Kojo Annan
- January 10, 2024
- Businessperson
Quick Facts
Full Name | Kojo Annan |
Occupation | Businessperson |
Date Of Birth | Jul 25, 1973(1973-07-25) |
Age | 51 |
Birthplace | Geneva |
Country | Ghana |
Birth City | Geneva |
Horoscope | Leo |
Kojo Annan Biography
Name | Kojo Annan |
Birthday | Jul 25 |
Birth Year | 1973 |
Place Of Birth | Geneva |
Home Town | Geneva |
Birth Country | Ghana |
Birth Sign | Leo |
Parents | Kofi Annan, Titi Alakija |
Siblings | Ama Annan |
Spouse | Shanthi Wilkinson |
Kojo Annan is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on July 25, 1973 in Geneva, Geneva, Ghana. Kojo Annan was born in Geneva, Switzerland on 25 July 1973. Kojo Annan and his sister Ama Annan are from Kofi Annan’s first marriage with Titi Alakija, a Nigerian. The couple separated when Kojo Annan was six years old and divorced two years later. After his parents separated, he lived with his father and spent holidays with his mother and sister. Kojo Annan’s second name “Adeyemo” means “the crown befits the child” in Yoruba. Kojo Annan is a maternal grandson of Sir Adeyemo Alakija.
In September 1998, Kojo Annan met with several heads of state and government ministers during the opening session of the U.N. General Assembly. In December, Cotecna won a $4.8 million Oil-for-Food contract.
A January 2005 article in The Sunday Times announced that he had confessed involvement in the UN Oil-for-Food Programme scandal; in a libel settlement eleven months later, the paper announced that it now “entirely accepts that the allegation was untrue.”
Megadeth’s front-man Dave Mustaine, mentioned Kojo Annan in the song “United Abominations”, the title track of Megadeth’s 2007 studio release. This song, based on the UN, sparked an official retort from the UN on 10 July by Mark Leon Goldberg of the United Nations affairs blog, UN Dispatch, who posted a rebuttal based on the accusations Mustaine made in the song.
Kojo Annan, Kofi Annan and Cotecna deny that the younger Annan was involved in the Oil-for-Food contract. Kojo Annan also claimed that connections with Cotecna severed after 1998; however, he continued to be paid by the company until February 2004.
Kojo Annan Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Businessperson |
House | Living in own house. |
Kojo Annan is one of the richest Businessperson from Ghana. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kojo Annan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Kojo Adeyemo Annan (born 25 July 1973) is a Swiss-Ghanaian businessman and son of the late former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
From 1995 to 1997, Kojo Annan worked in West Africa for the Swiss-based inspection company Cotecna, then as a marketing consultant for the company.
On 13 December 2004, Kojo Annan claimed that the probe into the Oil-for-Food Programme by U.S. congressional committees was “a witchhunt from day one as part of a broader Republican political agenda.”
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Who is Kojo Annan Dating?
According to our records, Kojo Annan married to Shanthi Wilkinson. As of December 1, 2023, Kojo Annan’s is not dating anyone.
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Facts & Trivia
Kojo Ranked on the list of most popular Businessperson. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ghana. Kojo Annan celebrates birthday on July 25 of every year.