Let’s take a look at Adebayo Ogunlesi biography with facts about the popular Nigerian investor and lawyer.

Adebayo Ogunlesi is one of the Nigerian making the country proud due to their achievement both home and abroad.

Adebayo Ogunlesi Biography

Adebayo Ogunlesi, born December 20, 1953, is a Nigerian lawyer and investment banker known for his role as the chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).

Ogunlesi is hails from Makun, Sagamu in Ogun State in Nigeria and the son of Theophilus O. Ogunlesi, the first Nigerian professor of medicine at prestigious University of Ibadan and of the Yoruba ethnicity.

Adebayo Ogunlesi Age

Ogunlesi is 67 years old.

Early Life and Education

Adebayo Ogunlesi attended King’s College, Lagos before proceeding to Oxford University, England where he obtained B.A. with first class in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

He also obtained a J.D.magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School respectively.

Career

Ogunlesi held several high positions including  law clerk to Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court.

He was the former head of Global Investment Banking at Credit Suisse First Boston before he was promoted to Chief Client Officer and Executive Vice Chairman.

In 2006, GIP acquired London City Airport and in 2009 GIP acquired the majority in London Gatwick Airport for a reported £1.455 billion.

Edinburgh Airport, was also bought in 2012 by GIP and Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, which was bought in February 2018.

Adebayo Ogunlesi Wife

Adebayo Ogunlesi got married to British-born Dr. Amelia Quist- Ogunlesi, an optometrist in 1985.

Their marriage is blessed with two children who are studying outside Nigeria.

Adebayo Ogunlesi Net Worth

Ogunlesi is a top Nigerian lawyer and business mogul with an estimated net worth of $15 million.

Source: Wikipedia