There is a spirit called the spirit of excellence which is associated with every Nigerians irrespective of where we find ourselves anywhere in the world. Despite all the challenges we faced as a nation, we have remained tenacious, resilient and break the norms. Adebayo Ogunlesi may not ring a bell in Nigeria like that of Dangote, Adenuga etc but in the UK, he is an icon, a trailblazer in the aviation industry, he is seen someone who broke the jinx and brought the world's second largest airport, The Gatwick Airport and also he bought 4 more all in the UK. Ogunlesi is a man who doesn't believe in making noise or a media freak, he is someone who lets his work speaks for him.
As Nigeria is planning to have its national carrier in December, Nigeria Air, what about we having someone like Adebayo Ogunlesi to help remodel our airport as he was able to transform the Gatwick Airport into a world-class business and tourist airport especially Muritala Muhammed Internation Airport in Lagos.
Here are some facts about him...
Adebayo "Bayo" O. Ogunlesi (born December 20, 1953) is a Nigerian-born lawyer and investment banker. Ogunlesi is currently Chairman and Managing Partner at the private equity firm, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). Ogunlesi was the former head of Global Investment Banking at Credit Suisse First Boston before being promoted to Chief Client Officer and Executive Vice Chairman.
Ogunlesi is from Makun, Sagamu, Ogun State in Nigeria. He is the son of Theophilus O. Ogunlesi, the first Nigerian professor of medicine at the University of Ibadan. His family is of Yoruba origin.
Ogunlesi went to King's College, Lagos, a secondary school in Lagos, Nigeria. He received a B.A. with first class honors in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University in England. In 1979, he received a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, which he pursued at the same time. During his time at Harvard, he was on the Harvard Law Review.
From 1980 to 1981, Ogunlesi served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court. Ogunlesi was an attorney in the corporate practice group of the New York City law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he had been a summer associate while studying for his M.B.A.
In 1983, Ogunlesi joined the investment bank First Boston as an advisor on a Nigerian gas project.[2] At First Boston, he worked in the Project Finance Group, advising clients on transactions and financings and has worked on transactions in North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. From 1997 to 2002, he was the Head of the Global Energy Group of the by then renamed Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). In 2002, Ogunlesi was appointed Global Head of CSFB's Investment Banking Division. Also in 2002, he served as a member of Credit Suisse’s Executive Board and Management Committee. From 2004 to 2006, Ogunlesi was Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer of CSFB.
In July 2006, Ogunlesi started the private equity firm, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a joint venture whose initial investors included Credit Suisse and General Electric. He currently serves as Chairman and Managing Partner.
In 2006, GIP bought London City Airport. In 2009, GIP acquired the majority in London Gatwick Airport in a deal worth £1.455 billion. The Nigerian press has given him the nickname, "The Man Who Bought Gatwick Airport." GIP also owns Edinburgh Airport, which they bought in 2012. He has a close ties with US president, Donald Trump.
Here is a documentary profiling the Nigerian Man who defied all odds...
Even a pastor could not a pray for a good wife, he ended up divorcing.
Face reality squarely.
That dude did not pray to buy airports
Thank you Bros, your advice was thoughtful cos that's how people of your kind and name think. They act without thinking. Read my post again. I said first that hardwork and grace took him to where he his. Just because you don't believe in prayers doesn't mean another wouldn't. Have a nice day Nairaland Blackaxe!
SantaDomino: Developer indeed.. I see his 4 airport at Mowe Ibafo, and 2 more close to Ota farm. Keep deceiving yasef. This one has forgotten he is from Ogun state.
How much of what you claim to develop Lagos and other places with do you have in your region?
gypsey: All the Achievements written about that man, did you read were it says he prayed? or ask God to help him?
you said it yourself it's a product of hard work, and then contradicted by praying and asking God.
has nothing to do with God.
