Meet Jim Ovia: the former Barclays clerk who turned $5 million into a $3.3 billion banking empire
In the 1990s, as Nigeria’s banking sector shifted from government and foreign control to a nascent class of local private investors, a $5 million opportunity caught Jim Ovia’s eye, setting the stage for what would become one of Africa’s most profitable banks. Jim Ovia founded Zenith Bank in 1990 with an initial capital of about…
