He Loves His Women Busty and Fleshy, Sneak Peek into Billionaire Mike Adenuga's Life

Dr. Mike Adeniyi Ishola Adenuga, Jr., the Chairman of
Globacom and
Conoil, is not your regular billionaire. The man is simply in a
world
and class of his own – strange, unusual and eccentric.
Sources who know him very well told YES INTERNATIONAL!
that he
hates to play the second fiddle. “Adenuga loves to rule his
world and
dominate his environment…he also doesn’t like being taken
unawares
and enjoys being in charge totally”.
Dissecting him further, the sources said: “His appetite for work
is out
of this world and that is why at 1am, 2am, 3am, you can still
find him
in the office working; sometimes all alone. Most of his key
staffers like
Bode Opeseitan and co don’t have any closing time. The man
can call
them up at any time and summon them to the office. But he
compensates them immeasurably for this. He knows all his key
staffers by name. Not only that, no major staff can be employed
in
any of his companies without his input. He must see the person
before the final decision can be taken.
“You may describe this as queer, but Adenuga doesn’t pick his
calls.
Even letters are not accepted in his office, no matter where
they are
coming from. All his calls must pass through someone before
getting
to him. You can’t just reach him on the phone directly. One of
his
oldest staffers, Nora, from Sierra Leone, usually serves as the
link
between him and whoever he wants to establish contact with
or talk
to. She’s the person that takes his calls most times. You equally
don’t remind him of anything. He does his things at his own
time”.
Rarely seen in public, Adenuga, sometimes, doesn’t even attend
his
own events – no matter how important and who and who have
been
invited. “He hardly laughs outside, but in the midst of his
friends, you
will see him rolling in laughter. He has only a handful of
friends –
and in that category are Otunba Niyi Adewunmi, a long time
pal
whom he has made a Director in some of his companies;
former
military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd); erstwhile
Vice
President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar; ex-Abia Governor, Dr. Orji
Uzor Kalu;
one-time Minister of Police Affairs, General David Jemibewon
(rtd)
and Senator Tunde Ogbeha.
He’s so, so close to Ogbeha, because I remember vividly that
on
Monday, October 22, 2000, he personally drove to the airport
(here in
Ikeja) to pick up Ogbeha. But you know he hadn’t become this
big
and popular then; but that is to tell you how close they are.
And
during any of his rare public appearances, the man won’t
smile, won’t
eat, won’t drink and will usually keep to himself, with his
bodyguards
keeping watch and ensuring that no intruder comes close.
“However,
any time he wants to enjoy himself, he goes for champagne
and
Chinese food. There’s this particular Chinese restaurant that he
normally goes to in VI; not too far from his office”.
A very, very intriguing character, YES INTERNATIONAL!
gathered that
Adenuga, GCON, likes his women busty and fleshy. His second
wife,
Titi is a good example. His path and that of the 51-year-old
mother
of two (Shade and Adeniyi) crossed during her NYSC
programme
(after graduating from OAU, Ile-Ife) at Adenuga’s bank. This
was
years after his first marriage to Bolaji Marquis ended on an
unpleasant note – after five children – Jide, Bella, Paddy, Oyin
and
another.
A native of Ijebu Igbo in Ogun State, the no-nonsense business
mogul
– born on April 29, 60 years ago, does not give up on things. As
a
matter of fact, he detests the words no, can’t, won’t and
impossible.
Remember how hard he fought to join the GSM business and
all the
millions he lost. None of his staff can also be poached
unnecessarily
– except those he’s not crazy about. And this explains why
some of
his key staffers usually go and come back. “You can go o, but
anyday
he remembers you, he will send for you and make you an offer
that
you can’t refuse”.
Fondly called The Guru or Chairman by his disciples, Adenuga
is very,
very shy, which is unknown to many. It is also the reason he
keeps
more to himself. In love with agbada, Senegalese kaftans, buba
and
sokoto, short-sleeve safari suits and lately, smart casuals – with
his
trademark Yoruba fila – all his tops now carry his initials –
MAJ.
And on his table, in his office in VI, the full meaning – Mike
Adenuga
Jr. – is there for all to see. In love with hailing people,
especially
when happy, as awe ooo!, nearly everything inside his office is
coated
in gold, with his favourite animal and king of the jungle, a lion
emblazoned on them.
From the door to the letterhead and envelops, there’s no
mistaking
The Guru’s beautiful and spacious office. Business-like and
serious-
minded, there are telephones here and there and some
comfortable
seats for his guests. Kind hearted to a fault and unarguably one
of
the most generous souls that the Almighty God created, nobody
encounters him without having his or her life radically
transformed.
“You don’t meet him one on one without a huge smile
plastered on
your face”.
At variance with politics and laziness, the taciturn and evasive
bulky
billionaire is always changing his phone numbers. And except
he
gives you the number himself, calling him could spell doom in
certain
quarters. One of Africa’s richest men, the chairman of The
Mike
Adenuga Group indeed plays big in telecoms (Globacom), oil
and gas
(Conoil), real estate, banking and so on. Interestingly, he
started out
as a cabbie in the United States of America – which he later
combined with exporting tomato puree and wine to Nigeria.
Educated
at North West University and Pace University, both in US,
where he
read Business Administration, his late mother, Mama Oyin
Adenuga, a
major distributor for Nigerian Bottling Company, Guinness and
Nigerian Breweries had already indoctrinated him into the
world of
business, which he didn’t forget while outside our shores.
Blessed with two brothers and two sisters, two of them, late
Yetunde
Adegbola, then Chairman of Equatorial Trust Bank and Demola,
said
to be a businessman, seem to be the closest to him. Hitherto
residing
in a marble cum mosaic house on Oko Awo, Victoria Island,
Adenuga
now has a better palace inside Banana Island, in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Not
given to flamboyance and any form of extravagance, there’s
also The
Gold Digger’s Place in Iyaganku GRA, Ibadan, where he still
spends
most weekends and other cute pads like the one in York
Terrace,
Regent Park and St. Johnswood, both in London.
Driving himself more often than not, his favourite automobile
may be
his G-Wagon Benz which he is mostly seen in. And not
forgetting his
private jets, with which he could easily monitor his many
businesses,
keep very serious appointments and also savour the fruits of
his
labour. Alleged to be one of the largest owners of prime
properties on
Victoria Island, Adenuga who they say shouts on his staffers
when
upset is large; very large. Forbes Magazine, as a matter of fact,
just
rated him as Africa’s 2nd richest man and No. 325 in the
world.