Adewale Tinubu
| Adewale Tinubu | |
|---|---|
| Born |
26 June 1967 Lagos State, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Citizenship | Nigerian |
| Occupation | Businessman Consultant Lawyer |
| Years active | 1990 - present |
| Known for | Oando |
| Relatives | Bola Tinubu (Uncle) |
Adewale Tinubu (born June 26, 1967 in Eti Osa local, Lagos State) is a Nigerian lawyer, business magnate and the CEO of Oando, a Pan-African multinational energy corporation headquartered in Lagos State, Nigeria.
Adewale Tinubu had his primary education in Lagos state and later obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1983 from the Federal Government College of Odogbolu. He then graduated from the University of Liverpool where he received a bachelor's degree in law in 1988 and later obtained a master's degree in law from London School of Economics in 1989. He then returned to Nigeria to train at the Nigerian Law School and received his call to the bar in 1990.
Adewale Tinubu began his career with his family law firm, K. O. Tinubu and Co, where he specialized in corporate and petroleum law. In 1994, Adewale Tinubu co-founded Ocean and Oil Limited, an oil company located in Nigeria. On December 2001, they made a purchase of Italian Agip Petrol’s 60 percent stake in Agip Nigeria Plc, for $74 million, a purchase that was objected by shareholders. Adewale and his team later branded the Oando, plc having been the largest shareholder at Gaslink, an industrial gas supply company. His significant contribution made Oando the first African company to be enlisted on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange with a market capitalization of more than three billion South African rand.
Adewale Tinubu is the nephew of chief Bola Tinubu, a Nigerian politician and former governor of Lagos State, and the national leader of the All Progressives Congress.
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