Were I in President Tinubu’s shoes, I would declare 2025 the Year of Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria and then set out to woo the following investors. I would set myself a target of attracting at least $100bn annually

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon which is the largest eCommerce marketplace and is used by millions of customers worldwide

[2] Bill Gates

William Henry Gates (popularly known as Bill Gates) is one of the top entrepreneurs in world. He’s an American business magnate, investor, author, and philanthropist. He is the founder of Microsoft, which he launched along with Paul Allen in 1975

[3] Mark Zuckerberg

There are very few people who don’t know who Mark Zuckerberg is, as he’s the founder of the widely popular social media platform Facebook

[4] Larry Page

Lawrence Edward Page (commonly known as Larry Page) is one of the most successful entrepreneurs who co-founded Google with Sergey Brin

[5] Sergey Brin

Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin (popularly known as Sergey Brin) is also an American entrepreneur and investor who partnered up with Larry Page to launch Google back in 1997 on September 15th

[6] Richard Branson

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (popularly known as Richard Branson) is best known as the founder of Virgin Group which is comprised of more than 400 companies worldwide

[7] Larry Ellison

Lawrence Joseph Ellison (commonly known as Larry Ellison) is one of the most famous entrepreneurs today who is the co-founder of Oracle Corporation

[8] Ritesh Agarwal

Have you ever heard of Oyo Rooms? If you’re an Indian, especially one who loves to travel, you might have already stayed at Oyo Rooms at least once. Oyo Rooms was founded by Ritesh Agarwal

[9] Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Have you heard about Paytm? If you’re an Indian, chances are you’ll most likely be using it, and if you’re not, just Googling the word “Paytm” tells you how popular it is in India. Paytm (Pay Through Mobile) is India’s biggest eCommerce payment system which also offers a digital wallet that was founded by Vijay Shekhar Sharma, who’s one of the top entrepreneurs in the world

[10] Elon Musk

How could we curate the list without including the REAL Iron Man, Elon Musk himself? Elon Reeve Musk is a technology entrepreneur and also an engineer who holds multiple citizenships including South Africa, Canada, and the U.S. He is famously known for SpaceX. Elon Musk is an all-rounder entrepreneur who was the co-founder of the famous online payment system PayPal. He is currently the founder, chief executive and lead designer of SpaceX, co-founder and product architect of Tesla and the founder of The Boring Company

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