Companies in GIP's portfolio bring in $61 billion in revenue annually. Ogunlesi sat on President Trump's Strategic Policy Council of CEOs. After law school, Ogunlesi clerked for Thurgood Marshall.

Geoffrey Ogunlesi, 33, the son of the United States-based Nigerian billionaire, Adebayo Ogunlesi, has bought a diamond engagement ring worth $500,000 for an American jewelry designer, Jennifer Meyer.

“Mr. Bayo Ogunlesi embodies the purpose of this award.” Oden and Ogunlesi discussed his tenure as a legal clerk for the TMCF namesake, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and his career ...