Fola is a businessman, and a charismatic professional with over two and a half decades of experience gathered in the financial, investment, and banking industries, also in the hospitality, aviation, and outsourcing industries.

He runs an investment and trading company called Burbon Bye Royale Ltd and is the founder of a food and bakery company called Burbon Royale Foods Ltd. He also sits on the Board of Alaje Tech, Valiente Asset Management Ltd, and Valiente Capital Ltd – owners of Peti Solutions Ltd Uk.

He holds a B.Sc honour from the University of Ibadan and an MBA from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He is an associate of the Institute of Finance and Control of Nigeria.