Kingsley Obiukwu is a businessman, socio-economic specialist and hospitality expert. He is the managing Director of Bolton White Group and the founder of Euro-Tube, an organization that aims at promoting clean energy. His goal is to improve the lives of people and he is constantly looking for ways to positively affect lives.
Kingsley graduated from the American University of Nigeria in 2013 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, majoring in Management. He went ahead to complete his NYSC during which he served at the Bank of Industry, Nigeria, this was foundational with teaching him how to build a working organizational system. After serving his country, Kingsley got admitted into the Keller Graduate School of Management in New York where he successfully attained his Master’s degree in Business Management, majoring in International Business.
He came back home to join Bolton White Hotel as its Managing Director, in 2014. Bolton White Hotel was founded by his father but under his management, it expanded into Bolton White Group, a parent company, housing other arms including a chain of hotels, real estate and security companies. Bolton White Group was registered in 2018 and it houses Bol†on White Properties, Bolton White Security, JohnWood Hotel and GreyHills Hotel, among others.
While acting as the managing director of Bolton White Group, Kingsley went ahead to start his own organization, Euro Tube. Euro Tube started off as a solar energy company, providing clean energy solutions for organizations, states and private individuals. The company has successfully completed projects for various states in Nigeria – Niger State, Anambra State, Enugu State, Benue State and the FCT. They have also provided clean energy solutions for high profile organizations like the Canadian Embassy and Defense HQ, among others.
Euro Tube has now evolved into a tech company, and was positively instrumental at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, providing very important devices like automatic full body disinfectants, automatic infrared thermometers and other technological gears made for the purpose of combating the disease.
In 2019, the maiden edition of a five-year vision Kingsley had was finally birthed. The goal of this vision was to establish Abuja, his city, as a major socio-economic city globally. With this in mind, he registered the Abuja Week in 2019 and it kicked off with the Cultured Bonfire which was a huge success as it boasted of over 7,000 participants. Consequently, it would be an annual week-long program consisting of business forums, youth empowerment programs, city tours, exhibitions, humanitarian outreaches and the cultured bonfire party at the end of the week. The goal of this event is to create a platform to network while also promoting the socio-economic arm of the state. This will in turn lead to an influx of tourists from all parts of the country and potentially foreigners too, into the FCT, thereby causing an economic boost.
Kingsley has received a number of honorary awards from prestigious institutions. He was awarded The Difference Global Awards in ***. He was also awarded the Good Governance Award in ****. He has been invited to speak to and inspire fellow entrepreneurs and also youths at various seminars and conventions like the Difference Global Awards, Global Entrepreneurship Week and his alma-mater, American University of Nigeria.
He has been hosted on TV by prominent media outlets in the country – AIT, Silverbird, The Osaro Show – where he is usually invited to talk about business and other economy related matters. He has also featured in articles by respected news outlets like The Punch Newspaper where he dissects business in Nigeria.
At the core of his being, Kingsley is people driven and passionate about creating opportunities for the less privileged and empowering them to have better lives as he believes in “teaching people how to fish instead of giving them fish.” His goal is to genuinely impact lives and create opportunities that liberate people out of poverty.
On weekends, you’ll catch him hanging out with his friends or reading a book that explains the human psyche.
While acting as the managing director of Bolton White Group, Kingsley went ahead to start his own organization, Euro Tube. Euro Tube started off as a solar energy company, providing clean energy solutions for organizations, states and private individuals. The company has successfully completed projects for various states in Nigeria – Niger State, Anambra State, Enugu State, Benue State and the FCT. They have also provided clean energy solutions for high profile organizations like the Canadian Embassy and Defense HQ, among others.