Adedeji Adeleke net worth is one of the highest in Africa! The father of famous Nigerian musician Davido is a Nigerian business magnate and billionaire with a net worth of $1.7billion dollars.
Davido’s father is a popular figure in Nigeria – not only due to being rich and successful but as the dad of the affable and generous Davido.
Aside from his relationship with his superstar son, what else do people know about Adedeji Adeleke? This article takes a look at Adedeji Adeleke net worth, biography, age, businesses, family, children etc
Adedeji Adeleke Wikipedia & Biography
Wiki/ Biodata
| Full name | Adedeji Tajudeen Adeleke |
| Date of birth | 6th March 1957 |
| Age | 66 |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Businesses | Adeleke University, Pacific Holdings Limited |
| Net worth | $1.7bn |
| Children | David, Sharon, Coco and Adewale Adeleke |
| Brother | Ademola Adeleke |
| Wife | Dr Veronica Imade Adeleke (died 6th March 2003) |
Adedeji Adeleke is a Nigerian billionaire, business magnate, real estate mogul and president of Adeleke University. He is also the CEO of Pacific Holdings Limited.
Adedeji Adeleke net worth is a staggering $1.7bn! He is the father of popular Atlanta-born, Nigerian afrobeats musician, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido.
Davido’s father Adedeji Adeleke was born on 6th of March 1957 to Mr. Raji Ayoola & Mrs. Esther Nnenna Adeleke in Enugu State, Nigeria.
Adedeji grew up in Enugu State with his maternal Grandmother but eventually moved to Lagos where he commenced his education from the primary level.
Davido father attended Ansar-Ud-Deen Primary School from 1965 to 1970, and when he graduated in 1970, proceeded to Seventh-Day Adventist Grammar School in Osun State for his Secondary School Education.
Adedeji continued onto the next step in his educational journey by obtaining his West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1975.
Adedeji Adeleke then left the shores of Nigeria to receive the best education and training which stood him in great stead in building up his net worth as a cunning businessman later in life.
He enrolled at Western Kentucky University, Kentucky, USA in 1976 whilst working at the Federal Ministry of Education. Adedeji Adeleke graduated in 1979 with a Bachelors’s Degree in Finance and then enrolled for an MBA, which he completed in 1981.
He then went ahead to bag a PhD in Business Administration from the Columbia Pacific University in San Rafael, California in 1981.
After his education in America, the young Adedeji Adeleke kicked off his career in earnest in 1983, after completing his mandatory Nigerian National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Scheme. He created Pacific Holdings through Pacific Drilling Company Limited, specializing in geographical surveys, water treatment, drilling of boreholes and many more activities. The company was later incorporated as a Limited Liability Company on the 28th of December 1990.
Pacific Holdings is now into Agriculture, Energy & Power generation and Freight services.
In 1996, Davido’s father, Adedeji Adeleke established a non-profit NGO called Springtime Development Foundation (SDF) with the aim of bettering the lives of many Nigerians through Education, himself being a lover of Education.
The National Universities Commission and the Federal Government of Nigeria granted Dr Adeleke an official license in 2011 to establish his dream institution, the Adeleke University, situated in Ede in Osun State.
The University went live in March 2011 and is run on the Seventh-day Adventist philosophy of education, a callback to Adedeji Adeleke’s own early education. Adeleke University offers both undergraduate and postgraduate programs and has developed a reputation for excellence over the years of its existence.
All these businesses have built a staggering net worth for the father of Davido, Adedeji Adeleke and made him one of the richest men in Nigeria.
Despite his accolades and net worth, Adedeji Adeleke has not rested on his laurels and has been adding to his resume.
His latest educational accomplishment was receiving another PhD in Business Administration in 2010, this time from the University of Phoenix in Arizona, also in the United States of America.
Adedeji Adeleke married a University Lecturer, Veronica Imade, who passed away at the age of 39 years in 2003.
They had several children of which Davido was the last born.
Dr. Veronica Adeleke worked as a lecturer at Babcock University during her lifetime.
Adedeji Adeleke children include Adewale Adeleke, Coco Ashley Adeleke, Sharon Adeleke and David Adeleke. He is also brother to Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Nigeria’s Osun State.
