FOUR NIGERIAN YATCH AND SHIPS OWNERS

the list could be long, but you will agree with me that ship owners are no small business owner, they are the big dogs. So much has been said about Nigerians who own private jets. Perhaps it won’t hurt if we take a brief look at some of these Nigerians that own ships.

Orji Uzor Kalu

Nigeria-born Forbes billionaire and President of Slok Group, Orji Uzor Kalu  falls in this category. He got his start in business at age 19 after being expelled from a Nigerian university for spearheading a series of student riots. He borrowed $35 from his mother and started trading commodities like palm oil, rice and sugar. He diversified into furniture manufacturing and transportation and became a millionaire by the time he was 20. He hit the big time in the early 80s when the Nigerian military government awarded him lucrative contracts to import and supply arms and ammunition to Nigeria's military and defense forces. -World Shipowners’ Association (WSA) appointed him as interim president of the body.

Ifeanyi Uba

Ifeanyi  Uba-a graduate of business administration from the amadu bello university, owner of Capital Oil and Gas falls among this category, it is rumored that he has two vessels worth millions of dollars. In 2001 uba founded capital oil and gas Nigeria limited which involve in the retailing of petroleoum products and haulage haulage business. It is on record that he has one of the largest oil dept in Nigeria , with the capacity to berth three to six oil vessel. His company own the largest fleet of marine of marine vessels, barges, and tug boats in Nigeria, including oil vessels.

Jim Ovia

Jim ovia- im Ovia, 58, made his fortune providing financial services to Nigeria’s richest middle class. He is the founder and largest individual shareholder of Zenith Bank, a $4.5 billion (Market Cap) financial services conglomerate after a successful stint in finance in the United States. He is the chairman and largest individual shareholder with a stake of slightly more than 9% stake. He also owns prime real estate across Nigeria, and mobile telecom operator Visafone, which has 3 million subscribers. He owns a yatch called Aquamarine.  President of Zenon Petroleum and Gas, Femi Otedola, MD of Zenith Bank, Jim Ovia and business mogul, Aliko Dangote are said to be getting set to float another boat club and it will be exclusively for top corporate players in Nigeria and will attract N10 million as membership fee.

Kola aluko-----47 year old business tycoon, kola aluko is a Nigerian energy  business magnet , he is the co chief officer and an exexcutive director of Atlantic energy, an indigenous private up stream oil and gas company focused on independent exploration and production participation in Nigeria. Also has interest in African infrastructure development and aviation. He is a yatch owner which cost about 50 million dollars!

 The list runs long but we make do with this four