Wahab Iyanda Folawiyo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Nigerian businessman
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Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
About Wahab Iyanda Folawiyo
- Chief Abdulwahab Iyanda "Wahab" Folawiyo, CON (June 16, 1928 – June 6, 2008) was a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist. In 1957, he founded Yinka Folawiyo & Sons, which has become the parent company of the Yinka Folawiyo Group of Companies.
- He was born in Lagos to Pa Tijani, a wealthy local merchant, during the British colonial era. He attended the University of North London in 1951, where he read Management, specialising in Ship Brokerage.
- He returned to start Yinka Folawiyo & Sons, an import and export business.
- Folawiyo was also the first African-descended Principal Member of the Baltic Exchange in London.
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