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Nigerian Buys Gatwick Airport In Uk by Pyramid001: 4:42pm On Feb 17, 2010
Nigerian buys London

Gatwick Airport for $1.4 billion

A Nigerian is reported to have acquired London Gatwick Airport. Adebayo Ogunlesi bought Gatwick for £1.4 billion from the British Airports Authority (BAA Airports Limited). Ogunlesi was last month appointed to Callaway Golf Company's board of directors. The technocrat said the acquisition of Gatwick is a landmark deal. ''We see significant scope to apply both our strong operational focus and our knowledge of the airports sector to make Gatwick an airport of choice." He began stacking up his big deals profile when he joined the top-shelf New York law firm, Cravath, Swain & Moore. It was at the law firm that he jumped at the chance to advise First Boston (which later acquired Credit Suisse in 1997 to form Credit Suisse First Boston or CSFB) on a hugely lucrative Nigerian gas project.



The 56 year old Nigerian is Chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure Management, LLC, which is a private equity firm with over $5 billion in assets and which invests worldwide in infrastructure assets in the energy, transport, and water and waste industry sectors. Prior to founding Global Infrastructure Management, Ogunlesi spent 23 years at Credit Suisse where he held senior positions, including Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer and prior to that Global Head of Investment Banking. Ogunlesi has lived in New York for 20 years and is active in volunteer work. But he also cultivates his ties to Africa. He informally advises the Nigerian government on privatisation. And last summer Manute Bol, former NBA center, visited Ogunlesi in his Park Avenue office, seeking donations for a charitable foundation in former basketball star Manute Bol's homeland, Sudan. Ogunlesi walked Bol around the hallways, introducing him to junior staff. It was just another day in the Bayosphere. Ogunlesi attended the prestigious King's College, Lagos. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association. He was a lecturer at Harvard Law School and the Yale School.
Re: Nigerian Buys Gatwick Airport In Uk by ezeagu(m): 4:46pm On Feb 17, 2010
Hoora free flights! Is it not? sad Then what has this got to do with me? angry



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Re: Nigerian Buys Gatwick Airport In Uk by snowdrops(m): 4:49pm On Feb 17, 2010
Already been posted and discussed

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=398604.msg5518259#msg5518259

Perhaps next time, scroll down and do a search in the google bar before posting
Re: Nigerian Buys Gatwick Airport In Uk by leleri: 4:51pm On Feb 17, 2010
good to know that he is a nigeria
Re: Nigerian Buys Gatwick Airport In Uk by snowdrops(m): 5:34pm On Feb 17, 2010
leleri:

good to know that he is a nigeria[b][n][/b]
Re: Nigerian Buys Gatwick Airport In Uk by xterra2(m): 11:31pm On Feb 17, 2010
Good rebrand us and please ban the extra screening of nigerians
Re: Nigerian Buys Gatwick Airport In Uk by ezeagu(m): 9:27am On Feb 19, 2010
xterra2:

Good rebrand us and please ban the extra screening of nigerians

Britain is not Nigeria. They actually follow laws there, so being the owner of an airport does not make one Lord and master of the physical realm of the airport. grin
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