He was a friend to various Igbo politicians such as K. O. Mbadiwe and the former Nigerian Vice President, Alex Ekwueme.
Mathias Ugochukwu was born in Nsogwu, Umunze in the present Orumba South L.G.A of Anambra state.
However, hoping for more opportunity, he left Jos and joined the police force in present-day Anambra State.
After collecting the sum, he found private enterprise more fulfilling and productive; he entered business full-time.
[1] During the 1970s, he bought various subsidiaries of John Holt as part of an Indigenization decree; he was one of the few Igbo businessmen with enough capital to acquire shares in the multi-national firms of Nigeria.