Born in Lagos on August 9, 1919, his grandfather Z.A. Williams was a merchant prince from Abeokuta in Ogun State and his father Thomas Ekundayo Williams was a clerk in the colonial service who set up a legal practice in Lagos, after training in England. Akintola grew up alongside his brothers, Rotimi Williams, who would go on to become one of Nigeria’s most famous lawyers, and Rev. James Kehinde Williams, a Christian minister. Both are now late.
He founded the first indigenous Chartered Accountancy firm in Africa, Akintola Williams & Co in Lagos in 1952. Although the firm started operations in Nigeria then as Akintola Williams & Co, between April 1999 and May 2004, two mergers with existing accounting firms were consummated, which resulted in its being the largest professional services firm in Nigeria with a staff of over 600. The firm eventually adopted the business name ‘Akintola Williams Deloitte’ on July 30, 2004, and remains the oldest indigenous firm in Nigeria to date.
Apart from the fact that Chief Akintola Williams is the doyen of the accounting profession, he is a founding father of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and also the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON).
In 1947, he got married to Mabel Etuntiloye Coker. They are blessed with children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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