Kola Aluko

Kolawole Akanni Aluko was born on October 20th, 1969 in Lagos, Nigeria, to a geologist, Chief Akanni Aluko, from Ilesha, Osun State, and Mrs. Aluko, pharmacist. Aluko is a cofounder of Atlantic Energy, a Nigerian oil exploration company. He is also a cofounder of the Made in Africa Foundation, which raises funds for infrastructure investments in Africa.

Kola Aluko Age

Kola Aluko is 55 years old.

Kola Aluko Early Life

Kola grew up in Lagos where he attended primary school and the prestigious Igbogbi College. He furthered his education up to the tertiary level.

Kola Aluko Career

Aluko is the founder of Fossil Resources, an oil trading company. He was CEO of Exoro Energy until its merger with Seven Energy, a leading independent oil exploration company. Aluko is now Deputy CEO and a large shareholder of Seven Energy and co-CEO of Atlantic Energy. He is also a member of the advisory board of Vistajet, a private jet charter company founded by Thomas Flohr. 

Aluko is known as a man of affluence. With a huge sum of $100 million, he was once ranked by Forbes Africa as one of the 40th richest Africans, as well as included in the top ten list of Successful African Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter. The New African Magazine (November 2013 issue) included Aluko in their 100 Most Influential Africans listing and issue. 

In 2013, the billionaire businessman who loves race cars reportedly bought the Ferrari Pininfarina Sergio speedster said to be worth a whooping 2million pounds – that’s over N500million. Only six of the cars are being built and all six were already bought in advance by ‘special’ customers in which Kola Aluko was one of them. Kola's philantrophic foundation was established in 2013 to inspire, mentor and support future generations of African leaders.

Kola Aluko Personal Life

The young billionaire is said to have bought up properties in Las Vegas and other top spots all for millions of dollars. When talking about Kola Aluko's wealth, which is up to the tune of billions of dollars, it would be very difficult not to mention how he got it all from Nigeria’s oil sector. Aluko enjoys a porch lifestyle, betting on races, racing with expensive cars in Germany and partying. He is also friends with Hollywood “A- listers” and international supermodel, Naomi Campbell. Out of his numerous expensive assets is his yacht named “Galactica Star”. He also developed a relationship with DiCaprio, at whose star-studded birthday bash he allegedly spent $1.5 million dollars on Champagne.

Kola Aluko Net Worth

Kola Aluko is estimated to have a net worth of about $100 million

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