“The worst thing is that if you’ve done something your whole life, you can’t be calm,” Riisalu said. “At some point I left the business world and went to parliament. At this point I had understood for myself how much money is. I don’t want to owe hundreds of millions to the banks. For me the tolerance limit is significantly lower than that of some big players.”
A Riisalu is happy that Alexela will soon be listed on the stock exchange: he still has an emotional connection to the company. “Throw out your voice (Alexela Grand Owner – Ed.) I invited him to work with me in 1993. I said the fuel business is the right thing. It suited him. Our first company was AS Autokütus, in 1995 we merged with Juhan Kolgi and Urmas Pasti Alexela and everything went like this. The Häälte brothers seem to be doing well,” he said. “But I didn’t want that kind of life anymore. Being over 60, it’s time to start getting it together and I’d like to take it easy. Of course, one cannot say that the life of an elderly person in the Mustamäe district is very peaceful.”
Our Men in Riisalu don’t have many shows lined up at the moment, but there will be a few in the meantime. “There is a time in the Estonian economy when things are not in the best way. The first place where people gather is entertainment. Big bands are not ordered too often,” he described. “However, to my surprise, young people have not forgotten us. We have more than a million clicks on Spotify. It had to be a strong result. We still make a new song every now and then, but today it’s like if you don’t start rapping, you don’t you’re a nobody. I already became a TikTokker because it was necessary to convince people to vote on Mustamäe’s inclusive budget. I put a clip on TikTok for you… And it came, boom, 150 votes!”
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2023-12-09 16:10:04
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