I didn't contradict myself Oga. People like you who think smart might actually end up thinking foolish when you don't understand words. Now I said hard-work and grace
I believe that by Prayer grace is triggered. This man worked hard, I know but Grace has placed him where he his now. Do you think they ain't people that have strived like him and ended up in nothing
He studied abroad, that might have helped him in countless ways and he is brilliant too. How many first class graduate do you see owing companies today? They are all driving Keke and okada. When I said hard-work and grace, I know what I meant. Have a nice day Oga.
lexy2014: u might say "hardwork&grace" but u 4got 2 add environment. Look at profile& tell me y he won't succeed. D only time he schooled in Nigeria was secondary school
God bless you bro. 1000likes. That's why grace was at work, alot of people doesn't have the kind of opportunity he had. God bless bro.
Oritzy: I didn't contradict myself Oga. People like you who think smart might actually end up thinking foolish when you don't understand words. Now I said hard-work and grace
I believe that by Prayer grace is triggered. This man worked hard, I know but Grace has placed him where he his now. Do you think they ain't people that have strived like him and ended up in nothing
He studied abroad, that might have helped him in countless ways and he is brilliant too. How many first class graduate do you see owing companies today? They are all driving Keke and okada. When I said hard-work and grace, I know what I meant. Have a nice day Oga.
you are still contradicting yourself, besides Again there is no were i read he had grace, calm! down! man! i can understand you are desparate to become rich, but take it or leave prayers or waiting for God will not help you!
God doesn't exist. i think you are under so much stress, you need a Hug!!
gypsey: you are still contradicting yourself, besides Again there is no were i read he had grace, calm! down! man! i can understand you are desparate to become rich, but take it or leave prayers or waiting for God will not help you!
God doesn't exist. i think you are under so much stress, you need a Hug!!
oh I see where you coming from now..Who is more pained? Someone who got frustrated out of life expectancy and decided there was no God and someone who is hard-working and recognize one when he sees it?.. Oga Atheist, I usually don't reply mentions cos I think most people here are kids hiding behind their phones. I replied you cos I thought you would have been matured enough not to force your beliefs on someone rather to respect other people's belief. Does that makes you less of an atheist? You should need the hug more bro. Peace.
There is a spirit called the spirit of excellence which is associated with every Nigerians irrespective of where we find ourselves anywhere in the world. Despite all the challenges we faced as a nation, we have remained tenacious, resilient and break the norms. Adebayo Ogunlesi may not ring a bell in Nigeria like that of Dangote, Adenuga etc but in the UK, he is an icon, a trailblazer in the aviation industry, he is seen someone who broke the jinx and brought the world's second largest airport, The Gatwick Airport and also he bought 4 more all in the UK. Ogunlesi is a man who doesn't believe in making noise or a media freak, he is someone who lets his work speaks for him.
As Nigeria is planning to have its national carrier in December, Nigeria Air, what about we having someone like Adebayo Ogunlesi to help remodel our airport as he was able to transform the Gatwick Airport into a world-class business and tourist airport especially Muritala Muhammed Internation Airport in Lagos.
Here are some facts about him...
Adebayo "Bayo" O. Ogunlesi (born December 20, 1953) is a Nigerian-born lawyer and investment banker. Ogunlesi is currently Chairman and Managing Partner at the private equity firm, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). Ogunlesi was the former head of Global Investment Banking at Credit Suisse First Boston before being promoted to Chief Client Officer and Executive Vice Chairman.
Ogunlesi is from Makun, Sagamu, Ogun State in Nigeria. He is the son of Theophilus O. Ogunlesi, the first Nigerian professor of medicine at the University of Ibadan. His family is of Yoruba origin.
Ogunlesi went to King's College, Lagos, a secondary school in Lagos, Nigeria. He received a B.A. with first class honors in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University in England. In 1979, he received a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, which he pursued at the same time. During his time at Harvard, he was on the Harvard Law Review.
From 1980 to 1981, Ogunlesi served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court. Ogunlesi was an attorney in the corporate practice group of the New York City law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he had been a summer associate while studying for his M.B.A.
