If Behind Every Successful Man, There Is A Woman, Who Is Behind The Unsuccessful Men?

Who is the person that came up with this proverb?

“Behind every successful man, there is a woman“. This is a popular saying in Africa, where the success of a man is always attributed to some unseen efforts of one woman in his life.

Okay fine, it could be true in most cases that a good woman will be very instrumental to the success of his a man.

No one has ever asked the question, who is behind the men who are working hard everyday night and yet not successful.