Wale Adeosun

Wale Adeosun, CFA, is the Founder and CEO of Kuramo Capital Management (Kuramo), an independent private investment firm driving catalytic commercial capital to fast growing African businesses, to generate attractive returns and positively impact local communities. To date, Kuramo Capital has catalyzed over $3.5 billion to sub-Saharan African businesses. Wale serves on the Boards of several companies, including the Nigeria Higher Education Foundation (NHEF), assisting Nigerian Universities in preparing the next generation of global leaders. He was the Chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee of the $280 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund. In 2014, he was appointed to serve on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa. Prior to founding Kuramo, Wale was the Treasurer and CIO at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), where he managed $1 billion in endowment and pension assets. Prior to RPI, he was a Managing Director in the Investments Group of the MacArthur Foundation in Chicago with oversight of $2 billion in U.S. equities and hedge fund investments. Wale completed his BA in Economics and Business Administration at Coe College, Iowa, where he serves as a Board Trustee. He received his MBA from John M. Olin School of Business, Washington University, Missouri. He is recognized as the first Nigerian to be awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, and he is a member of the CFA Institute. He was inducted into the New York Chapter of the National Association of Security Professionals Wall Street Hall of Fame in 2008.