Ghana’s wealthiest individual in 2023, Nick Kofi Adjei Danso Abbeam, hails from a nuclear family with 100 children.
Nick Abbeam, the CEO of the Nick Group of Companies, oversees a diverse business empire that includes Ghana Link, the Royal Nick Hotels chain, the Royal Light chain, Nick TC Scan (Ghana and Sierra Leone), Alic Inspection Company, Export Gold Ethanol Inspection Company, Global Export Company of Guinea Bissau, Misyl Energy BDC, Nick Petroleum, and several other ventures.
In a revealing 2023 interview with Kofi TV, Nick Abbeam disclosed that his father had 14 wives and fathered 100 children.
“My father had many wives; my mother was the last one, the 14th. He was the chief of Bredi… He had 100 children. I am the third child of my mother,” Nick Abbeam shared, highlighting his mother, Abena Achiaa, who was the youngest wife of his father.
Nick Abbeam’s journey to success began when he moved to Spain, where he expanded his business acumen.
After over a decade in Spain, he returned to Ghana to establish his various enterprises, including Nick and Slogan, a pioneering company in importing Ford tires, kitchen cabinets, and building materials into Ghana.
“I was seventeen when my uncle took me to Spain. I worked there before bringing some of my business ventures to Ghana. One of my first companies was Nick and Slogan on Spintex Road. Slogan was a white man; I was the Nick. We started importing Ford tires, kitchen cabinets, and more to Ghana,” he recounted.
These initial ventures laid the foundation for numerous other businesses in Ghana and beyond.
“In 2000, I decided to come back home after my success in Spain… I began with Nick Hotel, then expanded to Nick and Slogan, and further into other businesses in Ghana and across Africa. After Nick and Slogan, I founded Ghana Link. This led to Nick Scan, then Misyl (Energy BDC), which gave rise to Nick Petroleum, and with God’s blessing, many more businesses,” he elaborated.