Naomi Campbell is reportedly “casually seeing” Nigerian oil and aviation tycoon Kola Aluko, according to reports in the British press, after the two were spotted together in Paris and London over the last few months.
Campbell and Aluko were first linked in October, when they were photographed shopping together in Paris. They were seen together again in London last week, taking in the Winter Wonderland holiday fair in Hyde Park, and Campbell was also reportedly spotted aboard Aluko’s yacht. Neither has publicly confirmed a relationship.
The reports surfaced shortly after the supermodel was seen in Kenya with her ex boyfriend, Formula One executive Flavio Briatore, who was there with his wife.
Aluko is one of Nigeria’s best known businessmen. According to Forbes, he founded the oil trading firm Fossil Resources in 2001 and went on to lead Exoro Energy, an oil exploration and production company that merged with Seven Energy in 2007. He is now deputy CEO and a leading shareholder of Seven Energy, which has interests in onshore fields in the Niger Delta. He also sits on the advisory board of the private jet company VistaJet and has raced in major European competitions with the Swiss team Kessel Racing. In 2012, he was reported to have bought two luxury estates in Beverly Hills for a combined $40 million.
