Jonathan Fashanu, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Dash House Group, a United Kingdom-domiciled multidisciplinary practice, is of mixed nationalities: Nigerian and Singapore. In this interview with Segun Kasali, he reveals his family background, professional forays and circumstances surrounding his exiting the Singaporean army. Excerpts:
TELL us about the Fashanu family?
My dad is Chief Olu Fashanu from Edo State. I did my primary and secondary schools in Lagos. I went to Corona and then Kings’ College. My dad has done a lot of things. He had a sheet metal factory. He trades across West Africa. With my dad, I think it is the ability to see that something might work right now, but [might not] at other times, that as an entrepreneur, you must be used to failure. He would fail but still manage to get up. You know that ability to be adaptable, resilient and tenacious. He believed you shouldn’t, because something failed, sit down somewhere and surrender to fate. So, that was a trait I...READ THE FULL ARTICLE/CONTENT HERE