The cosmos never forgets the daring and thrusts of the valiant. Through every epoch and every hour, his exploits persist, like a true vine ascending the sky on the bark of a sturdy pine. Thus for being a true man of valour and peerless feats, the President of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the conferment of the National Honours on Julius Rone in the rank of MFR (Member of the Order of the Federal Republic) come October 11, 2022 in Abuja.

In homage to his humanity and relentless strides at rewriting the oil and gas business narrative, Rone earned the respect of President Buhari, just as he has continued to earn the respect of Nations, world leaders, associates and commands the attention of men who should be his equals.

Effortlessly, Julius Rone, the Group Managing Director of Nigerian energy conglomerate UTM Offshore, who is fondly called The Gas King, personifies the kernel of Vince Lombardi’s famous quote: “Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while; you don’t do things right once in a while; you do them right all of the time. Winning is a habit.”

That Rone has attained a specialist status in capacity and infrastructure investment in the petroleum industry has been further buttressed by his latest stride, which is the first of its kind in Nigeria. Under the able leadership of Rone, UTM Offshore is building Nigeria’s first and Africa’s first indigenous floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility – a floating production storage and offloading unit that conducts liquefied natural gas operations for developing offshore natural gas resources – thereby spearheading the expansion of Nigeria’s gas market in line with the government’s Decade of Gas Initiative, an initiative that aims to make energy poverty history through the maximization of gas. This is well positioned to shape discussions around the role the continent’s 620 trillion cubic feet of natural gas resources play in lifting the over 600 million people out of energy poverty and providing access to clean cooking to some 900 million people across the continent whilst driving industrialization and economic growth.

For Rone, winning is clearly ingrained in his DNA. All his business ventures have been cutting large swaths through the labyrinths of otherwise unprofitable and volatile industries.

The story of his life is not as smooth as a bowling ball gliding on a varnished lane. It is the story of a young man who flailed and floundered against the maelstrom and headwind of a tempestuous home-grown economy but whose resilience and steadfastness kept on the straight and narrow path to fame and fortune.

Call him one of those rare individuals who strive to always take a high road and position themselves for success regardless of the obstacles before them, and you won’t be wide off the mark. Julius Dediare Rone has, in the process, created innumerable employment opportunities and wealth through his entrepreneurial initiatives and excellence, which have significantly impacted the socio-economic stability of Nigeria.

Unlike the proverbial warrior who lives to chant the poetry of his own deeds and derring-do, Julius Rone remains impressively humble and immune to conceit, treading a rare path to acclaim. Julius makes history every hour, to which he industriously adds page after page, volume after volume, as if nature were holding up a monument to his exploits.

He attracts honour in torrents, at home and abroad. His exploits continually resonate as an undying tribute to mankind’s better nature. Rone emerged as a worthy recipient of such honour because his deeds and recurring success establish him as a man who challenged resolve with steely grit, and exploited the arduous planes of ambition and toil, till he encountered grandeur at the crossroads, where wild contemplation and hard work morph into triumph.

He simply wears his entrepreneurial strength and savvy like a badge of honour, on his chest; burnishing it with sweat, as true virtuous men do. He stands tall, wading through odds with the courage of a knight and confidence of a champion. Rone presents a rare contradiction to the notion that titans are only appreciated in death. He is a titan. He is very much alive and has become a legend in the hearts and minds of men.

Interestingly, however, becoming an entrepreneur is not mere lip service; it takes consistent effort and focus to grow from just being an entrepreneur with interest in a particular business to becoming a respected and renowned empire builder. Nigeria is blessed with many of such men who started from scratch, kept their nose to the grindstone and turned seemingly insignificant ideas into behemoth industries. Julius is one of the risk-taking individuals that would be sent to Mars and still treat it as a stepping stone to Saturn – the quality of constant invention and self-improvement that has earned him worldwide acclaim and prosperity.

This is why he is perpetually on song, among his clan and league of extraordinary men in the world. He emerges as the perfect symbol of business excellence and he is seen at home and abroad, as a historic figure, the personification of a business calculus within Nigeria and the African continent.

Stylish and suave, Julius might be young but has packed so many achievements into his youthful life that would take many a generation to achieve. And he has grown too. Of course, he has so much to be thankful for. God Has been good to Julius and immeasurable adoration to Almighty God for bringing Julius thus far and has helped him glide through life without breaking a limb.

From a humble parentage, Rone has worked his way, with guts and grace, through the wilderness of life to become one of Nigeria’s leading businessmen and wealthiest young men. An alumnus of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and the University of Calabar (Cross River State) – where he earned his Advanced Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration respectively – Julius is a seasoned technocrat with vast experience spanning over a decade in the public sector.

Energetic and enthusiastic; uncompromising, yet, realistic; impossibility has no space in his lexicography. With just tenacity of purpose and a terrier devotion to his dreams, Julius has bestridden, successfully, the gap between creativity and commerce. As far as business ideas and innovations are concerned, he turns nothing down, except the collar of his shirt.

