Ikechukwu Ndefo

Ikechukwu Ndefo (born 1957) is a prominent Nigerian businessman from Nnewi, Anambra State. He is the Chairman Executive Officer of the Maersk Sealand based in Nigeria, one of the largest shipping companies in Nigeria; He also runs Cuisin Limited a Spare parts company that manufactures, imports and exports all over the world. He was born to the family of Federick Ndefo, a missionary worker, who also worked at the Ikedife Hospital Umunnem in Nnewi.

He has for more than 30 years, played an active role in the Nigerian economics and marketing sector as well as advanced the cause and understanding through his extensive international business undertakings.By the year 1997, his company had become one the largest spare parts manufacturing and distributing companies in the country.

Life

Ikechukwu Ndefo attended Nnewi Boys High School, and acquired his school certificate in 1969. After secondary school, he joined the Lukelin spare parts manufacturing company where he worked for 12 years. Even though it was a tough market to work in; but he continued working until he opened his own company which was first based at Ikeja. By 1990, Cuisin Limited was all over Nigeria and some states in America. He began working for Maersk sealand in 1998 where he now sits as the Chairman Executive officer in the branch in Nigeria.

He is known today as an entrepreneurial figure that created one of the largest modern Nigerian privately owned firms with other figures such as the low key Julie Megwa. He also tried out in politics in 2004, he was a gubernatorial candidate for Anambra State Governor, but lost to Chris Ngige. He was also a member of the Liberal Convention and the New Movement, which metamorphosed to become NRC.

Children

Chinwe NdefoNonso NdefoChioma NdefoSomto NdefoChisom Ndefo

References

*Tom Forrest, The Advance of African Capital:The Growth of Nigerian Private Enterprise. University of Virginia Press (August 1994). ISBN 0813915627

*David S. Fick, Entrepreneurship in Africa: A Study of Successes