Meet The 23 Year Old Nigerian Guy Who Turned Down A Job Offer From World's Richest Man, Bill Gates

So back in August, 23 year old, Nigerian college graduate, Chris Kwekowe met with the Richest man in the world, unlike some of Nigerian youths who would have pressed Gates for money or job offer at his company, he instead turned down a job offer from the Microsoft guru.

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They met at a meeting forum for Africa's brightest young entrepreneurs, turning down the lucrative job offer of becoming, a software engineer at Microsoft, Gates was really impressed and said, "After the program, all the directors were like, 'Dude, you mean you actually turned down a job at Microsoft and had the guts to tell Bill Gates?"
The young Nigerian is extremely confident in his own abilities, Chris is creating his very own startup company, Slatecube which helps other young Nigerians who graduated college find jobs. Slatecube seeks to solve that problem by nurturing the graduates through digital internships.