Mobolaji Bank Anthony

Sir Mobolaji Bank Anthony
Born(1907-06-11)11 June 1907
Died26 May 1991(1991-05-26) (aged 83)
Lagos, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Other namesMobolaji Bank-Anthony
OccupationBusinessman
Years active1929-1991
Known forEntrepreneurship and philanthropy
Spouse(s)Lamide, Lady Bank Anthony
ChildrenOmoseri Bank Anthony, Ajibike Bank Anthony, Dame Oremi Evans, Bolaji Bank Anthony
ParentAlfred Bank Anthony
Statue of Sir Mobolaji Bank Anthony

Oloye Sir Mobolaji Bank Anthony, KBE (11 June 1907 - 26 May 1991) was a Yoruba Nigerian businessman and philanthropist.[1][2] He was a council President of the Lagos Stock Exchange and was a minority investor in Aero-Contractors before indigenous shares were acquired by the Ibru Organization.[3] At one time, he held the distributional rights to cars manufactured by Rootes Group.[4] He was a board member of various companies and was a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management.

  1. ^ Fortune (1967). Businessmen around the globe. Stackpole books (University of Michigan). p. 193.
  2. ^ S. O. Arifalo (2003). The Yoruba in History Up to 1987 (Issue 3 of Monograph series). Indiana University (First Academic Publishers for the Department of History and International Studies, Adekunle Ajasin University). p. 19. ISBN 978-9-780-5547-12.
  3. ^ "50 Successful Years in Business", Spear, March 1986
  4. ^ Francis Kennedy. (1991). Obituary: Sir Mobolaji Bank-Anthony. The Independent (London), June 1, 1991