The cosmos never forgets the daring and thrusts of the valiant. Through every epoch and every hour, his exploits persist, like a true vine ascending the sky on the bark of a sturdy pine. Thus for being a true man of valour and peerless feats, the President of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the conferment of the National Honours on Julius Rone in the rank of MFR (Member of the Order of the Federal Republic) come October 11, 2022 in Abuja.

In homage to his humanity and relentless strides at rewriting the oil and gas business narrative, Rone earned the respect of President Buhari, just as he has continued to earn the respect of Nations, world leaders, associates and commands the attention of men who should be his equals.

Effortlessly, Julius Rone, the Group Managing Director of Nigerian energy conglomerate UTM Offshore, who is fondly called The Gas King, personifies the kernel of Vince Lombardi’s famous quote: “Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while; you don’t do things right once in a while; you do them right all of the time. Winning is a habit.”

That Rone has attained a specialist status in capacity and infrastructure investment in the petroleum industry has been further buttressed by his latest stride, which is the first of its kind in Nigeria. Under the able leadership of Rone, UTM Offshore is building Nigeria’s first and Africa’s first indigenous floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility – a floating production storage and offloading unit that conducts liquefied natural gas operations for developing offshore natural gas resources – thereby spearheading the expansion of Nigeria’s gas market in line with the government’s Decade of Gas Initiative, an initiative that aims to make energy poverty history through the maximization of gas. This is well positioned to shape discussions around the role the continent’s 620 trillion cubic feet of natural gas resources play in lifting the over 600 million people out of energy poverty and providing access to clean cooking to some 900 million people across the continent whilst driving industrialization and economic growth.

For Rone, winning is clearly ingrained in his DNA. All his business ventures have been cutting large swaths through the labyrinths of otherwise unprofitable and volatile industries.

The story of his life is not as smooth as a bowling ball gliding on a varnished lane. It is the story of a young man who flailed and floundered against the maelstrom and headwind of a tempestuous home-grown economy but whose resilience and steadfastness kept on the straight and narrow path to fame and fortune.

Call him one of those rare individuals who strive to always take a high road and position themselves for success regardless of the obstacles before them, and you won’t be wide off the mark. Julius Dediare Rone has, in the process, created innumerable employment opportunities and wealth through his entrepreneurial initiatives and excellence, which have significantly impacted the socio-economic stability of Nigeria.

Unlike the proverbial warrior who lives to chant the poetry of his own deeds and derring-do, Julius Rone remains impressively humble and immune to conceit, treading a rare path to acclaim. Julius makes history every hour, to which he industriously adds page after page, volume after volume, as if nature were holding up a monument to his exploits.

He attracts honour in torrents, at home and abroad. His exploits continually resonate as an undying tribute to mankind’s better nature. Rone emerged as a worthy recipient of such honour because his deeds and recurring success establish him as a man who challenged resolve with steely grit, and exploited the arduous planes of ambition and toil, till he encountered grandeur at the crossroads, where wild contemplation and hard work morph into triumph.

He simply wears his entrepreneurial strength and savvy like a badge of honour, on his chest; burnishing it with sweat, as true virtuous men do. He stands tall, wading through odds with the courage of a knight and confidence of a champion. Rone presents a rare contradiction to the notion that titans are only appreciated in death. He is a titan. He is very much alive and has become a legend in the hearts and minds of men.

Interestingly, however, becoming an entrepreneur is not mere lip service; it takes consistent effort and focus to grow from just being an entrepreneur with interest in a particular business to becoming a respected and renowned empire builder. Nigeria is blessed with many of such men who started from scratch, kept their nose to the grindstone and turned seemingly insignificant ideas into behemoth industries. Julius is one of the risk-taking individuals that would be sent to Mars and still treat it as a stepping stone to Saturn – the quality of constant invention and self-improvement that has earned him worldwide acclaim and prosperity.

This is why he is perpetually on song, among his clan and league of extraordinary men in the world. He emerges as the perfect symbol of business excellence and he is seen at home and abroad, as a historic figure, the personification of a business calculus within Nigeria and the African continent.

Stylish and suave, Julius might be young but has packed so many achievements into his youthful life that would take many a generation to achieve. And he has grown too. Of course, he has so much to be thankful for. God Has been good to Julius and immeasurable adoration to Almighty God for bringing Julius thus far and has helped him glide through life without breaking a limb.

From a humble parentage, Rone has worked his way, with guts and grace, through the wilderness of life to become one of Nigeria’s leading businessmen and wealthiest young men. An alumnus of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and the University of Calabar (Cross River State) – where he earned his Advanced Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration respectively – Julius is a seasoned technocrat with vast experience spanning over a decade in the public sector.

Energetic and enthusiastic; uncompromising, yet, realistic; impossibility has no space in his lexicography. With just tenacity of purpose and a terrier devotion to his dreams, Julius has bestridden, successfully, the gap between creativity and commerce. As far as business ideas and innovations are concerned, he turns nothing down, except the collar of his shirt.