Why it is on record
Founded by High Chief Michael Ade Ojo (1938–2024) at Ilara-Mokin (Ondo State), funded entirely from Elizade Motors' Toyota-franchise profits. Strongest in engineering and ICT (the campus hosts the only fibre-optic-equipped private-university data centre in the Yoruba interior). The leading model of the automotive-philanthropy university. See also [[Elizade Nigeria Limited|/companies/elizade]].
Record held
First Nigerian private university funded entirely from indigenous automotive-distribution profits; ranked among the top 10 best-resourced private universities in Nigeria by physical plant.
Deep dive
Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, was founded in 2012 by Chief Michael Ade-Ojo — the founder of Elizade Nigeria Limited and the Toyota Nigeria franchise. It is the educational arm of the Ade-Ojo family portfolio and one of the engineering-oriented private universities of the second-wave Fourth Republic cohort.