{"id":6514,"date":"2020-03-23T19:27:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T19:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=6514"},"modified":"2020-03-23T19:27:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T19:27:50","slug":"making-africa-proud-abroad-inside-the-world-of-adebayo-ogunlesi-nigerian-billionaire-owner-of-london-gatwick-and-edinburgh-airports-son-of-the-first-nigerian-professor-of-medicine-at-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/making-africa-proud-abroad-inside-the-world-of-adebayo-ogunlesi-nigerian-billionaire-owner-of-london-gatwick-and-edinburgh-airports-son-of-the-first-nigerian-professor-of-medicine-at-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Africa Proud Abroad: INSIDE the World of ADEBAYO OGUNLESI, Nigerian billionaire owner of London Gatwick and Edinburgh Airports…Son of the first Nigerian professor of medicine at University of Ibadan, possesses a Net Worth of 20 million dollars * Received a B.A. with first class honors in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University in England. Later bagged a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A.from the Harvard Law Review * Served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court * Made wave as attorney in the corporate practice group of the New York City law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore * Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer of Credit Suisse First Boston * He is Chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure Partners, a joint venture whose initial investors included Credit Suisse and General Electric * BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Making\nAfrica Proud Abroad:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

INSIDE\nthe World of ADEBAYO OGUNLESI, Nigerian billionaire owner of London \nGatwick and Edinburgh Airports…Son\nof the first Nigerian professor of medicine at University of Ibadan,\npossesses a Net Worth of 20 million dollars<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\nReceived a B.A. with first class honors in Philos<\/a>ophy,\nPolitics<\/a>\nand Economics<\/a>\nfrom Oxford University in\nEngland<\/a>.\nLater bagged a J.D. magna\ncum laude<\/em>\nfrom Harvard Law School\nand\nan M.B.A.<\/a>from\nthe Harvard Law Review<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\nServed as a law clerk to Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall of the\nUnited States Supreme Court<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\nMade wave as attorney in the corporate practice group of the New York\nCity law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\nExecutive Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer of Credit Suisse\nFirst Boston<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\nHe is Chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure\nPartners, a joint venture whose initial investors included Credit\nSuisse and General Electric<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n<\/strong>\nBY\nGEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADEBAYO\nOGUNLE<\/strong>SI\nis an outstanding Nigerian born successful billionaire entrepreneur,\na trained lawyer who firmly believes in hardwork, consistency,\ntenacity and focus as fulcrum to any business. The ever-happy\nNigerian technocrat bought over London Gatwick and Edinburgh airports\nwithout blinking an eye-lid. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ogunlesi\nfrom Makun, <\/strong>S<\/a>agamu,\nOgun S<\/a>tate <\/strong>in<\/strong>\n<\/strong>Nigeri<\/a>a\n<\/strong>is\nthe son of Theophilus O. Ogunlesi,<\/strong>\n<\/strong>the\nfirst Nigerian professor of medicine at <\/strong>University\nof Ibadan<\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong>\n<\/strong>His\nfamily is of Yoruba origin. He attended <\/strong>\nKing’s\nCollege, Lagos<\/a>,\na secondary school in Lagos<\/a>,\nNigeria<\/a>.\nHe received a B.A. with first class honors in Philos<\/a>ophy,\nPolitics<\/a>\nand Economics<\/a>\nfrom Ox<\/strong>ford\nUniversity in\nEngland<\/a>.\nIn 1979, he received a J.D. magna\ncum laude<\/em>\nfrom Harvard Law School\nand\nan M.B.A.<\/a>from\nthe Harvard\nBusiness School<\/a>,\nwhich he pursued at the same time.\nDuring\nhis time at Harvard, he was on the Harvard\nLaw Review<\/em><\/a>.\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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