Bella Disu

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| honorific-suffix = OAL

| name = Bella Disu

| image = New Bella Disu.jpg

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| birth_name = Belinda Ajoke Olubunmi Adenuga

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| nationality = Nigerian

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| alma_mater = * Vivian Fowler

Northeastern University

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| years_active = 2004–present

| spouse = Jameel Disu

| children =

| father = Mike Adenuga

| mother = {{plainlist|

Emelia Adefolake Marquis{{cite news|url=https://paperng.com/2024/05/who-is-bella-disu-her-husband-career-and-biography.html|publisher=Paper Nigeria|title=Who is Bella Disu? Her Husband, Career, and Biography|author=Izuchukwu Ojibe|date=May 11, 2024|access-date=May 11, 2024}}}}

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Belinda "Bella" Olubunmi Disu (née Adenuga, born May 29, 1986) is a Nigerian business executive.{{cite web|url=https://businessday.ng/women-hub/article/women-in-business-bella-disu/ |publisher=Business Day|title=Women In Business-Bella Disu |date=9 August 2019 |access-date=12 August 2019}}

Early life and education

Bella Disu was born to Emelia Adefolake Marquis and Mike Adenuga Jr., a business magnate who founded Globacom.{{cite news |last1=Akinwale |first1=Funsho |date=9 March 2019 |title=Bella Adenuga Disu, others bag IoD certification |url=https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/bella-adenuga-disu-others-bag-iod-certification/amp/ |access-date=27 June 2019 |agency=The Guardian}} Through her father, she is a granddaughter of the Nigerian aristocrat Princess Juliana Oyindamola Adenuga of Ijebu. {{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ng/mike-adenuga-66-cheers-to-a-media-guru/|title=Mike Adenuga: 66 Cheers To A Media Guru|last=Ajiboye|first=Kayode|date=2019-04-29|work=Independent Newspapers Nigeria|language=en-GB|access-date=June 17, 2025}}

She attended Corona School in Victoria Island and later enrolled at Queen's College. In 1998, she transferred to Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls.{{cite news |last1=Oduah |first1=Henry |title=Adenuga’s daughter Bella Disu returns to alma mater after 24 years |url=https://www.qed.ng/adenugas-daughter-bella-disu-returns-to-alma-mater-after-24-years/ |access-date=14 February 2025 |publisher=QED |date=10 March 2024}} Disu holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a Master of Science in Leadership from Northeastern University, Boston.{{Cite web |last=Okorie |first=Kelechi |date=2024-06-03 |title=Bella Disu: A celebration of remarkable achievements as she turns 38 |url=https://www.citypeopleonline.com/bella-disu-a-celebration-of-remarkable-achievements-as-she-turns-38/ |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=City People Magazine |language=en-US}}

Career

In 2004, Disu joined Globacom and is executive vice chairman of the company.{{cite news |date=7 October 2018 |title=A Daughter in a Million: The Amazing Exploits of Belinda Disu in Business |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/10/07/a-daughter-in-a-million-the-amazing-exploits-of-belinda-disu-in-busines/?amp |access-date=26 June 2019 |agency=This Day Live}}{{cite news |title=Bella Disu: Carving a Legacy Beyond Inheritance |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2024/07/07/bella-disu-carving-a-legacy-beyond-inheritance/ |access-date=14 February 2025 |issue=Life & Style |publisher=This Day |date=12 July 2024}} She is a non-executive director of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, a construction company.{{cite news |last1=Ojekunle |first1=Aderemi |date=20 July 2018 |title=Meet the daughters of 6 Nigerian billionaires and what they do |url=https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle-meet-the-daughters-of-6-nigerian-billionaires-and-what-they-do/wfkfv12 |access-date=26 June 2019 |agency=Pulse}}

In 2019, Disu was awarded the Chevalier dans ‘l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres with the French minister presenting the award describing it as "financed" by her father.{{Cite web |title=France Honours Bella Disu with Prestigious National Honour – THISDAYLIVE |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/12/17/france-honours-bella-disu-with-prestigious-national-honour/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=www.thisdaylive.com |language=en-US}}