He is a generous benefactor to his local faith community and a regular donor to Northpoint Ministries – a coalition of seven churches in the Metro Atlanta Area.
A man of many interests, Simon has ventured into the film industry, with executive producer credits on Jail House Dogs (2012), Ken Ford Live from the Buckhead Theatre (2013), Kill (2019), and Son of the South, alongside Academy Award winner, Spike Lee (2020).Īmong all of his achievements, Simon’s greatest purpose is philanthropy. He has also been involved in a number of past joint partnerships, including Twelve Music and Publishing, KES Entertainment Group with music mogul, Akon, and Simon Paige Productions. Many of these passion projects are geared specifically toward building up his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia.Ĭurrently, Simon holds investments in several local businesses at the center of Atlanta’s nightlife, including The Republic, Barbecue restaurant, DAS BBQ II, and LDV Hospitality subsidiary, American Cut Steakhouse. Simon’s entrepreneurial spirit has led him to plethora of investments both within and beyond the fuel industry, spanning entertainment, music, movies, food and beverage, and hospitality. As a self-made, first-generation entrepreneur in the fuel business, Simon has replicated his expertise and discipline into all areas of his life, including a number of other business ventures, passion projects, and philanthropic endeavors. In 2007, he founded Simon & Company that later became Simcol Petroleum Limited Company, LLC, a petroleum supplier in Atlanta, Georgia. Simon graduated with a BBA in accounting from the University of District Columbia in 1993. He would later drop out and immigrated to the United States in 1982. He then proceeded to Government College Ughelli in Delta State Nigeria. He attended Loyola College, a catholic boarding high school run by Jesuit priests in Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria for 5 years. Simon elementary and high school years were completed in Nigeria. Simon left the corporate world to forge his own path as an entrepreneur.
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After a successful career as a Certified Public Accountant in focusing on Accounting, Audit, Transactional Tax Consulting and Software Development for several global prestigious firms. Simon believes in innovation, enterprise, and faith.
His father, Stanley Guobadia, had a distinguished career employed by the Nigerian Prison Services where he retired as the Assistant Director of Prisons. Simon grew up in an upper- middle-class family with seven younger siblings. Simon was born Simon Iyore Guobadia on June 2, 1964, in Nigeria. Entrepreneur and businessman Simon Iyore Guobadia is the founder and CEO of Simcol Group
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