Friday, September 7, 2012

Profiling Nigerians: Adebayo Ogunlesi

A Bayosphere owned by Nigerian Adebayo Ogunlesi, chairman and managing partner of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). He bought UK's Gatwick International Airport for £1.51 billion pounds from the British Airports Authority.

A Bayosphere

Nigerian Gatwick Airport owner
Nigerian Adebayo Ogunlesi

profile of Nigerian Adebayo OgunlesiBased in New York City, he built CSFB's project-finance business into the world's best, in part by encouraging corporations and governments to tap public debt markets in addition to commercial lenders.


Born 1953, Ogunlesi is a Nigerian businessman and a 1979 Harvard Law School and Business graduate.
He was in charge of Global Investment Banking at Credit Suisse First Boston before being promoted to Cheief Client officer and executive vice chairman.
He is currently the Chairman and managing partner of GP1. He was born to the family of Prof. & Mrs. T.O Ogunlesi of Makun, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria.
He attended Kings college, Lagos, Nigeria after which he received his B.A with first class honors in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, from Oxford University, his J.D magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
He is married to an optometrist Dr Amelia Quist-Ogunlesi



1 comment:

  1. He was in charge of Global Investment Banking at Credit Suisse First Boston before being promoted to Cheief Client officer and executive vice chairman.
    bulk shirts online
    bulk t shirts printing wholesale

    ReplyDelete