We continue from our series last week where we unveiled some of the privileged in our mist who have made a mark for themselves to earn them the much cover ted title "Billionaire". Being ultra rich is an aspiration for many people,however not many people can achieve that ultimate dream, just like Sean Kingston's song "ï wanna be a billionaire so fr**king bad", these men aspired, worked hard and with a stroke of good luck attained the pinnacle of success and wealth.
GBENGA OYEBODE
Source: Corporate Titan
One of Nigeria’s most renowned commercial lawyers, Gbenga Oyebode is a founder and Managing Partner of Aluko & Oyebode- a successful corporate and commercial law firm in Nigeria. He owns a minority shareholding in MTN Nigeria, and sits on the company’s board. Oyebode also serves as chairman of Access Bank PLC, Okomu Oil and Crusade Insurance. The value of his shareholdings in these companies is worth tens of millions of dollars.
Mr. Gbenga Oyebode, MFR has been Managing Partner of Aluko & Oyebode & Co. since 1993. For over years, Mr. Oyebode has developed significant experience in the project finance, corporate law, energy and natural resources, telecommunications and aviation law. Mr. Oyebode serves as the Chairman of The Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc. Mr. Oyebode served as Non-Executive Chairman and Director of Access Bank Plc (formerly, Access Bank Nigeria) until July 30, 2015. He has been a
ARTHUR EZE
Source: Oil
The Nigerian oilman sits atop Atlas Oranto Petroleum, a West African exploration company which owns several producing and non-producing oil and gas assets across Nigeria, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea and the Gambia. In 2010, Oranto Atlas sold off a set of oil blocks in Liberia for $250 million. Eze pocketed $200 million from the sale.Eze’s business
Prince Arthur Eze is a major player in both local and international oil market. His company, Atlas Oranto Petroleum International Limited, a wholly Nigerian oil exploration and production company, operates oil blocks in Nigeria and West African sub-region. AOPL also maintains vast interests in upstream sector cutting across Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Togo, Chad, Ivory Coast and Liberia. Its technical partners include Roc Oil, Pioneer Natural Resources of the USA, Canoxy, Transworld of the USA, LukOil of Russia, Tetra, Noble, Kosmos Energy of the USA, Petronas of Malaysia, DNO of Norway, TransAtlantic Petroleum of the USA and Canada’s Nexen. His airline Triax Airline, which operated locally, went off airspace in 2000. He also has substantial investments in Premier Breweries which has been re-engineered to commence production in Onitsha. Orient Nigeria Limited, the Onitsha based first privately-owned refinery, belongs to him.
Aderemi Makanjuola
Source: Offshore support services
The reclusive tycoon is the founder and Executive chairman of the Caverton Offshore Support Group, Africa’s first integrated offshore support service provider. The company provides marine, aviation and logistics support services to oil exploration and production firms based in West Africa. Some of its clients include Cameroon Oil Transportation Company (COTCO) and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). Caverton Helicopters- a subsidiary of the group owns a 10,000 square meter flight facility at the Murtala Muhammad International airport in Lagos, a 9,000 square-meter facility in Port Harcourt and a heliport in the elitist Victoria Island in Lagos.He worked closely with Otunba Mike Adenuga when he was Vice Chairman of Equitorial Trust Bank and is believed to be worth $300 million.
TO BE CONTINUED.....
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