Isaac Esipisu
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/ 10 October 2005

Barrel baron

Wale Tinubu looms large on Nigeria’s economic landscape — a savvy and smooth operator deeply entrenched in the oil and energy sectors. At 38 years of age, Tinubu is the group CEO of oil company Oando, which he has grown from a tiny private family business, known as Ocean and Oil, into a big player in sub-Saharan Africa.