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Pastor Sam Adeyemi: Biography, Age, Children, Wife, Net worth, Churches and Books

Pastor Sam Adeyemi is the founder and Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, a fast growing, life changing church based in Lagos State, Nigeria.

He started as a Pastor at the Rhema Chapel alongside his younger brother, Victor Adeyemi. At Rhema Chapel, Pastor Sam served as Director of Pastoral Care and Minister in Charge before he was transferred to a branch in Lagos.

Pastor Sam Adeyemi has addressed audiences in the United States, Canada,
Germany, United Kingdom, South Africa, Nigeria, India, and many other countries. In 2015 and 2017, he addressed the audience at the Global Leadership Summit, a global conference attended by over 40,000 leaders in 130+ countries.

He is inspired by Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church, Winners Chapel.

About: 

Sam Adeyemi has trained thousands of people in leadership for more than two decades. He has done this through the Daystar Leadership Academy (DLA), which has graduated over 40,000 people since 2002, and through seminars, workshops and conferences. He currently serves as
mentor to hundreds of CEOs in Nigeria and around the world.
 
As a global conference speaker, he has addressed audiences around the world including the Global Leadership Summit, a global conference attended by over 400,000 leaders in 130+ countries.



Education:

Pastor Sam obtained his Higher National Diploma (HND) certificate at the Kwara State Polytechnic, where he studied Civil Engineering. 

In 2008, he moved to the University of Exeter where he undertook a Leadership Studies course and graduated with a Masters degree in 2011. Six years later, in 2017, Pastor Sam moved to Regent University, Virginia, the USA for his Doctorate in Strategic Leadership.


 
Wife

He is married to Nike Adeyemi, a global speaker & minister, and they are blessed with three children.

Pastor Sam Adeyemi is married to Adenike Adeyemi, and their marriage is blessed with three children. He met his wife, Adenike Adeyemi in his church and they got married in 1993. According to his wife, it was not love at first sight as many assumed it to be.

Children: 

Pastor Sam Adeyemi and his wife have three children, two daughters, and a son. 

The first daughter, Sophie Adeyemi graduated with a master’s degree from Emory school of law in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 

While their son Tyke David Toluwani Adeyemi has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the same institution. 

His second daughter’s name is Adora Adeyemi.

Age

Date of Birth3 February 1967

About Pastor Sam Daystar Leadership Academy

Pastor Sam Adeyemi founded the Daystar Leadership Academy in January 2002. It is a non-profit Leadership and Management Development School located at 71, Kudirat Abiola Way, Ikeja, Oregun, Lagos.

The academy was created by Pastor Sam Adeyemi to raise exceptional leaders and role models that would transform the world. The school impacts Leadership and Management Skills to help people manage themselves, their family and organizations.

The Academy offers the following courses – Basic Leadership Course, Basic Leadership Course (Executive), Basic Leadership Course for Teenagers(Ages 13-19), Weekend Leadership Certificate Course (Basic and Advanced), Advanced Leadership Course, Advanced Leadership Course (Executive).

Source of wealth

Pastor Sam Adeyemi is a Principal Consultant at Forbes.com. His area of focus is Executive Coaching, Leadership, and Business Growth. He brands himself as Sam Adeyemi GLC Inc. a Leadership Consultant firm located at 2002 Summit Blvd NE, Atlanta, GA 30319, USA. And he has worked with firms such as FirstBank and Rainoil.

Sam Adeyemi is the CEO of Sam Adeyemi GLC, Inc., a leading global leadership
consulting company with the mission to raise high impact leaders to shape the fortunes and destinies of nations.

Pastor Sam produces and markets his books through his publishing firm, Pneuma Publishing. Pneuma is a Greek word for breath and it is used in a religious context to mean soul.

Pneuma Publishing was created as an information resource center in 1995 and it has grown into a publishing firm, information resources management, and a distribution organization.

Below is a list of books authored by Pastor Sam Adeyemi.

  • The Second Revolution
  • Sex Straight Talk
  • Nigeria of My Dream
  • Wonders of Imagination
  • Think and Succeed
  • Success Is Who You Are
  • Start With What You Have
  • Generation Z+
  • Success Guaranteed By The Blood Covenant
  • The Super Achievers’ Breakfast
  • Ideas Rule the World
  • Lead: Proving Principles to Multiply your Success at Any Level
  • The Parable of Dollars: Proven Strategies for your Financial Success
  • The Real Money

Net Wörth:

Pastor Sam Adeyemi is one of the richest and respected pastors in Nigeria with an estimated net worth of $5 billion.

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