Antonio Deinde Fernandez

Oloye

Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez

of Dudley
Oloye; Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez; of Dudley
	Nelson Mandela visiting the Fernandez family in New York, 1994. From left: Mandela, Abimbola, Atinuke, Aduke and Fernandez.
Born	12 August 1929; Lagos, Nigeria
Died	1 September 2015 (aged 86); Belgium
Occupations	bureaucrat; business magnate; diplomat;
Years active	1966–2015
Relatives	Abimbola Fernandez (daughter); DJ Caise (grandson);

Oloye Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez of Dudley (12 August 1929 – 1 September 2015) was a Nigerian billionaire, business magnate and diplomat, a Pan-African leader and Permanent Representative of the Central African Republic to the United Nations. He was considered one of the richest men in Africa.

In addition to a variety of other chieftaincy titles, he held the title of the Apesin Ola of the Egba clan of Yorubaland. Meanwhile, in Scotland, Chief Fernandez was also entitled to use the courtesy territorial designation "of Dudley" as part of his formal name due to his being a feudal baron.

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