Simon kolawole biography

Simon Kolawole is a Nigerian journalist, public speaker and media entrepreneur.^[1][2][3][4] He is the founder and chief executive officer of Cable Newspaper Limited.,^[5] publisher of TheCable, Nigeria's Independent online newspaper^[6] In 2012, the World Economic Forum named him one of the Young Global Leaders as a recognition of his record of professional accomplishments and commitment to the society.^[7][8]

According to Daily Trust, Kolawole, at 29, became the youngest editor of a national newspaper in Nigeria.^[9] By 2007, when he was appointed the editor and associate director of This Day, he was also the youngest Nigerian to have ever achieved such a feat.^[10]

Early life and education

Kolawole was born in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, but moved to Mopa, in present-day Kogi State, Nigeria to live with his grandmother after his father died in a road ac