Wale Tinubu Explained

Wale Tinubu
Birth Name:Jubril Adewale Tinubu
Birth Date:1967 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Lagos State, Nigeria
Nationality:Nigerian
Citizenship:Nigeria
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Yearsactive:1990–present

Jubril Adewale "Wale" Tinubu (born 26 June 1967) is a Nigerian business executive and lawyer, who is the group chief executive of Oando PLC.[1]

He began his career in 1990 as an attorney, specialising in corporate and petroleum law assignments. In 1994, he co-founded Ocean & Oil Group and guided its strategic development from an oil trading and shipping company.[2] [3] [4]

Education

Tinubu had his primary education in Lagos state and later obtained the West African School Certificate in 1983 from the Federal Government College, Odogbolu. He studied law at the University of Liverpool and obtained a Master of Laws degree from the London School of Economics.[5] He returned to Nigeria at 22 to attend the Nigerian Law School in order to qualify to practice and was called to the Nigerian bar in 1990.

Career

Tinubu began his career with his family law firm, K. O. Tinubu and Co, where he specialised in corporate and petroleum law. In 1994, he co-founded Ocean and Oil Limited, an oil company located in Nigeria.

Awards and nominations

Personal life

Adewale Tinubu is the nephew of Chief Bola Tinubu, a Nigerian politician and former governor of Lagos State, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, and the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, GCFR.

In January 2023, at an event where his uncle Bola Ahmed Tinubu was scheduled to meet with the business community leaders in Lagos in Nigeria; Wale Tinubu talked about his uncle and how he doggedly believes in the development of the country through Private-Public-Partnership Investment (PPP)

He’s married and has children.

Notes and References

  1. Meet Wale Tinubu, The Man Building Africa's Largest Energy Company - Part One. Farai Gundan. Timbu. Adewale. Forbes. 2018-08-05. en. 2014-07-30.
  2. Web site: List of Public Companies Worldwide, Letter - Bloomberg - Bloomberg. www.investing.businessweek.wallst.com. 2018-09-11. 2018-09-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20180911081719/https://www.investing.businessweek.wallst.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=25068904&privcapId=12418394. dead.
  3. News: The Silent Revolutionary: Jubril Adewale Tinubu - Ventures Africa. 2012-06-02. Ventures Africa. 2018-09-11. en-US.
  4. Web site: Executive Profile: Jubril Adewale Tinubu - Group CEO & Executive Director, Oando PLC. Bloomberg.
  5. Web site: Jubril Adewale Tinubu - Biography. MarketScreener. www.marketscreener.com. 2018-09-11.
  6. News: January 28, 2023 . Garlands for distinguished Nigerians . Vanguard . April 27, 2023.
  7. Web site: 10 October 2022 . Oando Boss 'Wale Tinubu Bags National Honour . 12 October 2022 . Thegazellenews . en-US.
  8. Web site: "The King of African Oil" Wale Tinubu on the November 2011 cover of Forbes Africa . 4 November 2011 .
  9. Web site: 2015-05-28 . Oando chief set for EY world's entrepreneur award . 2022-03-15 . The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News . en-US.
  10. Web site: WEF Names Oando Chief Young Global Leader for 2007. petroleumafrica.com. 26 January 2007 .
  11. Web site: BBC - Changing Fortunes meets the millionaire entrepreneurs of Brazil and Africa - Media centre. bbc.co.uk.
  12. Web site: World Economic Forum on Africa Co-Chairs Call for Sustained Action to Create Inclusive Growth . World Economic Forum on Africa Co-Chairs Call for Sustained Action to Create Inclusive Growth - World Economic Forum . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150406174406/http://www.weforum.org/news/world-economic-forum-africa-co-chairs-call-sustained-action-create-inclusive-growth . 2015-04-06 .

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