Paddy Adenuga, the son of billionaire businessman Mike Adenuga, is not one to stir up storms on social media.

Widely regarded as intelligent and articulate, Paddy has carved a niche for himself, dominating trends whenever he chooses to.

In typical fashion, he is once again among the most talked-about personalities in Nigeria after announcing his third engagement.

His Instagram post on Wednesday, October 22, has since gone viral, circulating widely across blogs and social media platforms.

The last time Paddy made such an impression was in 2019, when he revealed how, at just 29 years old, he nearly acquired Chevron’s entire business and assets in the Netherlands — a story many described as “inspiring.”

Yet, despite his fame, little is known about the billionaire heir. Even his full name remains unfamiliar to many — he’s popularly known simply as Paddy Adenuga.

In this article, MyNigeria put together a few facts about him.

1. Paddy was born Mike Agbolade Adeniyi Ishola Paddy Adenuga in London, England at the St. Thomas Hospital on June 21, 1984.

2. Paddy’s mother Emelia is of Calabar descent.

3. He attended Corona Primary School, Victoria-Island, then King’s College Secondary School in Lagos.

4. At the age of 10, he was relocated to Harlingen, Texas, USA in the Rio Grande Valley to attend the prestigious Marine Military Academy (MMA). After 3 years at MMA, he attended The Tenney School in Houston Texas. By early 1998, he graduated from high school at the very young age of 13.

5. Still at the age of 13, Mike Adenuga Jnr. started tertiary education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston studying Business Administration but graduated at Northeastern University in 2002 with a Bachelors in Business Management at the age of 18.

6. From then on, he worked at family owned conglomerate, the Mike Adenuga Group, till 2006. He was the Group Executive Director of the Group’s telecom division known as GLO and also the upstream exploration & production company, ConOil Producing.

7. In 2006, he left the Mike Adenuga Group and moved to London to setup an oil brokering firm with a business partner called Cayne & Cayne. Cayne & Cayne brokered supplies of refined petroleum product to Nigerian oil firms.

8. In 2009, Paddy returned to his father’s business in an even more senior capacity as the co-CEO of GLO & ConOil Producing. Under his leadership, GLO significantly increased its national cell site coverage in Nigeria, Ghana, & Benin Republic, increased its overall revenue, and embraced new technologies to enhance customer experience and service delivery.

9. In 2011, he led ConOil’s $1.3 billion bid for Shell Nigeria’s OML 30 oil block in Nigeria.

10. Paddy Adenuga has also been a screenwriter since the age of 15 and finished his fifth screenplay, “Waterloo” a little over a year ago.