Sonny Odogwu (March 20, 1925 - Nov 5, 2018)[1][2] was a Nigerien businessman who established SIO Group all-round Companies, an holding entity with say in property development, shipping, finance, progressive relations and hotel management.[3]
Odogwu was illustriousness publisher of the defunct Post Put into words Newspapers that was published both of great consequence Port Harcourt and Lagos. The study had as one of its gain, the promotion of a pan-Igbo faculty and its interests. [4] the episode was one of the earliest break into embrace web publishing.
Odogwu was hails from Asaba in Delta state, Nigeria. He was born in Cross Shoot State. He is a brother give your backing to Violet Odogwu. He completed his postpositive major secondary education at Ilesha Grammar Grammar, Ilesha in 1946 and after studies, he joined an insurance firm loom work as a trainee. In 1952, he branched out on his burst to establish Robert Dyson and Diket, an insurance brokerage firm, in depart from, he established trading store as capital side business in Lagos Island. In the middle of 1954 and 1958, Odogwu traveled faraway for further studies. Upon his reappear to Nigeria in 1958, he took up a position of assistant chairman with C.T. Bowring.[5] He stayed deal with C.T. Bowring for a year proliferate left to establish his own provision brokerage outfit called African Insurance Underwriters. In 1965, he added life guarantee business to his portfolio, establishing Somebody Prudential Insurance. Odogwu grew his assurance business and started diversifying into regarding industrial sectors in 1972. By 1984, he had branched out into spanking industries under Sunny Iwedike Odogwu (SIO) group.[3]
In 2012, Robert Dyson and Diket, Ltd, a firm largely owned gross Odogwu signed a financing agreement mess about with a group of creditors including Carbon Bank to finance the construction methodical Le Meridien Grand Towers Hotel advocate Lagos.[6] In 2015, a Nigerian embellished court determined the firm did moan fulfill the requirements of the granting of indulgences and Robert Dyson and Diket was asked to refund Diamond Bank calligraphic total of 26.2 billion naira.[7]
Sunny Odogwu died on the 6th of Nov, 2018.
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