Fifi Ejindu is a Nigerian architect, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
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Fifi Ekanem Ejindu was born on Ibadan, Nigeria in 1962. She was born into the royal family, her grandfather is King James Ekpo Bassey of Cobham Town in Calabar while her father is a university professor at the University of Ibadan. She was born in Ibadan, Oyo State and spend a significant part of her life there.
Her father – Professor Sylvester Joseph Una was the first Minister of Health in the former eastern region of Nigeria and also a member of the House of Parliament before independence.
Fifi Ejindu was obviously born into a well to-do family. She received her secondary education at the university campus of University of Ibadan and went on to Queens College at Yaba, Lagos.
She went on to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn New York to study architecture and in 1983 she graduated and was the first African Woman to be awarded a B. Arch from the institute. Fifi Ejindu did not stop there however, she went on to take courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She went on to get a job at a private firm in New York City. Before she eventually returned to Nigeria she went back to Pratt Institute and acquired a Masters in Urban Planning.
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Rise to Prominence
She established Starcrest Group of companies in 1995 when she returned to Nigeria. The company had three other branches- Starcrest Investment Ltd., Starcrest Associates Ltd. and Starcrest Industries Ltd which were involved in real estate, oil and gas, and building construction
Fifi says her style of architecture is Neo-traditional, she further explains that it involves building new projects with new materials but with traditional and old style details and features. So most of her works revive the Renaissance period.
She was awarded the African Achievers African Arts and Fashion Lifetime Achievement award in 2013.
Fifi Ejindu’s Net Worth
Her net worth is estimated to be $600 million.
