Founders

Colonel William Boyce Thompson

Founder, Newmont Company (Historical)

Newmont Ghana Gold Limited

Colonel William Boyce Thompson was an American entrepreneur, mining investor and financier who founded the Newmont Company in 1916 as a holding company for…

Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong

Founder and Executive Chairman, Jospong Group of Companies

Jospong Group of Companies

Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong is a Ghanaian entrepreneur and business executive best known as the founder and Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies.…

Julius Berger

Founder

Julius Berger Nigeria Plc

Julius Berger was a German entrepreneur and construction pioneer who founded the construction business that bears his name in Berlin in 1905. He began…

Gbenga Oyebode, MFR

Co-Founder & Of Counsel, Aluko & Oyebode

Aluko & Oyebode

Gbenga Oyebode, MFR, is a Nigerian lawyer, business leader and co-founder of Aluko & Oyebode, one of Nigeria's established full-service commercial law firms. He…

Bankole Olumide Aluko

Founding Partner, Aluko & Oyebode

Aluko & Oyebode

Bankole Olumide Aluko was a Nigerian lawyer and founding partner of Aluko & Oyebode, one of Nigeria's established full-service commercial law firms. He co-founded…

Kola Ashiru-Balogun

Founder & Managing Director, Terra Developers Limited

Terra Developers Limited

Lagos State Government

Establishing Authority of Eko Holiday Inn (now Eko Hotels & Suites), 1977

Eko Hotels & Suites

The Lagos State Government was the establishing authority behind Eko Holiday Inn, the hotel that opened in Lagos in 1977 and later became Eko…

Dr. Awele V. Elumelu, OFR

Co-Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation

Dr. Awele V. Elumelu, OFR, is a Nigerian medical doctor, entrepreneur and philanthropist and the Co-Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation. She co-founded the…

Tony O. Elumelu, CFR

Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation; Chairman, Board of Trustees

Tony O. Elumelu, CFR, is a Nigerian entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist and the founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), which he established in…

Timothy Keenley

Founding Member of Staff, Lagos Business School

Timothy Keenley, also known as Tim Keenley, was one of the founding members of staff of Lagos Business School at its establishment in 1991.…

Juan Manuel Elegido

Professor Emeritus / Founding Member of Staff, Lagos Business School

Juan Elegido is a Spanish-born academic and management educator who was among the founding members of staff of Lagos Business School when the institution…

Azeez Adesoji

Founder, Chairman & Visioner

Azeez Adesoji, also known as Chief Azeez Adesoji, is the founder, chairman and visioner of Sinclair Lewis Schools, a Lagos-based educational institution established in…