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Benedict Peters was born on 5 December, 1966 in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, is a Nigerian oil billionaire. Discover Benedict Peters's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

Popular As Benedict Peters
Occupation Founder and Executive Vice Chairman, Aiteo Group
Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 5 December 1966
Birthday 5 December
Birthplace Nigeria
Nationality Nigeria

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Benedict Peters Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Benedict Peters worth at the age of 57 years old? Benedict Peters’s income source is mostly from being a successful Founder. He is from Nigeria. We have estimated Benedict Peters's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net worth $2.7 billion (February 2016)
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2017

In April 2017, Aiteo Group announced the signing of a five-year partnership agreement with the Nigeria Football Federation worth an estimated N2.9b. In the capacity of Official Optimum Partner of the NFF, Aiteo's support funded the salaries of Super Eagles boss Gernot Rohr and coaches of all NFF's national teams. Peters told the media that "Aiteo Group is as passionate about leadership as Nigerians are about football, so we are proud to be working together with the NFF and its coaching staff to reach a shared goal of a more prosperous Nigeria".

Peters is married and has four children. In 2017 the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Abuja ordered the immediate lift of an Interim Forfeiture Order on Peters properties in the UK. The Interim Forfeiture Order was obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC. The court accused the EFCC of "gross misstatements, concealment and misrepresentation of facts".

2015

On August 5, 2014 in Washington DC, Peters was one of four recipients of the Marquee Award for Global Business Excellence at the Africa-US Leadership Awards dinner, hosted by African Energy Association, "a non-profit organization of experienced negotiators, advisors and high-level energy advocates". Leadership, an Abuja, Nigeria based national newspaper, named him the "Leadership CEO of the Year 2014" for championing a local content deal facilitating a greater capacity to manage oil assets in his native country, Nigeria. On 18 January 2015, Peters was given the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Awards in the "Economic Empowerment" category in an event held in Washington, DC's Willard Hotel. Benedict Peters was listed among the 50 Most Influential Nigerians in 2017 by BusinessDay Newspaper in Nigeria. In June 2018, he was also named by The Guardian (Nigeria) as Oil and Gas CEO of the Year. Buiness Day's Man of the year 2019 https://businessday.ng/opinion/article/benedict-peters-two-decades-of-leadership-excellence-in-africa/]

2014

Benedict Peters is a Nigerian billionaire, who founded the Aiteo Group, which has interests primarily in energy and is the largest indigenous oil producing firm in Nigeria by output. As of November 2014, he had an estimated net worth of US$2.7 billion. Peters is ranked by Ventures Africa as the 17th richest person in Africa and the 7th richest person in Nigeria.

In 2014, Aiteo acquired a controlling stake in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 and the Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) in the Eastern Niger Delta from Royal Dutch Shell Plc. According to Wood Mackenzie, "OML 29 is a large block located in the southeastern Niger Delta. It contains 11 oil and gas fields". "The 983-square-kilometre OML 29, onshore in the Niger Delta region, is the site of Nigeria's first-ever commercial discovery", in 1956 at the Oloibiri Oilfield.

2008

In February 2008, Peters founded the Aiteo group (Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company Limited), the successor entity to Sigmund Communecci. The company owns one of the largest petroleum tank farms in Nigeria with facilities in excess of over 250 million litres on over 100,000 square meters of landmass It also owns and operates the Abonnema Storage Terminal.

1990

Peters began his career in the oil and gas industry in the early 1990s, working with the founders of Ocean and Oil, the entity now known as Oando Nigeria Plc, Adewale Tinubu, Mofe Boyo and Onajite Okoloko. He moved to MRS Oil Nigeria PLC as Group Executive Director, ending as its Managing Director, before leaving in 1999 to establish Sigmund Communecci.