12 Facts About Adebayo Ogunlesi

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Adebayo "Bayo" O Ogunlesi CON was born on December 20,1953 and is a Nigerian lawyer and investment banker.

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Adebayo Ogunlesi is currently chairman and managing partner at the private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners.

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Adebayo Ogunlesi is the son of Theophilus O Ogunlesi, the first Nigerian professor of medicine at University of Ibadan.

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Adebayo Ogunlesi went to King's College, Lagos, a secondary school in Lagos, Nigeria.

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From 1980 to 1981, Adebayo Ogunlesi served as a law clerk to associate justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court.

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In 1983, Adebayo Ogunlesi joined the investment bank First Boston as an advisor on a Nigerian gas project.

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In 2002, Adebayo Ogunlesi was appointed Global Head of CSFB's Investment Banking Division.

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From 2004 to 2006, Adebayo Ogunlesi was Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer of CSFB.

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In July 2006, Adebayo Ogunlesi started the private equity firm, Global Infrastructure Partners, a joint venture whose initial investors included Credit Suisse and General Electric.

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Adebayo Ogunlesi is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association.

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Adebayo Ogunlesi has been married to British-born optometrist Dr Amelia Quist-Adebayo Ogunlesi since 1985.

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Adebayo Ogunlesi was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2019.