady is now
A Lady Rejected This Man Because He Couldn’t Buy Her A Beer, Today He Owns A Brewery added by on
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This is a real dream come true story from a ” rejected girl advance proposal- as he could not afford a beer to a magnet ; now brewing thousands of litres of liquor”. This is how some people can be aggressive towards. We can learn something here to realise our dream to reality!!
Am sure the recipe to this success includes hard work, perseverance, discipline and focus.
We can only congratulate him for this amazing success.
Go and look for the girl kaili
Go, find her and give her a hectarelitre of beer to drink.
She is a pf cader, they eat for now and never think about tomorrow, they are no vision creatures.
This is a lie. East African Breweries is not owned by an individual that is there is no person or family with controlling interest. Its current shareholding is as follows:
East African Breweries Limited Stock Ownership
Rank Name of Owner Percentage Ownership
1 Diageo & Associate Companies 50.03
2 Others via NSE, USE and DSE 49.97
Total 100.0
So stop this bullshit. This man is just a dentist and nothing else
Awe naine kuti nakana, pameso ukutikama?
@ghetto kikikikiki,but air are you sure your being rejected was because you could not afford an alcoholic beverage?try to look yourself in the mirror,the mystery will be solved! kaili now go and find the whore and rub it in her face! this story is vs,just trying to make ugly rejecties have some hope! regardless I salute you sir for your contribution to the alcoholics out there,people u like make the world!
Popo the author says he owns shares not the company.
God forbid, beer is haraam,beer is the root of all evil no wonder you are not allowed to drive while drunk it is simple logic