# Poverty shaped my journey from bread seller to UK business leader – Scotland-based MSBM CEO, Ariyibi-Oke

> Scotland-based lawyer and Chief Executive Officer of Metropolitan School of Business and Management, United Kingdom, Tolulope Ariyibi-Oke, tells AYOOLA OLASUPO how her determination to defy poverty shaped her journey from a young girl hawking bread in Nigeria to becoming a ambitious business leader in the diaspora

- Published: 2026-09-19T01:00:20.068Z
- Updated: 2026-09-19T01:00:20.068Z
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- Topics: Politics
- Involves: Dubai, Glasgow, Layi Babatunde (SAN) & Co, Metropolitan School of Business and Management, Scotland, Tolulope Ariyibi-Oke

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