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    Adebayo Ogunlesi
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    Adebayo Ogunlesi

    Born 1953 (age 56–57)
    Nationality Nigeria
    Alma mater Harvard University
    University of Oxford
    Occupation Investment banker
    Employer Credit Suisse First Boston
    Adebayo Ogunlesi (born 1953) is a Nigerian businessman.[1] A 1979 graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School,[2] he also studied at Oxford.[1]
    Ogunlesi was in charge of Global Investment Banking at Credit Suisse First Boston[3] before being promoted to chief client officer and executive vice chairman.[4]
    Contents [hide]
    1 Biography
    2 Awards and honors
    3 See also
    4 References
    [edit]Biography

    Adebayo Ogunlesi is currently Chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure Partners, a $5.64 billion joint venture formed by Credit Suisse and General Electric. Prior to his current role, he was Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer of Credit Suisse, based in New York. He previously served as a member of Credit Suisse’s Executive Board and Management Council and chaired the Chairman’s Board. Previously, he was the Global Head of Investment Banking at Credit Suisse. Since joining Credit Suisse in 1983, Mr. Ogunlesi has advised clients on strategic transactions and financings in a broad range of industries and has worked on transactions in North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. He recently acquired the London Gatwick Airport in a deal worth £1.455 billion
    Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Mr. Ogunlesi was an attorney in the corporate practice group of the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. From 1980-81 he served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court.
    Mr. Ogunlesi attended the prestigious Kings College Lagos, Nigeria after which he received his B.A. with first class honors in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, from Oxford University, his J.D. magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School and his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association. He was a lecturer at Harvard Law School and the Yale School of Organization and Management, where he taught a course on transnational investment projects in emerging countries.[5]
    [edit]Awards and honors

    Recipient of The International Center in New York's Award of Excellence.

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  • #2
    The fund that the Nigerian leads bought it. He and the other partners put in some of their own money.

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    • #3
      excellent... has a history of major accomplishments...
      'to get what we've never had, we MUST do what we've never done'

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      • #4
        Very impressive resume!

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        • #5
          old news.

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          • #6
            Yes..very old...

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