The day Andrew gave it to me, he
changed my life. Thanks to him, I
now controlled production, sales,
distribution—I had everything I
needed to lock down the bootleg
business.
I was a natural capitalist. I
loved selling stuff, and I was selling
something that everybody wanted
and nobody else could provide. I
sold my discs for 30 rand, around
$3. A regular CD in the store cost
100 to 150 rand. Once people
started buying from me, they
wouldn’t buy real CDs ever again—
the deal was too good.
I had an instinct for business,