July 14, (THEWILL) – Jim Ovia, the chairman of Zenith Bank seems to have shed his toga of exclusivity and has decided to embrace the social life. His appearance at the traditional wedding party of Hon Muktar Tolani Shagaya, son of businesswoman Bola Shagaya to his wife, Ayotola Oluwatoyin Odebiyi in Lagos last weekend got many people, particularly guests doing a double take. Some weren’t quite sure he was the one and were a bit sceptical about walking up to him to exchange pleasantries, but others mustered up the courage to look him in the eye in order to satisfy their curiosity. Their reactions were quite understandable.
Being a lone wolf and very unlike his contemporaries who enjoy the limelight, Jim is to put it mildly, a recluse. He abhors the limelight and prefers to operate from behind the scenes. He hardly attends events, makes very few and far between public appearances only for the promotion of his businesses and hardly grants media interviews. In this age of social media and over-exposure, he has no personal social media account, save for the promotion of some of his numerous businesses.
He follows in the footsteps of business mogul, Mike Adenuga who has built a public persona defined by near invisibility. He was dressed to the party in a simple traditional attire and a bowler hat to match, he was accompanied to the party by the managing director of his bank, Dame Adaora Umeoji who looked stunningly breathtaking.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
