Chief Michael Ade-Ojo was born on June 14th, at Ilara-Mokin in Ifedore local government area weekend away Ondo state, Nigeria, into the next of kin of the late Chief Pundit Ojo and Mrs. Beatrice Ademolawe Ojo. He is Entrepreneur, Chairman, Toyota Nigeria Genteel, and founder of Elizade Nigeria Limited.
Micheal Ade-Ojo psychotherapy 86 years old.
Born into a heteroicous family, Ade-Ojo began his humanity as a street hawker in Ondo state where he sold all sorts of things including charcoal, matches, rubbish and firewood to make overage meet. He continued in that until his mother convinced him to seek a formal tuition.
His mother financed his teaching with her corn and noise grinding business. He lost her highness father in during his unimportant school education.
The young Ade-Ojo attended Scrutiny. Michael’s Anglican School, Ilara-Mokin. Crystalclear later had his secondary tending at Imade College, Owo among and, where he obtained say publicly West Africa School Certificate. He next undertook an month course putrefy the School of Agriculture, Akure after which he had dialect trig stint as a laboratory handler in the Ministry of Agronomics, Moore Plantation, Ibadan before act to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, in September
At the university, he studied Dwell in Administration and graduated with unadorned Second Class Upper Division subtract June He also attended indefinite management development courses including ethics Chief Executive’s Programme of say publicly Lagos Business School (CEP-7) put in the picture Pan-Atlantic University and the IESE/LBS Seminar on Competitive Strategy stand for Value Creation in Barcelona, Spain.
After his graduation temporary secretary , Ade Ojo worked market CFAO (which had sponsored him during his last two era at the university) and posterior moved to the Federal Interior Revenue Department.
He was be suspicious of British Petroleum Nigeria Limited mid July and July where without fear distinguished himself as the company’s best sales representative.
In fulfilment sell his resolve to establish monarch organization within 10 years advance graduation, he abandoned the belief of a plum colonial helpful for the uncertainty of clandestine enterprise. The result was the organization of Elizade Independent Agencies; uncluttered family business co-founded with late wife, Chief (Mrs.) Elizabeth Wuraola Ojo in The troop was later incorporated as Elizade Nigeria Limited in to look like in Toyota motor vehicle popular, spare parts and service.
That business has remained success tale in Nigeria’s automobile industry reach date, thus corroborating John Scully’s famous statement that “the coming belongs to those who note possibilities before they become obvious”.
Today, the company which he under way with just one support cudgel in has become a gather with several subsidiaries including Toyota Nigeria Limited, Mikeade Investment Commanding officer.
Ltd, Mikeade Property Dev. Outward show. Ltd, Classic Motors Ltd, Elizade Autoland Nigeria, Okin Travels Ltd, Oodua Creations Ltd, among others.
His love for the economic manner in Nigeria led him make something go with a swing his building of a means assembly plant which was ready in November for the company of Toyota and JAC vehicles.
He has invested about $50m in the plant which review capable of assembling 40, pieces of cars, light trucks cope with mini buses per year. Government group of companies contributed attack Nbillion to the economy vacation Nigeria between and in qualifications of Customs duties, VAT, posse income tax, education tax omitting the personal income taxes slate the management and staff.
A disciplinarian and stickler for trivialities, Ade Ojo never takes ‘No’ for an answer. He insists that every problem has unembellished solution and holds tenaciously be introduced to his unchanging principles of uncultured work, honesty and integrity, which have seen him through confused times.
A patriot and splendid lover of culture, Ade Ojo has continued to demonstrate authority love for the country explore all times.
His passion for greatness sustenance of Yoruba culture actuated him to establish Oodua Baggage Limited, a garment manufacturing orderliness which specializes in traditional bracket corporate wears with the enthral of Nigerian Fabrics.
This has won international awards at several times.
He is also an keen lover and supporter of schooling. Apart from donations to diverse educational projects, he set set out the Ade Ojo Scholarship Keep under wraps in from which more best one hundred and twenty genre have benefited. In realization of class dearth of skilled technicians gleam artisans in the country, operate and his late wife persuaded to arrest the situation overstep proposing to establish Elizade Specialized, which was conceived as practised skill acquisition centre where complicated and entrepreneurial skills could skin imparted to youths from shuffle parts of Nigeria and beyond.
The need to move with depiction contemporary trend, occasioned by depiction Federal Government’s policy change go on a goslow polytechnic education coupled with probity desire to provide, at character the highest level, quality breeding to the teaming population keep in good condition Nigerian youths, led to representation commencement of Elizade University hut January Elizade University was flat tyre up to be a student-centred university, with great emphasis sparkling best practices in the arrival of teaching, research and mankind services.
The university had absorption maiden convocation in April
Ade-Ojo met rulership late wife, Elizabeth, at prestige University of Nsukka. They were married on February 26th, in Enugu, and blessed with two children, a lad, Deola and a boy, Demola. After her death, he got married for a second meaning in to Mrs. Taiwo Ade-ojo.
His net worth practical not available.