Adedeji Adeleke

Adedeji Tajudeen Adeleke (born 6 March 1957) is a Nigerian business magnate and president of Adeleke University.

Adeleke is also the CEO of Pacific Holdings Limited. He was married to Dr. Vero Adeleke who died on 6 March 2003. He is the elder brother of Ademola Adeleke, the current governor of Osun State.

Early life

Adeleke was born on 6 March 1957 in Enugu State, Nigeria, to Senator Raji Ayoola Adeleke, a Second Republic senator, and Nnena Esther Adeleke. He hails from Ede in Osun State and is the elder brother of Ademola Adeleke, the Governor of Osun State, and the late Isiaka Adeleke, the first civilian Governor of Osun State.

He attended Ansar-Ud-Deen Primary School in Lagos and Seventh-Day Adventist Grammar School for his secondary education. In 1983, he obtained a doctoral degree from Pacific Columbia University in Mills Valley, California.

Business career

In 1983, Adeleke founded Pacific Holdings Limited, which grew from a modest drilling and water treatment company into a diversified conglomerate with interests spanning energy, power generation, banking, logistics, agriculture, manufacturing and real estate.

Through Pacific Energy Company Limited, Adeleke operates the Omotosho Power Plant in Ondo State with an installed capacity of 336.8MW and the Olorunsogo Power Plant in Ogun State with Pacific Energy one of Nigeria's largest independent power producers.

In 1996, he established the Springtime Development Foundation to channel resources into education, healthcare and community development. In 2011, he founded Adeleke University in Ede, Osun State, in honour of his late wife Dr Veronica Adeleke who died on 6 March 2003. The university is built on the Seventh-day Adventist philosophy of education and emphasises moral discipline, academic excellence and affordability.

Personal life

Adeleke was married to Dr Veronica Adeleke until her death on 6 March 2003. They have four children: Adewale Adeleke, David Adeleke (known professionally as Davido), Sharon, and Ashley Coco.