Osei Kwame Despite At 60: 5 Inspirational Facts About Businessman That Tell His Grass To Grace Story

• Business mogul Osei Kwame Despite turned 60 years old on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, and celebrated in style
• Despite's birthday saw the creme-de-la-creme of the Ghanaian showbiz and business spaces show up to celebrate him
• YEN.com.gh is celebrating Despite's birthday with these amazing facts about the businessman that will inspire many today

Businessman, Osei Kwame, popularly known as 'Despite' is undoubtedly one of the most successful businessmen in Ghana.

As Chairman of the Despite Group of Companies, he controls a conglomerate that spans interests in trading, manufacturing, real estate, and media.

Born on February 2, 1962, Despite turned 60 years old on Wednesday.

YEN.com.gh has 5 inspirational things about his success

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1. He is not highly educated:

Education is often said to be the key to success and many want to attain the highest academic qualifications as possible.

But Despite has shown that, though going to school may be good, one does not need to have a university to become successful in business or even in life.

He has been able to grow his Despite enterprise, which started as a music (cassette) shop to what it is today without a Harvard degree.

On top of that, he has been honoured with a Doctorate degree.

2. He is not from a rich background:

Despite was born at Wiamoase, a small town near Agona, the capital of Sekyere South district in the Ashanti Region.

Unlike many of the well-to-do people at his level, his parents were not rich and he had to fend for himself at an early stage in life.

This, it is believed, contributed to his lack of education but it has not stopped him from being successful.

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He has obviously shown one's birthplace and circumstances would matter little if he or she is determined to succeed.

3. He started as a petty trader:

Owing to his poor background and the fact that he had to provide for himself, Despite started out as a petty trader.

He sold items including music cassettes, padlocks, feeding bottles, among others at Dunkwa-on- Offin where he had relocated.

The inspiration here is one does need to have huge sums of money to start a business. Starting your business in a small way is may not be that appealing but Despite's has shown you could blow up one day.

4. He sojourned to Nigeria and returned bankrupt:

After making some money through trading, he was tempted to move to Nigeria for greener pastures.

Unfortunately for him, he was deported in 1983 as part of a mass deportation exercise by the Nigerian government returning with only a chain-saw machine and a trident cassette player.

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The chain saw machine got damaged in his attempt to engage in lumbering.

Left with just the cassette player, he left for Accra and re-started the cassette selling business which ended up becoming the famous music production shop.

Obviously, there would be setbacks in everything we do, but this did not deter him. With God and perseverance, everything is possible under the sun.

5. He is humble:

With all his success, Despite is very humble, at least, by appearance.

Rarely do you hear him talking, but on the few occasions that he has spoken in the media, he never takes credit for his successes.

He has always attributed his success as a businessman to the efforts of his workers.

And from what we hear of him from his workers on the various radio stations he owns, his humility and kindness are not in doubt.

To simply put it, Osei Kwame 'Despite's rags-to-riches story is inspiring as it tells us that you can be successful even without a privileged background.

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Despite mark's 60th birthday

Meanwhile, Despite marked his 60th birthday in grand style with swith activities going through the day.

The business mogul has had a packed day after he flew from Accra to Wiamoase in the Ashanti region to celebrate the day there.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Despite Group of Companies was in his hometown where he gifted his two younger sisters with a fully-furnished 5-bedroom house each.

Source: YEN.com.gh