In 1983, Ogunlesi joined the investment bank First Boston as an advisor on a Nigerian gas project.[2] At First Boston, he worked in the Project Finance Group, advising clients on transactions and financings and has worked on transactions in North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. From 1997 to 2002, he was the Head of the Global Energy Group of the by then renamed Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). In 2002, Ogunlesi was appointed Global Head of CSFB's Investment Banking Division. Also in 2002, he served as a member of Credit Suisse’s Executive Board and Management Committee. From 2004 to 2006, Ogunlesi was Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer of CSFB.
In July 2006, Ogunlesi started the private equity firm, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a joint venture whose initial investors included Credit Suisse and General Electric. He currently serves as Chairman and Managing Partner.
In 2006, GIP bought London City Airport. In 2009, GIP acquired the majority in London Gatwick Airport in a deal worth £1.455 billion. The Nigerian press has given him the nickname, "The Man Who Bought Gatwick Airport." GIP also owns Edinburgh Airport, which they bought in 2012. He has a close ties with US president, Donald Trump.
Here is a documentary profiling the Nigerian Man who defied all odds...
All I see here is the profile of a husttler like mi self who paid some gentlemen of the computer to sell his profile to the public. Or some gentlemen decided to husslter as a middleman. If e good for corn, e go good go for mouth. Testing the waters. He wants his share of the pie. PPP loading and this man is doing so much to get a foothold.
Even a pastor could not a pray for a good wife, he ended up divorcing.
Face reality squarely.
That dude did not pray to buy airports
This is brutal but the harsh truth.
I believe in God, but i greatly believe in hard work.
Folks like Ogunlesi, infact any self-made billionaire and not with inherited money, lives a life of discipline, self-control and frankly deprivation (from emotional entanglements, unproductive pursuit, even pleasures) to accumulate wealth
Fact remains that Donald J Trump thinks the Nigeria/Africa is a shithole ... one can argue that DJT is correct by saying that but the point is that he thinks Nigeria is a shithole and so what he said in the beginning of this video was just "appeasing his intended targets"
Nigerians and misplaced priority We here arguing about someone that owns 4 airport in UK why yours in your country is rusting away why can't we discuss on how to make it a world class.
A flourishing business A house and two cars 1 for wife and 1 for myself
These I pray thee. Amen
now when your village people go see all these your requests to Baba GOD on nairaland they will re-strategise to stop them from becoming realities or don't you know that village are now Internet savvy? Lol.
Moral of my sarcasm: Be wise man! Always conceal your thoughts .
Akalia: now when your village people go see all these your requests to Baba GOD on nairaland they will re-strategise to stop them from becoming realities or don't you know that village are now Internet savvy? Lol.
Moral of my sarcasm: Be wise man! Always conceal your thoughts .
lolz...Nah bro. Am above Village people and they know. Well thanks and have a splendid day ahead Boss.
I believe in God, but i greatly believe in hard work.
Folks like Ogunlesi, infact any self-made billionaire and not with inherited money, lives a life of discipline, self-control and frankly deprivation (from emotional entanglements, unproductive pursuit, even pleasures) to accumulate wealth
My brother there's no truth there, Like you said believing in God plus hard-work. That's a simple summary of what I wrote, why are some people misunderstanding this for God sake. What he was trying to say that God does nothing. Only hard-work pays. Why are the truck pusheers not as rich as Dangote then?
Oritzy: oh I see where you coming from now..Who is more pained? Someone who got frustrated out of life expectancy and decided there was no God and someone who is hard-working and recognize one when he sees it?.. Oga Atheist, I usually don't reply mentions cos I think most people here are kids hiding behind their phones. I replied you cos I thought you would have been matured enough not to force your beliefs on someone rather to respect other people's belief. Does that makes you less of an atheist? You should need the hug more bro. Peace.
What's the definition of Atheist? quit beating about the bush! just tell me what Atheist means, simple! Educate me since you know more than i do.
No qualms, if you think i need a Hug i will be glad to Accept a hug from you. okay? unlike you, who can not see how stressed out you may be over becoming rich.
