The owner of Steaua Bucharest Gigi Becali, through a recent statement published by the Romanian Stiripesurse, talked about his past, revealing his strugles, difficulties and roots.
"My father is born in Albania, my mother in Bulgaria. He was deported to Dobrogea, then to Bucovina, then to Banat, and then to Baragan, Zagna village, near Braila, where I was born in 1958. I was born in the concentration camp at Zagna." he said.
May dad soon realized how harsh and corrupt were the party activists and various officers. He had lots of sheep and lots of milk, cheese, cream, meat, had enough to give to all the people he came in contact. They came from all sorts of great figures in the communist hierarchy, to buy quality products, and my father gave them gifts.
They allowed him to expand his business, become a hotel and restaurant supplier, for the homes of the communists. So he also send rabbits to various Arab countries, with the permission of the authorities. That is why he was paying considerable bribes, but he knew how to do it, in such a way as to send dollars to his relatives in America. The best business teacher I ever had was my father," Becali said.
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