Wale Tinubu

Wale Tinubu CON
Tinubu in 2018
Born	Jubril Adewale Tinubu (1967-06-26) 26 June 1967 (age 57) Lagos State, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Citizenship	Nigeria
Education	Federal Government College, Odogbolu University of Liverpool London School of Economics Nigerian Law School
Occupations	Lawyer businessman
Years active	1990–present
Relatives	Bola Tinubu (uncle) Oluremi Tinubu (aunty) Folashade Tinubu-Ojo (cousin)

Jubril Adewale "Wale" Tinubu CON (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

• "Private Sector Icon of the Year^[6]" award by Vanguard (2023)
• Conferred with the honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) in 2022 by the Federal Government of Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.^[7]
• "The King of African Oil" by Forbes magazine^[8][9]
• One of the Top Ten CEOs in the world by ASKMEN^[10]
• Young global leader by the World Economic Forum (January 2007)^[11]
• "African Business Leader of the Year" by Africa Investor (2011)^[12]
• "Leadership" Business Person of the Year 2014^[13]
• "Africa Executive of the Year" by Oil Council (2015)^[14]
• "Entrepreneur of the Year" West Africa by Ernst & Young (2015)^{[citation needed]}

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.

He is married and has children.

References

1. Timbu, Adewale (30 July 2014). "Meet Wale Tinubu, The Man Building Africa's Largest Energy Company - Part One". Forbes (Interview). Interviewed by Farai Gundan. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
2. "List of Public Companies Worldwide, Letter - Bloomberg - Bloomberg". www.investing.businessweek.wallst.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
3. "The Silent Revolutionary: Jubril Adewale Tinubu - Ventures Africa". Ventures Africa. 2 June 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
4. "Executive Profile: Jubril Adewale Tinubu - Group CEO & Executive Director, Oando PLC". Bloomberg.
5. MarketScreener. "Jubril Adewale Tinubu - Biography". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
6. "Garlands for distinguished Nigerians". Vanguard. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
7. "Oando Boss 'Wale Tinubu Bags National Honour". Thegazellenews. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
8. Gundan, Farai. "Meet Wale Tinubu, The Man Building Africa's Largest Energy Company - Part One". Forbes. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
9. ""The King of African Oil" Wale Tinubu on the November 2011 cover of Forbes Africa". 4 November 2011.
10. "Oando chief set for EY world's entrepreneur award". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
11. "WEF Names Oando Chief Young Global Leader for 2007". petroleumafrica.com. 26 January 2007.
12. "BBC - Changing Fortunes meets the millionaire entrepreneurs of Brazil and Africa - Media centre". bbc.co.uk.
13. "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. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.
14. "Oando PLC Group Chief Executive named 'Africa Executive of the Year' at Oil Council 2015 Africa Assembly". www.oandoplc.com. Retrieved 7 November 2024.