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Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by mandate12: 10:10am On Apr 07, 2022 |
trutharena: Pls next time, don't waste Ur time quoting lunatics on NL. So many ppl here r illiterates who surprised themselves by being able to set up a NL account. Expect them to challenge any info. 1 Like |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by adefitim(m): 10:13am On Apr 07, 2022 |
LastProphet: Yes, I agreed with you. |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by mandate12: 10:14am On Apr 07, 2022 |
trutharena: |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by adefitim(m): 10:25am On Apr 07, 2022 |
Sheggy13: The guy be JJC leave am |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by Raalsalghul: 10:26am On Apr 07, 2022 |
Ugosample: My brother they know oh, honestly they do. That's how somebody was trying to engage me on a conversation of how corrupt our politicians are: hiding money in their mattresses and all that. Me sensing where the conversation was headed changed the lingo to favouritism and the guy mentioned something along the lines of "I'm being polite with my responses" and smiled before he started telling me about corruption in his country. Yes, better you tell me about yours than I about mine. But the guy you quoted has a point. In as much as I hate this country with every fibre of my being, the last thing I'll do is thrash talk it in front of foreigners. |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by Tennessee85: 10:38am On Apr 07, 2022 |
obynzo:Not that I should be wasting time replying you though, but are Kase Lawal and Bayo Ogunlesi a joke to you? 1 Like |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by einsteine(m): 10:48am On Apr 07, 2022 |
LastProphet: Ogunlesi is a private equity investor. He collates investors' money to make purchases of businesses and then collects a performance fee based on the profitability of the companies purchased. He is the not the one who has the money used to buy the airport. Neither does he own the airport like people like to claim. His company (of which he is one of the many shareholders ) runs the fund that owns the airports. In other words, it's not even his company that owns the airport per se but the fund managed by his company. TL/DR Ogunlesi is a fund manager and private equity operator. He doesn't own Gatwick. |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by einsteine(m): 10:50am On Apr 07, 2022 |
Eriokanmi: No, he doesn't. Ogunlesi is not even a billionaire. Don't argue. Do your research. It's like someone managing the pension funds of Nigeria who then uses the collated funds to buy a company. Does he own the company? No. |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by Eriokanmi: 11:15am On Apr 07, 2022 |
einsteine:It's what I already know and not even today,no need to argue ok? If you don't mind, you can go the Google route on whether he owns Gatwick Airport and Italian railway company or not. 2 Likes |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by snoopz: 11:28am On Apr 07, 2022 |
You call someone whose mother is a banker at goddamn CBN in Lagos a middle class guy?? |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by Christistruth00: 11:30am On Apr 07, 2022 |
Ybaby: I have done Business and I am telling you why Nigerian Businesses seldom last beyond one Generation The Jews have the same outlook and their Businesses last many Generations Even in the Western World there is an intangible Accounting asset called Goodwill 1 Like |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by adefitim(m): 12:03pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
It’s a fact that sometimes Tribals war here shed light on Nigeria past, present and possible future occurrences but will still need to tune down the rate at which we attack each other cuz it ain’t funny again and I am really scare of the length at which it’s going. My argument now is that HOW CAN WE MEND OURSELVES AND LET LOVE LEADS? |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by joetem(m): 12:27pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by einsteine(m): 12:28pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
Eriokanmi: Lol, you are the one who needs to Google. He doesn't own Gatwick. He himself will be the first to tell you. |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by Eriokanmi: 12:39pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
einsteine:So, who owns Gatwick? Since you seem to know better, maybe you should just educate me. Have you heard of GIP( Global Infrastructure Partner) ? I have a relation and a Britsh friend working there. The company acquired Gatwick Airport in 2009 at £1.455 billion. The Italian Railway Company acquired isn't even added to this. Mr Ogunlesi owns GIP, fyi. Like i said earlier, this is an undebatable issue. It's there for those who already know. |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by einsteine(m): 12:46pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
