Ibukun Awosika

Founder, The Chair Centre Group

1986

Graduated Chemistry from the University of Ife.

1988

Joined Alibert as a showroom manager.

Lasted three and a half months.

1989

Founded Quebees at 26.

No bank would lend to me. Used machines from companies that were closing down.

2004

Merged with SOKOA from France and GTBank.

Became SOKOA Chair Centre.

2011

Co-founded the Afterschool Graduate Development Centre.

Tackling graduate unemployment from the inside.

2015

Appointed first female Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria.

They said I wasn't a banker. I was something better.

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