1. Igho Charles Sanomi was born on 17 May 1975 and is a Nigerian billionaire businessman, geologist, public speaker and philanthropist with business interests in oil, power, logistics, telecommunications, the maritime industry, aviation and real estate.
Igho Charles Sanomi II was born in Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria, the fifth child and first son of a Catholic family.
Igho Sanomi's mother, Mabel Iyabo Sanomi, is a yeye jemo of the Isotun Ijesha kingdom in Osun State in south-western Nigeria and a former nurse.
In 2014, the Dickens Igho Sanomi Foundation began sponsoring an annual essay competition open to all Nigerian secondary-school pupils.
Igho Sanomi was appointed to the West Africa Book Development Fund's advisory board.
Igho Sanomi became the honorary chair of the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Igho Sanomi co-sponsored the Dance Theatre of Harlem's first Latin American tour in Tegucigalpa from 31 January to 6 February 2014.
In 2013, Igho Sanomi was nominated by Nigeria's Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment for a post on the Nigeria-South Africa Business Council.
Igho Sanomi was cited by Forbes as one of "Ten Young African Millionaires to Watch in 2013", and was ranked one of Africa's top 25 oil and gas leaders of that year by African Leadership magazine.
Igho Sanomi received Mode Men magazine's Humanitarian of the Year Award in 2012.
Igho Sanomi was a speaker at the 2014 Africa Global Business Forum in Dubai, and was scheduled to speak again at the forum the following year.
Igho Sanomi is a recipient of the African Leadership Award.
Igho Sanomi received the 2014 Africa's Emerging Community Development Icon Award, and was granted honorary citizenship in the US state of Georgia.