Draft:Wole Olusola

About Wole

Wole Olusola is the Lead Pastor of Gracelife Church, a Life Transformation Coach certified in Neuro-Linguistics Programming (NLP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Life Coaching; with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Linguistics and Masters in Business Administration with specialization in Marketing. He is also a public speaker and he has authored many books. He had an 18-year banking career which saw him work for First Bank of Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, in various capacities and BGL Asset Management Ltd where he was the Managing Director until he resigned to take up his coaching practice on a full-time basis.

Early life and education

Wole Olusola was born in Ibadan to Late Dr. Abimbola Oluwole Ogunsola and Mrs. Olatokunbo Ogunsola on April 8th 1975. He grew up in Ibadan and also had all his education there. He studied Linguistics at the University of Ibadan and also has a master’s in Business Administration with specialization in Marketing from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Nigeria.

Professional Career

He started his banking career with First Bank of Nigeria Plc in 2001 and was posted to their Branch at Orita Challenge, Ibadan. He was transferred back to the Head Office at Marina, Lagos in 2003 and was there until late 2006 when he moved to Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. He was initially the Assistant Head of Operations at Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Festac Branch in Lagos and then later the Head of Operations at their Aspamda Branch. In 2007, he got employed by BGL Securities Limited team to be a part of the new operations team they were trying to build. In 2016 while still working under the BGL Group, he became the Managing Director of BGL Asset Management Limited and resigned from there in 2017. While he was with BGL Asset Management Limited, he decided to follow his passion by getting various certifications in Life Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Neuro Linguistic Programming and also as a Therapist . After resigning from BGL Asset Management Limited in 2017, he set up Pronoia Resources Limited which is the organization that he uses for his coaching and therapy practice . Wole is the Igniter and he ignites people into the fullness of their purpose, passion and identity . In 2020, he set up The Exquisite Marriage Company Limited in partnership with his wife, Ololade and their vision is to make marriages work. == The GraceLife Church ==

Wole has been the Lead Pastor of GraceLife Church , Lagos, Nigeria since 2016 but before that he set up the Iconic Life Church in March 2012 as a lunch time fellowship that met once a week every Tuesday. He did this for a year and eventually stopped the fellowship in 2013. In 2016, he was told by God to start The GraceLife Church and they had their inaugural service on September 11th 2016 at Sabo, Yaba, Lagos. On December 27th 2020, he had an encounter with God where he was told to shut down the physical church and take everything online. Based on this instruction in that vision from God, their physical church was shut down and everything became virtual i.e. online. GraceLife Discipleship Program aka GDP was launched in May 2021. It is a 35-week intensive program divided into four different modules. Right now, four different batches have graduated, they are presently on the 5th batch of disciples and the 6th module will start in October 2024. The GraceLife Church has members and disciples in over 20 different countries and lives keep being touched.

Overcoming depression and suicide

Shortly before the capital market crash of 2008, Wole Olusola invested tens of millions of naira in the capital market but unfortunately lost it all and 85% of the investment was a loan from bank. This eventually made him depressed and then without warning he resigned his job with BGL Securities Limited in 2011 without really know what he was doing. In his own words, “a depressed man can never be trusted to make the right decisions.” He resigned without any form of savings and went through a lot of suffering and hardship with his family and eventually he decided that taking his life was the best way out. However, God intervened and he was able to bounce back. He went back into paid employment with the BGL Group again but this time it was at BGL

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Asset Management Limited in 2014 and in 2016, he became the Managing Director.

Other things

He is fully involved in men's ministry and has a platform called The Men's Refinery where he equips and helps men in fulfilling their greater purpose in life.

Personal life

He is married to Ololade and their union is blessed with two children. You can visit www.woleolusola.com to find out more about him and the other things he does.