Gatwick Airport, the second-busiest airport in the United Kingdom, is significantly influenced by a Nigerian-born investor. Adebayo Ogunlesi, a billionaire financier and the Chairman of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), led the consortium that acquired Gatwick for £1.5 billion in 2009. While GIP is a massive international private equity firm, Ogunlesi is the driving force behind the deal, earning him the nickname in the Nigerian press as "The Man Who Bought Gatwick." Under his firm's management, Gatwick underwent a massive transformation to improve efficiency and compete more effectively with Heathrow. In addition to Gatwick, Ogunlesi's firm has held major stakes in other critical UK infrastructure, including Edinburgh Airport and London City Airport. While GIP sold a majority stake in Gatwick to the French company Vinci Airports in 2019, Ogunlesi’s firm still retains a significant minority interest and continues to be a major player in the management of the airport’s long-term strategy and infrastructure.