Many in the world may associate Nigerians with the infamous 419 scams, however there are highly intelligent legimitate businessmen like Adebayo Ogunlesi who are aiming as high as the sky to change Nigeria & consequently Africa’s image in the world. Harvard educated Adebayo Ogunlesi has already made a name for himself in the world of business & fiance, but his recent acquisition of London’s famed Gatwick airport has made headline news throughout the world showing that all eyes will be on Africa & Africans this year even beyond the world cup!

Adebayo Ogunlesi is a leading executive at Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation (CSFB), an arm of the Zurich-based global investment bank with offices on six continents. In February of 2002 he was named head of CSFB’s investment banking group. The rise of this Harvard-educated lawyer prompted Time magazine to name him to its “People to Watch in International Business” list a few weeks later, and Ogunlesi was also ranked by Fortune magazine as the seventh most powerful black executive in the United States. In a lengthy New York magazine feature titled “The New Color of Money,” writer Landon Thomas Jr. discussed the new, more multicultural atmosphere in the world of international finance at the start of the twenty-first century. Thomas wrote, “Call it the new face of Wall Street. More than ever now, a wave of Indians, Lebanese, Africans, and others from the farthest reaches of the globe are stepping into positions of the highest power at firms all across the Street. For years, these immigrant bankers have been the stars of their trading desks, raking in millions for themselves and their firms. For the first time, they are running the most profitable divisions of the Wall Street banks.” Read More

Everywhere you look nowadays Africans are in power, in control & making power moves to showcase the new purchasing power, creativity & vision that puts a new face on Africa & Africans worldwide! We hope that this success abroad will trickle down to African nations in rebuilding a new empowered, respected, celebrated, advanced & authentic Africa for Africans!