Leo Stan Ekeh
{{short description|Nigerian businessman}}
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| birth_name = Leonard Stanley Nnamdi Ekeh
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|02|22}}
| birth_place = Ubomiri Mbaitoli, Imo State, Nigeria
| occupation = * Founder, Chairman and CEO of Zinox Technologies
- CEO of Konga.com
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| spouse = {{marriage|Chioma Ekeh| 1986}}
| children = 5
| parents = Ihentuge Ekeh
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Leonard Stanley Nnamdi Ekeh (born February 22, 1956, in Imo State, Nigeria) is a Nigerian businessman.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/leo-stan-ekeh-entrepreneur-as-a-humanist/|title=Leo Stan Ekeh: Entrepreneur as a humanist|date=2019-02-22|website=The Sun Nigeria|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24}} He is the founder and chairman of Zinox Group. He is also the chairman of Konga.com.{{Cite web|url=https://technext.ng/2019/05/16/konga-will-disrupt-health-sector-next-6-months-leo-stan-ekeh/|title="Konga Will Disrupt Nigeria's Health Sector in the Next 6 Months" - Leo Stan Ekeh|date=2019-05-16|website=Technext|access-date=2019-05-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://nairametrics.com/2018/09/11/ekeh-zinox-boss-may-retire-in-2021/|title=Ekeh, Zinox boss, may retire in 2021|last=Partners|first=N. M.|date=2018-09-11|website=Nairametrics|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://theeagleonline.com.ng/konga-achieves-97-same-day-delivery/|title=Konga achieves 97% same-day delivery|date=2018-07-25|website=The Eagle Online|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24}}
Early life
Ekeh was born in Ubomiri Mbaitoli, Imo State to a middle-class family with three brothers and two sisters. His mother was a dietitian, and his father was a nurse.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/44137/leo-stan-ekeh.html|title=Leo Stan-Ekeh|website=Nigerian Voice|access-date=2019-05-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.businessday.ng/jobs-human-capital/article/leo-stan-ekeh-and-the-zinox-revolution/|title=Leo Stan Ekeh and the Zinox revolution|date=2014-07-29|website=BusinessDay Online, TV, and Podcast|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24}}
Education
Ekeh attended Holy Ghost College, Owerri for his secondary education. During his early years, he wanted to own the biggest transport company in Nigeria.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsexpressngr.com/news/detail.php?news=20556&title=Leo-Stan-Ekeh-The-Lion-lives-up-to-his-name-60|title=Leo Stan Ekeh: The Lion lives up to his name @60|website=News Express Nigeria|access-date=2019-05-24}}
He later went to India for his university education, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Punjab University. Ekeh believes that studying in India was “a great turning point in my life because I found the economy of India a realistic economy”.{{cite news|url=http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/ceomagazine/2004/aug/16/ceomagazine-aug16-001.htm|title=You can't be 100% godly as a businessman in Nigeria – Leo Stan Ekeh, chairman, Zinox Computers|last=Nnadi|first=Chidi|date=2004-08-16|work=The Sun News On-line|accessdate=2008-01-14|publisher=The Sun Publishing}} Ekeh also earned an MSc in Risk Management from the University of Nottingham.
Business career
Leo Stan Ekeh started Zinox Technologies Limited in 2001 to manufacture computers. He ensured that at launch Zinox Computers already had the WHQL certification, the first in sub-Saharan Africa, consolidated 5 years later with the attainment of the NIS ISO 2000: 9001 QMS Certification. In October 2013, the company announced the production of its computer tablet line named Zipad.{{cite news |first= Edegbo |last=Steve |title= Zinox Launches Zipad Tablet PC's |url= http://www.naijatechhub.com/2013/11/zinox-launches-zipad-tablet-pcs.html |work= Nigeria technology Hub |publisher=Nigeria Technology Hub |date=2013-11-02 |accessdate=2013-11-15 }} In February 2018, Ekeh's company Zinox acquired Konga.com from its owners buying 99% of the total company shares.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/02/03/zinox-acquires-konga-in-landmark-industry-deal/|title=Zinox Acquires Konga in Landmark Industry Deal|last=admin|date=2018-02-03|website=THISDAYLIVE|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/zinox-acquires-konga-shock-deal/|title=Zinox acquires Konga in shock deal|date=2018-02-06|website=Vanguard News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://technext.ng/2019/05/16/konga-will-disrupt-health-sector-next-6-months-leo-stan-ekeh/|title="Konga Will Disrupt Nigeria's Health Sector in the Next 6 Months" - Leo Stan Ekeh|date=2019-05-16|website=Technext|access-date=2019-05-24}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Nottingham
Category:People from Imo State
Category:Officers of the Order of the Federal Republic
Category:20th-century Nigerian businesspeople
Category:21st-century Nigerian businesspeople
Category:Nigerian technology businesspeople
Category:Nigerian company founders