Adebayo Ogunlesi

$2.23B

$32.4M (1.5%)

as of 04/02/25

About Adebayo Ogunlesi

Adebayo Ogunlesi cofounded Global Infrastructure Partners, a New-York based private equity firm that was acquired by BlackRock in 2024.

Prior to the deal, worth $12.5 billion, GIP had more than $100 billion in assets under management with interests in the energy, transport, digital infrastructure, and water and waste management sectors.

Prior to starting GIP, Ogunlesi spent 23 years in the investment banking unit of Credit Suisse and earlier was an attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, a law firm in New York.

Born in Nigeria, he attended Kings College Lagos, a prominent boarding school in the country.

His father, Theophilus Oladipo Ogunlesi, was reportedly the first professor of medicine in Nigeria.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Private Equity

Residence

New York, New York

Marital status

Married

Birth date

12/20/53 (age 71)

Number of children

Education

Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; JD, Harvard Law School; Bachelor of Arts, Oxford Univeristy

Self-made

self-made