Billionaire Businessman, Deji Adeleke Counts Blessings
Adedeji Adeleke is not one of your runof-the-mill businessmen. In many ways, he is head and shoulders above many of his competitors, owing to his brilliance and uncommon business acumen.
To say that the Osun State-born billionaire is one of the biggest industrialists in the country is like stating the obvious. He also typifies a soul who enjoys abundant luck and grace of God, particularly when you consider how he had risen from grass to grace.
Unlike some others who were born with the proverbial silver spoon in the mouth, he has been able to sustain his status through a dint of hard work and resilience.
Apart from his phenomenal growth in business, the Chairman of Pacific Holdings has got other reasons to be thankful to the Almighty God.
Last month, his singer son, David Adeleke, famously known as Davido, and his fiancée, Chioma, were blessed with a baby boy named David Ifeanyi, in the United States of America, USA.
Just as the family is still basking in the euphoria of the new baby, his older son, Adewale, had his traditional wedding with his heartthrob, Ekanem, penultimate week.
The wedding, which took place in Calabar, Cross Rivers State, had important personalities, including Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, in attendance.
The shrewd businessman, who is the son of the late Senator Ayoola Adeleke, founded and chairs the Board of Pacific Holdings Limited, a company with a massive investment outlay across many business interests in the Nigerian economy.
The businesses include Pacific Drilling Company, Pacific Farms Limited, Pacific Holdings Limited, Pacific Freightliners, Pacific Gas Company Limited and Pacific Energy Company Limited.
Adeleke was the Chairman of the defunct Pacific Bank and currently a director at Unity Bank Plc. Pacific Drilling Company provides drilling services for boreholes as well as water treatment services; Pacific Farms is involved in mechanized farming and importation and supply of sophisticated agricultural equipment; Pacific Freightliner provides cargo services to its clients and Pacific Gas Company Limited engages in the bottling and distribution of Liquefied Petroleum Gas for domestic and industrial use.