Tony Elumelu Celebrates 90-Year-Old Mum
It is doubtful if anyone could imagine what would have dominated the mind of top banker, Tony Elumelu, Chairman, United Bank For Africa, UBA, as he planned to celebrate his dear mother, Mrs. Suzzane Elumelu, who turned 90 last week.
No doubt, the founder of Heirs Holding, owes his nonagenarian mother a lot in life. For him, watching her mother and the patriach of the family age gracefully gives him immeasurable joy.
As a result, the respected banker today would be hosting family members, close friends, business associates, celebrities, politicians and high-net worth individuals across different walks of life, who all are expected to celebrate his mother at Harbour Points.
Elumelu, no doubt, is a glittering star in the business firmament. Though he might not be said to be clairvoyant, his childhood betrayed him as a potentially great person in life.
As a child, his dream was to become one of the greatest economists and bankers in the world. Luckily, providence granted him his heart’s desire. At 34, he set forth on the path to greatness when he led a small group of investors to acquire the defunct Standard Trust Bank, a small struggling commercial bank in Lagos, and restored it to profitability within a few years.
Again, he became a reference point around the globe in 2005 when he led one of the greatest mergers in the history of African banking sector- the merger of Standard Trust Bank (STB) and United Bank of Africa (UBA).