After a year of engagement, RHOA alumna Porsha Williams wed her businessman fiance Simon Guobadia. The couple wed on Friday, November 25, in front of their loved ones, in a customary Nigerian ceremony.
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By Nigerian national law and tradition, People reports that Simon and Porsha were married at the Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta. At the wedding ceremony, traditional Benin singers and dancers performed.
Over 250 people attended their wedding, including several Bravolebrities. Visitors were seen either in traditional or official Nigerian attire in purple and teal.
Another RHOA star, Porsha Williams, wore three outfits to her wedding. She first donned a crimson Lakimmy gown with a headdress, followed by blue and gold Tabik gowns. The pair will remarry on Saturday in an American ceremony.
Simon Guobadia, a former member of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, is the husband of Porsha Williams.
Entrepreneur and businessman Simon Iyore Guobadia.
He founded and serves as the CEO of the Simcoe Group and its affiliates. Simon was born in Nigeria on June 2, 1964, according to his official website, simonguobadia.com. With seven younger siblings, Simon was raised in an upper middle-class household. As the Assistant Director of Prisons, Stanley Guobadia retired from the Nigerian Prison Services.
In Nigeria, Simon completed both his primary and secondary education. Before going to Government College Ughelli in Delta State, Nigeria, he attended Loyola College for five years.
He later left school and moved to the US in 1982, where he eventually earned a BBA in accounting from the University of the District of Columbia in 1993. Simon started as a Certified Public Accountant at several well-known international companies. Later, he left the corporate world to start his own company.
He founded Simon & Company in 2007. After then, Simcol Petroleum Limited Company, LLC, an oil supplier in Atlanta, Georgia, was established.
He is a first-generation business owner in the oil sector. Then he expanded the services his business provided to include lodging, food, drinks, entertainment, music, and movies. Even so, he has invested in several Atlanta-based businesses, such as the Barbecue restaurant, The Republic, DAS BBQ II, and others.
In the past, he has collaborated with “Simon Paige Productions, KES Entertainment Group alongside music mogul Akon, and Twelve Music and Publishing.” As an executive producer, Simon has contributed to several movies, including Jail House Dogs (2012), Ken Ford Live from the Buckhead Theatre (2013), and Spike Lee (2020).
Simon Williams, a former cast member of the RHOA, is the spouse of Porsha Williams. He continuously backs Northpoint Ministries. Simon has wed three times before. He most recently wed former RHOA cast member Falynn Guobadia. In April 2021, the pair, who had been married since June 2019, announced their divorce.
Williams, Porsha
Additionally, he is the father of Nicole, Christian, Quentin, Benjamin, and Ximena, five children from previous relationships. Recent RHOA alumna Porsha, 41, and Simon, 57, were married. They began dating for one month before getting engaged in May 2021.
On RHOA season 13, Simon and Falynn met when they were married. Dennis McKinely and Kordell Stewart were among Porsha’s former spouses. Pilar Jena (“PJ”) is a three-year-old daughter of Porsha and Dennis.
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