Notable Nigerian entrepreneurs, businesspeople of Nigerian nationality or with Nigerian citizenship. Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values than simply economic ones.
More narrow definitions have described entrepreneurship as the process of designing, launching and running a new business, which is often similar to a small business, or as the “capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks to make a profit.” The people who create these businesses are often referred to as entrepreneurs. While definitions of entrepreneurship typically focus on the launching and running of businesses, due to the high risks involved in launching a start-up, a significant proportion of start-up businesses have to close due to “lack of funding, bad business decisions, government policies, an economic crisis, lack of market demand, or a combination of all of these.”
In the field of economics, the term entrepreneur is used for an entity which has the ability to translate inventions or technologies into products and services. In this sense, entrepreneurship describes activities on the part of both established firms and new businesses.
- M. K. O. Abiola
- Mike Adenuga
- Taiwo Afolabi
- Ganiyu Akanbi Bello
- Demola Aladekomo
- Folorunsho Alakija
- Victor Ngumah
- Mahmood Ahmadu
- Tonye Briggs-Oniyide
- Tonye Cole – co-founder of Sahara Group
- Aliko Dangote – Chairman, Dangote Group
- Mr Eazi – Singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur
- Francis Edo-Osagie
- Tonye Irims – CEO, WiSolar
- Godwin Maduka, Nigerian doctor, businessman, philanthropist and the founder of Las Vegas Pain Institute and Medical Center
- Shafi Edu
- Henry Fajemirokun
- Samuel Fawehinmi
- Cletus Ibeto
- Michael Ibru
- Abasiama Idaresit – Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Wild Fusion Limited
- Linda Ikeji
- Anastasios George Leventis
- Dele Momodu – CEO and Publisher, Ovation International
- Ben Murray-Bruce – Chairman and Founder, The Silverbird Group
- Jason Njoku – CEO, irokotv
- Genevieve Nnaji
- Mary Nzimiro (1898–1993), businesswoman, politician and women’s activist
- Sunny Obazu-Ojeagbase
- Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu
- Adeola Odutola
- Stella Chinyelu Okoli
- Festus Okotie-Eboh
- Omu Okwei
- Ade Tuyo
- Lawrence Omole
- C. T. Onyekwelu
- Seun Osewa
- Bisoye Tejuoso
- Bamanga Tukur
- Mathias Ugochukwu
- Layal Jade Tinubu