Eriokanmi: It is owned by Gatwick Airports Limited which is in turn owned by Vinci Airports, an Airport investment company. Adebayo Ogunlesi owns an infrastructure fund called GIP that originally bought Gatwick. Note GIP is a fund with money collected from various investors. Ogunlesi manages it in exchange for fees. Typical fees are 2% management and 20% performance fees. Ogunlesi is a fund manager and it is the Nigerian press that basically popularize the idea that he owns Gatwick. At best, you could say he controlled a fund that bought Gatwick but saying he owned it would be stretching the truth. In any case, GIP's infrastructure fund sold the airport to Vinci Airports. |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by Nobody: 12:46pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
Tennessee85: But Bayo is in the UK not US i said US. Stop being dense |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by einsteine(m): 12:53pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
Eriokanmi: Oga, do you know what private equity funds are? GIP is a fund manager that pools funds from various investors. GIP's funds not GIP own the infrastructure and in the case of Gatwick, they have since disposed of the investment. Bayo Ogunlesi is a fund manager. At best, he controls the investments. To say he "owns" will be stretching the truth. It's like a company like Stanbic IBTC pension managers buying majority shares in say, MTN. You are not going to say the CEO of Stanbic IBTC Pensions owns MTN. That would be absurd. Gatwick is owned by Vinci Airports. 1 Like |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by Eriokanmi: 1:10pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
einsteine:I just confirmed from a former classmate working at GIP( a white Briton). I think you have a point and that doesn't also prove that I was wrong. The GIP status has since changed. He said GIP acquired a major stake in 2009 at an agreed deal for 10 years. Upon expiry in 2019, Vinci now took over with over 50% stake while GIP still retains the remaining 49%. The stake of Vinci could also change upon expiry of agreement. He didn't tell me how long would the ongoing stake last though. I was still dwelling on the old info cos I knew when GIP struck this deal back then. Tnx |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by God1stson(m): 2:00pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
LikeAking: Stop this rubbish appreciate good thing. I'm Igbo but u can't deny that the yorubas are leading in IT and entertainment. We all have areas we have comparative advantage. But some people both Igbo and Yoruba always try to pass a blanket judgment in some issues, using sentiments rather than being objective. It is also important to note that the North is not doing great in terms of human capital development, they are still holding unto politics which is not sustainably because the world is fast moving from the mindset of common wealth to what u can bring to the table as an individual. |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by God1stson(m): 2:07pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
Kpengla:Like u dey rest now? Are u not entertained! now u don mention Igbo. |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by Kpengla(m): 2:47pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
God1stson: stfu dummy |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by Tennessee85: 3:09pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
obynzo:The same Adebayo Ogunlesi that was an Economic Adviser to Donald Trump as President? Go to bed dude, you're drunk. |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by Nobody: 3:16pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
Tennessee85: Oga you are not only drunk but stupid, tribalistic and envious. Look go and make your money stop hailing those that don't even know your existence or even identify with your tribalistic toga. Go and work and make a livelihood and stop coming online to troll |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by bepositive11: 4:20pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
So happy to see this. Nigerians just need the right environment to thrive trutharena: 1 Like |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by Tennessee85: 4:44pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
obynzo:Lol, having this mental meltdown because I corrected you that Adebayo Ogunlesi is an American citizen that worked under the Donald Trump administration? Imagine you, a notorious tribal bigot on Nairaland accusing others of being tribalistic? Irony is dead! |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by Nobody: 5:18pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
Tennessee85: How? I am not a bigot, and it is someone who is a bigot trying to mask his behavior that is calling others bigot. Oga go and work stop doing otimkpu for others their achievements in the name of tribal famzying. |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by Aaay: 5:30pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
Good |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by Ybaby: 5:40pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
Christistruth00: I agree with you. The Jews have an intangible accounting asset called goodwill I learnt this in the book "thou shall prosper" ..... and use this goodwill in my personal and business life. 1 Like |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by MrMaestro: 8:06pm On Apr 07, 2022 |
Ijaya123:Great explanation. Succinctly put. 1 Like |
Re: Forbes: Tope Awotona Is One Of The America's Wealthiest Immigrant Ever by FriendsAndFans(m): 11:49am On May 10, 2022 |
igbowoman:Lol well even me sef dy find woman wey I go wife sha |
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