How Tarrus Richardson built a $500 million private equity empire on businesses others overlook
Billionaires Africa | 08.04.2026 15:20
Tarrus Richardson was 17 when he clipped a newspaper article about Reginald Lewis, who had just completed the largest overseas leveraged buyout in history. Lewis had acquired a global food company with operations in 31 countries, and the deal ran to more than a billion dollars. Richardson looked at the article, told his mother it looked like a good job and decided that he wanted to be in those rooms.
