Meet Adebayo Ogunlesi: The Silent Billionaire Behind a $12.5 Billion Sale"


Adebayo Ogunlesi is a Nigerian who built a company and sold it for $12.5bn. 

Do you also know he was appointed by Former President Donald Trump to advise him on economic matters. 

He is originally from Sagamu Ogun State.
You might have heard of him from the song ‘Wonderful’ by Burna Boy? 

When he said "As I dey hustle like Adebayo Ogunlesi (No go talk say me I too lazy).

In his album “Twice As Tall" he dropped the track in 2020. 

It brought more attention to him.
For someone so wealthy, his wealth is the silent type.  

For that reason, he is referred to as the silent billionaire.

With Burna Boy using Ogunlesi's name in his verse

The attention made him even more popular

But Ogunlesi is a man who had already built a legacy for himself
In 2016, under the former President of America, Donald Trump. 

He was appointed to be part of a group of business leaders who would advise Donald Trump on economic matters.

This is because he was recognized as one of America's most respected and successful business leaders

And this man with a net worth of already $1.7bn is about to increase his net worth to $2.3bn. 

Simply because he decided to sell his company to an American investment company called BlackRock for $12.5bn.



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