GTCO CEO Segun Agbaje will pocket N410 million from a record dividend but owns just 0.088% of the bank he spent 15 years building
Billionaires Africa | 01.04.2026 17:53
Guaranty Trust Holding Company has posted profit before tax of N1.23 trillion for the year ended December 31, 2025 and declared a dividend of N12.76 per share, its most generous payout since listing. The numbers are spectacular. But they also shine a light on an uncomfortable question that has quietly followed Segun Agbaje for years: for a man who has spent more than a decade building one of Africa's most admired financial institutions, why does he own so little of it?
