Chukwuma Odii Ifeanyi

Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii (born 17 April 1975) is a Nigerian businessman, philanthropist and politician. He is the founder and chairman of Orient Global Group.

Odii is the gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party for Ebonyi State in the 2023 gubernatorial election. Odii is a native of Isu in Onicha local government area (LGA) of Ebonyi state, Nigeria.

Odii attended Isu-achara primary school and Isu secondary school, both in Ebonyi state for his early education. Odii studied Business Administration from the National Open University of Nigeria, earning a Bachelors of Science (B.Sc.).

He was conferred with a Doctor of Science Degree in Strategic Business Management & Corporate Governance by the European American University in the Republic of Panama. Odii also studied through the Chief Executive program at Lagos Business School.

He is a member of the Lagos State University Governing Board, announced in 2021 by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Odii is also on the board of the Nnamdi Azikwe University Business School.

Odii was elected as the 2023 Gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (Nigeria), polling 349 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chris Usulor, who scored nine votes.

In 2022, the Guardian Newspaper recognized Odii as one of the top 50 CEOs that impacted and contributed to Nigeria’s GDP growth in 2021. Odii was awarded Independent Newspaper’s Philanthropist of the Year.

Odii won the ‘Next Bull Awards’ in 2021 at the Nigerian Investors Value Awards (NIVA) organized by Business Day Newspaper and the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

He established the Ebele and Anyichuks Foundation, which he runs with his wife. The foundation has built over 130 homes for poor people, six churches, and a 2.2 km road in Magodo, Lagos. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the foundation donated 150 million naira to the Federal Government, Lagos State, and Ebonyi State, and distributed pallatives.

Odii has provided scholarships for students in Ebonyi State.