Folorunsho Alakija is a Nigerian billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist. She was born on 15 July 1951 in Ikorodu, Lagos State. Alakija is listed as the second most powerful woman in Africa after Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the 87th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. Here’s her Biography, Age, Net worth, Husband, Children, Education, Cars, Businesses, Houses, etc.
Who is Folorunsho Alakija?
Folorunsho was born in Ikorodun. She is the Group Managing Director of The Rose of Sharon Group which consists of The Rose of Sharon Prints & Promotions Limited, Digital Reality Prints Limited, and the executive vice-chairman of Famfa Oil Limited.
Full name: Folorunsho Alakija
Date of birth: 15 July 1951
Age: 70
State of origin: Lagos State
Nationality: Nigerian
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Net worth:Â $3 billion
Cars: Mercedes Benz S-Class
Books:Â Fashion: The African Connection
Husband: Modupe Alakija (m. 1976)
Children: Folarin Alakija, Rotimi Alakija
Businesses owned: Managing director, Rose of Sharon Group
Vice-chairman, Famfa Oil
Education: Our Ladies of Apostles, Lagos,  Dinorben School for Girls in Hafodunos Hall in Llangernyw, Wales, and Pitman’s Central College, London
Occupation: businesswoman and philanthropist
Marital status: Married
Parents: Chief L. A. Ogbara
Social media:Â Instagram@https://www.instagram.com/alakijaofficial
Alakija started her career in 1974 as an executive secretary at Sijuade Enterprises, Lagos, Nigeria shortly after completing a Secretarial Course at Pitman’s Central College London. She moved to the former First National Bank of Chicago, which later became FinBank now acquired by FCMB (First City Monument Bank) as the Executive Secretary to the managing director. She became the new Head of the Corporate Affairs Department of the International Merchant Bank of Nigeria (formerly First National Bank of Chicago) and later on became the Office Assistant to the Treasury Department.
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Shortly after her career in the banking world which lasted for 12 years, Alakija took up a new challenge which was driven by her passion for Fashion to study fashion design at The American College in London and the Central School of Fashion.
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