Mark Scorsese. You may have heard his name from his abundant collection of films that depicts American culture without sugarcoating. His harsh, more violent style of filmmaking mixed with his bold and ambitious repertoire of films has made him, arguably, one of the most notable cult filmmakers of the 20th and 21st century. 

The story of Derrick Faulcon, the founder of Cloudy Donut, proved the importance of resilience and tenacity in shaping success. As an atypical vegan donut shop, in 2020,  Cloud Donut was established in Baltimore and soon expanded to multiple shops across the U.S. Donut's incredible success parallels Derrick Faulcon's experience: from a prisoner to a successful entrepreneur. 

As the owner of 85% of the publicly-traded Dangote Cement through a holding company, the CEO of Dangote Group, which owns Dangote cement as well as other businesses under the Dangote umbrella, has a networth of $14.2 billion USD, it does not come as a shock that Aliko Dangote is the richest person in Africa for the 12th consecutive year in a row. As money seems impossible to come by with the current state of the world’s economy, this amount of money may seem almost unfathomable to many. How does one get to this state of financial stability?