Kemi Badenoch Biography, Husband, Children, Networth and Political Life

Kemi Badenoch, whose real name is Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch was born on January 2nd 1980. Her place of birth is in Wimbledon, London

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Early Life

Kemi Badenoch, whose real name is Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch was born on January 2nd 1980. Her place of birth is in Wimbledon, London.

Family

She is one of three children born to Nigerian Yoruba parents. Her father, Femi Adegoke, was a General Practitioner (GP).

Her mother, Feyi Adegoke, was a professor of physiology. Kemi Badenoch has a brother and a sister.

Kemi Badenoch spent her childhood living in Lagos, Nigeria, and in the United States, where her mother lectured.

She returned to the UK at the age of 16 to live with a friend of her mother. Although a British citizen and born in the UK, during her parliamentary maiden speech.

Badenoch stated that she was “to all intents and purposes a first-generation immigrant”.

Marriage and Children

Kemi married in 2012. She is married to Hamish Badenoch. They have two daughters and a son.

Hamish works for Deutsche Bank and was a Conservative councilor from 2014 to 2018 on Merton Borough Council.

He also contested Foyle for the Northern Ireland Conservatives at the 2015 general election

Education

Badenoch achieved A Levels in Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics with grades B, B, and D respectively. The A Levels was from Phoenix education college in Morden, South London.

Concurrently, she worked at a branch of McDonald’s, amongst other jobs.

During this time, she said she “became working class”.

Badenoch studied Computer Systems Engineering at the University of Sussex, completing a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in 2003.

Career

Kemi Badenoch was previously Secretary of State for Business and Trade, President of the Board of Trade and Minister for Women and Equalities.

She has previously held roles as Minister for Local Government, Faith and Communities at the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

She also held roles as Minister for Equalities, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education.

Political Life

Kemi Badenoch is a former Vice-Chair of the Conservative Party and former member of the Justice Select Committee.

Prior to her election as a Member of Parliament, she was a Conservative member of the London Assembly, acting as the GLA Conservative’s spokesperson for the economy.

She has served as the MP for North West Essex (formally Saffron Walden) since 2017, having been re-elected in July 2024

Interests

Her other areas of interest include engineering and technology, social mobility and integration.

She provides regular mentoring to women who wish to pursue careers in technology.

Kemi has supported hundreds of people across the North West Essex constituency.

This covers people with a wide range of issues, community and national concerns.

She works closely with the local councils, schools, businesses, community groups and many more to represent the interests of her constituents and their communities.

Faith

Badenoch describes herself as an agnostic with cultural Christian values and notes that her maternal grandfather was a Methodist minister in Nigeria.

Badenoch’s father died in February 2022 and she took bereavement leave from her ministerial duties for a brief period.

Networth

According to a publication by Ladbible, Badenoch is believed to be worth $3 million.

Her income comes majorly from her political career.

Political Progress

Badenoch was recently elected as the leader of the conservative party which is now the UK opposition party,being labeled as the first black woman of African Heritage to lead the Tories.

Conclusion

Kemi Badenoch is a highly influential woman and arguably one of the most influential black woman on earth