Not writing his memoirs just yet

‘Eurobuild CEE’: You are one of the richest people in Hungary. How did growing up in a poor family influence your life? Sándor Demján, the founder of the TriGranit Holding development company: Yes, I had a difficult childhood. When I was young I was angry with God – I didn’t go to church because I didn’t understand why God had punished me, even though I was such a good boy. But you can eventually take a philosophical approach to this and say that this is how God helped me. So I learnt to fight my way up and how to be grateful to those I received help from and how to express this gratitude. For everything – whether it was just a slice of bread or teachers spending their time with me on Sundays because I had to work during the week to support myself. In order to catch up with my education I had to go to school on Sundays. As a six or seven-year old boy I carried buckets of water