Hakeem belo osagie biography of albert

By design and the laws of the universe, wealth rarely comes to anyone by chance.

Professor Hakeem Belo-Osagie (MBA '80) is the Chair of Metis Capital Partners and Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

The road to fame and fortune is no doubt, earmarked with lots of thorns and thistles. One must slowly and painstakingly build through the odds, exerting a great deal of determination, self-will and patience to prevail. And also does having a good education and entrepreneurial skillset. This is the success story of Hakeem Belo-Osagie, a graduate of the Harvard business school, lawyer and economist.

He is the current chairman of Metis Capital Partners, a company dedicated to brokering and executing lucrative, large-ticket transactions in Africa to select blue-chip, foreign investment partners, former president of United Bank for Africa, and former chairman of 9mobile, formerly known as Etisalat. He was a key player in the growth of the Nigerian economy through his involvement in many private spheres.

After graduating from the Harvard Business School, Hakeem Belo-Osagie returned to Nigeria where he began his career as a petroleum economist and lawyer and secured a job as the Special Adviser to the late Mallam Yahaya Dikko because of his connections with the Nigerian government. He subsequently worked in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Petrochemicals Division and later left the public service in After resigning from public service, Hakeem Belo-Osagie formed Credit Transactions and Investments Limited CTIL , an energy consultancy company that had gained expertise and contacts in the oil industry in Hakeem later switched from the advisory business into the finance industry.

Over time, Hakeem Belo-Osagie expanded his horizon to telecommunications and other significant sectors of the Nigerian economy. His holding company, Premium Telecommunications Holdings, is a major player in the industry and operates as a shared venture with Mubadala Development Company and the prestigious Etisalat Group. From a career of an oil economist and an attorney of the federal republic of Nigeria, Hakeem grew to become a key player in the Nigerian economy for over three decades through his involvement in several private sector businesses, especially in the oil, finance, and telecommunications sectors.

Established in , the highly selective ALA immerses promising youth in a rigorous two-year leadership, service, and African studies program. The ALA alumni network comprises approximately four hundred young leaders from forty-three countries across the continent. Hakeem Belo-Osagie was mentioned on the Forbes list in as the fiftieth richest man in Africa from fortunes derived from his diversified investments.