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Friday, May 19, 2023

FCMB Founder Subomi Balogun Dies At 89

The founder of FCMB, Subomi Balogun, has passed away.
He died in London Friday morning at the of 89.

Otunba Subomi as he was fondly called by associates celebrated his 89th birthday in March.
He was an alumnus of Igbobi College and studied law at the London School of Economics.
The deceased practised as a lawyer in the regional justice ministry and then at the federal ministry of justice until the January 1966 coup.

After the coup, Balogun dabbled into banking and joined the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (NIDB).
He pioneered Icon Securities — a subsidiary of NIDB which specialised in merchant banking — as director of operations. He ventured into several commerce and economics firms until FCMB was established in 1979..

from within Nigeria

25 comments:

  1. May his soul rest in peace 🙏🙏

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  2. A fulfilled life.
    May his soul rest in peace.

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    1. Really a fulfilled life.
      May his soul rest in peace.

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  3. May his soul find eternal rest.

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  4. May God grant him eternal rest and comfort his family.

    Ms tee

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  5. This is what I call a life well spent, rest in peace pa.

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  6. Rest on , an Icon , cerebral , astute & flamboyant personality.

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  7. He paid his dues. A life spent to the full. Rest in peace sir.

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  8. Rest in peace sir.

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  9. Safe journey sir.

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  10. Goodnight Otunba.
    God rest your gentle soul.

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  11. I remember reading an interview on him years back: about the children's hospital he was building and how he set up his firms and was patronized by Texaco and the rest based on his reputation. He touched many lives and lived a good one. May he rest in peace.

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  12. If you ever worked in FCMB before, you will know about, the annual BIRTHDAY Sara, hmmmn !
    He did everything to keep the FCMB in his life time ish !
    RIP SIR.

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    1. Great Man! Rip

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    2. It is normal, He is a chief in ijebu ode so........ and has the funds............

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