Only a few Nigerian men can brag about making a fortune and owning a private jet at the young age of 45. Kola Karim, the fun-loving business mogul, who turned his mother’s trading company into construction and oil establishment, is one of these few men.

With the recent fall in price of crude oil, one will expect Kola Karim, the oil and gas businessman, to take a break on extravagant spending. However, Kola proves that he has enough money to throw around like a drunken sailor. The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Conglomerate, Shore Energy International has acquired a private jet and joined the list of Nigerian big boys who fly in style.

As a billionaire, Kola shuffles between Nigeria and the western world frequently. Though he is always in and out of the Nigeria social scene, but his family is based in the UK where they attend schools.

A couple of years ago, t he polo player was named Young Global Leader class of 2008 by the World Economic Forum and in 2014 he was listed as one of the 10 most powerful men in Africa by Forbes.