Prince (Dr) B. A. Onafowokan is the founder of Ladgroup and the founder of the company is a 1954 graduate of the University of Ibadan with B. Sc. (London) Mathematics. After a brief stint as a teacher with Ogbomosho Grammar School and Kings College, Lagos, he joined Shell Company of West Africa (now Conoil Plc) in 1956 from where he retired as retail Sales Manager in 1972 to form Ladgroup Limited.