A Nigerian, Adebayo Ogunlesi, has acquired the London Gatwick Airport as
the new owner. The Gatwick deal is a £1.455 billion agreement with BAA Airports
Limited.
Adebayo Ogunlesi, 56, is the chairman and managing partner, Global Infrastructure
Partners (GIP), an independent investment fund based in New York City with
worldwide stake in infrastructure assets,is
the new owner of the London Gatwick Airport.
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.
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.
Prior to his current role, he was executive vice chairman
and chief client officer of Credit Suisse, based in New York. He previously
served as a member of Credit Suisse’s Executive Board and Management Council
and chaired the Chairman’s Board.
Previously, he was the Global Head of
Investment Banking at Credit Suisse. Since joining Credit Suisse in 1983,
Ogunlesi has advised clients on strategic transactions and financings in a
broad range of industries and has worked on transactions in North and South
America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
In the US, he is known as the Nigerian who clerked for late
Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall, who they say was unable to pronounce
his name and quickly dubbed him Obeedoogee. Colleagues and friends call him
Bayo.
Source: africancelebs.com
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