From being elected the pupil school Janitor, to becoming Chief Accountant and now Deputy Managing Director. There’s one clear lesson to glean from this. Excellence and subsequent success never comes by chance. It does not just fall on your lap fortuitously from the heavens. It results from intentionality. Learning the right lessons at the right time and adopting useful attitudes such as humility even while pursuing lofty ambitions. There is a saying that it does not matter where you are coming from, what matters is where you are going. Mr Kunle Jaiyesimi, in record time rose to become the Deputy Managing Director of CFAO Motors, the French conglomerate known for household names such as Mitsubishi, Suzuki and a host of others. His story is nothing short of inspiring.

Sir, which state are you from and how were things growing up?

I hailed from Ogun State but was born and bred in Lagos State.
Growing up was interesting under a disciplinarian Father and a prayer warrior Mother both of blessed memory. They did a lot to shape my life and shielded me from the torrid environment I grew up with my siblings. I am the second child and first boy in a family of three girls and three. We are still a closely-nit family.

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