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Niger">CON</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Jim James Ovia</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-11-04</span>) </span>4 November 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Agbor" title="Agbor">Agbor</a>, Southern Region, <a href="/wiki/British_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="British Nigeria">British Nigeria</a> (now in <a href="/wiki/Delta_State" title="Delta State">Delta State</a>, Nigeria)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Nigerian" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian">Nigerian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Businessman</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jim James Ovia</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt 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He is the founder of <a href="/wiki/Zenith_Bank" title="Zenith Bank">Zenith Bank</a>, which he founded in 1990,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is now the country's most profitable bank.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-okwumbu_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-okwumbu-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-forbes_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Ovia published what he described as an "entrepreneurial manual" he called <i>Africa Rise and Shine</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His memoir also tells about his early life, his business career and how he developed Zenith Bank and other related interests. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Ovia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>James "Jim" Ovia was born in 1951 into the large family of Obi Olihe of Agbor-Obi, in what is now Agbor, <a href="/wiki/Delta_State" title="Delta State">Delta State</a>. His father died when he was four, and older siblings helped support their mother and the family. One elder brother paid for his early education. Ovia later moved to <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a> to live with that brother and started work as a clerk in a bank.<sup id="cite_ref-okwumbu_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-okwumbu-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After three years, he traveled to the United States for college and graduate school, earning a B.Sc. degree in Business Administration from <a href="/wiki/Southern_University" title="Southern University">Southern University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a> (1977), and an MBA from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisiana_at_Monroe" title="University of Louisiana at Monroe">University of Louisiana, Monroe</a>, in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-forbes1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also an alumnus of <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Business_School" title="Harvard Business School">Harvard Business School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Ovia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jim is the founder of Zenith Bank Plc,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nigeria's tier-1 bank and one of the most profitable financial institutions in Nigeria.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, he assumed chairmanship of the bank.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the recipient of a <a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Nigeria" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Nigeria">Nigerian national honor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ovia is the founder of Visafone Communications Limited<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the chairman of both the Nigerian Software Development Initiative (NSDI) and the National Information Technology Advisory Council (NITAC).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a member of the Honorary International Investor Council as well as the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI). He is the Chairman of Cyberspace Network Limited. He was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in the 50th convocation ceremony of the University of Lagos.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2018, Ovia announced the publication of his book Africa, Rise and Shine published with ForbesBooks.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership_roles">Leadership roles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Ovia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Leadership roles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ovia is a member of the Governing Council of <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State_University" title="Lagos State University">Lagos State University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a> and a member of the Board of Trustees, Redeemer's University For Nations, Lagos. He was a member of the Governing Council of the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Investment_Promotion_Commission" title="Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission">Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission</a> (1999–2007) and served on the board of American International School, Lagos (2001–2003). </p><p>Ovia headed numerous <a href="/wiki/Non-Governmental_Organisations" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Governmental Organisations">NGOs</a> at various times including serving as the first President of the Nigeria Internet Group (2001–2003). He is the founder and Chairman of <i>Mankind United to Support Total Education</i> (MUSTE), a <a href="/wiki/Philanthropy" title="Philanthropy">philanthropic</a> organization focused on providing <a href="/wiki/Scholarship" title="Scholarship">scholarships</a> to the less privileged.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the founder of the Youth Empowerment / ICT Foundation, which focuses on improving the <a href="/wiki/Socioeconomics" class="mw-redirect" title="Socioeconomics">socioeconomic</a> welfare of Nigerian youths by inspiring and motivating them to embrace <a href="/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology" title="Information and communications technology">Information and communication technology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Award">Award</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Ovia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2022, Jim Ovia was conferred with the Nigerian national honor of <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Federal_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic">Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic</a> (CFR) by President <a href="/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari" title="Muhammadu Buhari">Muhammadu Buhari</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading 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