Hakeem Belo-Osagie is an entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the Chairman of Metis Capital Partners, an organisation that focuses on brokering and delivering attractive, large-ticket transactions in Africa to select blue chip international investment partners.
Hakeem Belo-Osagie was the Chairman of United Bank of Africa and 9mobile, formerly known as Etisalat. He has been a key player in the development of Nigerian economy through his participation in several private sector businesses; particularly in the fields of energy, finance and telecommunications.
Background of Hakeeem Belo-Osagie
Hakeem Belo-Osagie was born into the family of (late) Professor Tiamiyu Belo-Osagie in 1955. He hails from Benin City in Edo State. His father was a renowned gynecologist and proprietor of the Osagie Medical Centre while his mother, Iyalekitue Bazuaye was a nurse. (Late) Professor Tiamiyu Belo-Osagie rendered medical services to many Nigeria’s Head of State including General Ibrahim Babangida and President Shehu Shagari.
At the age of 3, Hakeem’s family moved to England. When he was 8 years old, Young Hakeem found himself back in Nigeria where he had his basic and secondary education. He started his secondary education at King’s College, Lagos but completed it at the United World College of the Atlantic, Wales. He obtained a law degree from the University of Cambridge, a MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University. Hakeem Belo-Osagie also has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
He is married to Dr. Myma Adwowa Belo-Osagie, Managing Director at Udo Udoma and Belo-Osagie law firm in Lagos. They are blessed with four children including Yasmin Belo-Osagie, Co-founder of She Leads Africa.
Net Worth of Hakeem Belo-Osagie
His net worth at as 2014 was $600 Million according to Forbes.
Early Career of Hakeem Belo-Osagie
Upon his graduation from Harvard Business School, Hakeem Belo-Osagie returned to Nigeria where he started his career as a lawyer and petroleum economist. Due to the connection his father had with Nigeria government, he was able to secure a job as the Special Adviser to the (late) Mallam Yahaya Dikko. In early 1980’s, (late) Mallam Yahaya Dikko was then Nigeria’s Presidential Adviser on Petroleum and Energy Affairs.
Young Hakeem also served as Special Assistant to the Minister of Petroleum and Energy, (late) Alhaji Rilwan Lukmon. He was also the secretary of the Oil Policy Review and LNG Committees. He subsequently worked in the Petrochemicals Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
He later resigned from public service in 1986 to start his own business.
