Mike Adenuga

Michael Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga Jr, GCON is a Nigerian billionaire businessman, and the second-richest person in Africa. His company Globacom is Nigeria’s second-largest telecom operator, which has a presence in Ghana and Benin. He owns stakes in the Equitorial Trust Bank and the oil exploration firm Conoil.

• Adenuga, Nigeria’s second richest man, built his fortune in telecom and oil production.
• His mobile phone network, Globacom, is the third largest operator in Nigeria, with 43 million subscribers.
• His oil exploration outfit, Conoil Producing, operates 6 oil blocks in the Niger Delta.
• Adenuga got an MBA at Pace University in New York, supporting himself as a student by working as a taxi driver.
• He made his first million at age 26 selling lace and distributing soft drinks.