Adebayo Ogunlesi, 56, is the chairman and managing partner, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), an independent investment fund based in New York City with worldwide stake in infrastructure assets. Adebayo Ogunlesi, 56, is the chairman and managing partner, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), an independent investment fund based in New York City with worldwide stake in infrastructure assets, is the new owner of the London Gatwick Airport. In 2009, it acquired the majority in London Gatwick Airport in a deal worth £1.455 billion while he it also acquired Edinburgh Airport in 2012. Adebayo Ogunlesi attended the … A Nigerian is reported to have acquired and now runs London Gatwick Airport. “Adebayo "Bayo" O. Ogunlesi, JD (born December 20, 1953) is a Nigerian-born lawyer and investment banker. In July 2006, Ogunlesi started the private equity firm, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). Global Infrastructure Partners, which later bought London […] He is the current Chairman and Managing Partner at the private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). Trending. Adebayo Ogunlesi is a highly-successful investment banker and … Jakande, first civilian governor of Lagos, is dead; Kwara APC Crisis:How we rigged primaries for Gov Abdulrazaq – Bolarinwa; Banquet Hall: How KWSG allegedly inflated renovation contract, illegally transfer cash to Perm Sec’s personal account Adebayo Ogunlesi [Photo: Guardian] ... Mr Ogunlesi’s GIP owns Edinburgh Airport, which it bought in 2012, as well as Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, which it bought in February, 2018. This outstanding first class airports owner is a Nigerian-born lawyer . Ogunlesi owns over 5,889 units of The Goldman Sachs stock worth over $13,927,492 and over the last 10 years he sold GS stock worth over $0. Meet Adebayo Ogunlesi, he was born on 20 December, 1953, he is an investment banker and a lawyer. GIP, led by former Credit Suisse executive Adebayo Ogunlesi, owns aviation assets including Edinburgh Airport, while managing a fund that owns a stake in London Gatwick. He is a Nigerian, a business man, and the man who acquired Gatwick Airport in 2009, in the United Kingdom. Adebayo Ogunlesi JD, the owner of Gatwick airport, London City Airport, Edinburgh Airport all in the United Kingdom. Adebayo Ogunlesi may not ring a bell in Nigeria like that of Dangote, Adenuga etc but in the UK, he is an icon, a trailblazer in the aviation industry, he is seen someone who broke the jinx and brought the world's second largest airport, The Gatwick Airport and also he bought 4 more all in the UK. Adebayo Ogunlesi may not ring a bell in Nigeria like that of Dangote, Adenuga etc but in the UK, he is an icon, a trailblazer in the aviation industry, he is seen someone who broke the jinx and brought the world’s second largest airport, The Gatwick Airport and also he bought 4 more all in the UK. The estimated Net Worth of Adebayo O. Ogunlesi is at least $14.5 Million dollars as of 7 May 2020.Mr. He is the owner of the Gatwick Airport, the second-busiest airport by total passenger traffic in the UK and the ninth-busiest in the whole of Europe.