The 65-year-old Dr Adedeji Adeleke is one of the richest men in Nigeria. His flagship Pacific Holdings Company has dealings in geographical surveys, water treatment, drilling of boreholes and many other activities as well as branching into Agriculture, Energy, Power generation and Freight services.
He is also a renowned philanthropist, founding the Springtime Development Foundation, a non-profit aimed at bettering the lives of Nigerians through education. That dream culminated in him founding the Adeleke University in 2011. The University is run on Seventh-Day Adventist ideals and has produced multiple professionals for the Nigerian labour market.
Adedeji Adeleke is one of Nigeria’s richest men and flaunts it through his wealth. He owns a couple of private jets as well as lavish homes (both in Nigeria and abroad) and cars.
Adedeji Adeleke net worth 2023
Dr Adedeji Adeleke net worth 2023 stands at an estimated $1.7bn.
The father of popular Nigerian musician Davido is without question one of the richest men in Nigeria.
Adedeji Adeleke owns a business conglomerate under his Pacific Holdings Limited parent company which is the main source of his net worth.
Beneath that Umbrella, he owns six companies specialising in Agriculture, energy & power generation and freight services.
The six companies are…
- Pacific Farm Ltd
- Pacific Freightlingers Ltd
- Intertrade Warehousing Ltd
- Pacific Gas Company Ltd
- Junior Venture Ltd
- Pacific Drilling Company Ltd
Davido’s dad Adedeji Adeleke also owns the Adeleke University in Osun State, which adds its own volume to his net worth although majority of his earnings are from his businesses.
Adedeji Adeleke’s outsized net worth is demonstrated via his possessions, which include multiple luxury cars, several private jets and properties in Nigeria, the United States of America and other locations.
Dr Adeleke owns a fleet of luxury cars with notable ones including a 2017 Bentley Mulsanne worth $350,000 and a Rolls Royce Phantom worth a whopping $450,000 – among others.
He also owns two private jets – a Bombardier Global Express 6000 worth $62 million or a Bombardier Challenger 605 acquired in 2018 for $35 million.
Davido often flies his father’s jets around the world for his shows and other activities.
In regards to houses, Davido’s dad has several properties scattered all over Nigeria in prime locations such as Lekki, Banana Island, Ikoyi, VI and others. He owns a property in his adopted hometown of Osun State.
For his 60th birthday, Davido’s father purchased an expensive mansion in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States of America.
Davido net worth
It is quite common for people to wonder how much Davido is worth in comparison to his father so after learning about Adedeji Adeleke net worth, what about Davido net worth?
The younger Adeleke made his fortune through his music and fame, singing lucrative endorsement deals, payments for shows, musical tours, streaming royalties, licensing fees, album sales and other avenues.
Davido has five massively successful studio albums to his name including Omo Baba Olowo (2012), Son of Mercy (2016), A Good Time (2016), Best of Davido (2020), and A Better Time (2020).
The singer reportedly charges a whooping 10 million naira (approximately $20,000) for a show in Nigeria and about $90,000 for shows in foreign countries.
He has endorsement deals with Puma, Pepsi, Guinness Nigeria, Infinix Mobile, 1xbet among others.
Davido’s net worth reflects in his properties as he owns many cars including…
- Rolls Royce Cullinan
- Lamborghini Huracán
- Bentley Bentayga
- Porsche Panamera Turbo S
- Range Rover Sport
- Audi R8
- Mercedes-AMG GLS63
Davido also owns a lavish mansion in Banana Island, Lagos, worth an estimated $1.5m.
Adedeji Adeleke Children
Aside Davido, Adedeji Adeleke has three other children – Adewale Adeleke, Coco Ashley Adeleke and Sharon Adeleke.
Sharon Adeleke is the brains behind Rona Wigs Studio, a popular Nigerian hair business. She’s also a self-taught wig maker and learned her craft by watching YouTube videos.
Adewale Adeleke was born on December 11 1988. He is a music producer, executive and entrepreneur, known for founding the HKN music label. He was co-executive producer on Davido’s debut album, ‘Omo Baba Olowo’.
Adewale now serves as an executive director at Pacific Holdings Limited.
David Adeleke ‘Davido’ was born November 21, 1992, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mrs Ashley Coco Adeleke-Adaji is also an executive director at Pacific Holdings. She oversees the Human Resources department of the company.
Source: Nigeriabombshell.com
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