The Inside Story: The Long Game — How Femi Otedola Rotated From Oil to Power to Banking and Took the Chair of Nigeria’s Oldest Bank
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Femi Otedola sold his oil business near its peak, built a power company worth more than ten times its listing value, then sold that too and put the money into Nigeria’s oldest bank. Five years later he is its chairman and largest owner. The strategy behind his $815 million quarter.
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