Patrick Kodjoe is a celebrity sibling. He is the brother of Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe popularly known as Boris Kodjoe. Patrick’s brother Boris Kodjoe is a successful and well-known actor. He has appeared in the films Love & Basketball, Brown Sugar, The Gospel, Surrogates, Baggage Claim, and Addicted.
Patrick Kodjoe: Bio Summary
| Name | Patrick Kodjoe |
| Born | 1978 |
| Famous as | Boris Kodjoe’s brother |
| Gender | Male |
| Spouse | Nicole Kuykendall Kodjoe |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | Eric Kodjoe and Ursula Kodjoe |
| Siblings | Nadja Kodjoe, Lara Kodjoe, and Boris Kodjoe |
| Occupation | Businessman, life coach, and nutritionist |
Who Is Boris Kodjoe’s Brother, Patrick?
Patrick Kodjoe was born in 1978, per a source. He will be 45 years in 2023. He is the son of Ursula Kodjoe, a German psychologist of partially Jewish descent, and Dr. Eric Ofuatey-Kodjoe, a Ghanaian physician. His matrilineal great-grandmother was Jewish and was murdered in the Holocaust; his maternal grandmother survived the war in hiding.
Patrick Kodjoe’s parents divorced when he was young. He grew up in the vicinity of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, and was raised by his mother. He is not the only child his parents gave birth to. He has siblings who are Nadja Kodjoe, Lara Kodjoe, and Boris Kodjoe. He and his siblings share a great bond. His look-alike brother, actor, and former model Boris Kodjoe even mentioned that Patrick is like his twin.
Boris Kodjoe credits his brother Patrick for helping him through the process of moving to the United States from Germany. He said: “ My relationship with my brother is great, he’s like my twin so he was always uplifting and supporting. Being in a new environment in the States you forget about it.”
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Patrick Kodjoe was an athlete in school. He attended Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Patrick played for Virginia Commonwealth University’s basketball team.
What Does Patrick Kodjoe Do?
Patrick Kodjoe is a businessman, life coach, and nutritionist. He left his sports career and started World of ALFA, a tailoring company, together with his brother Boris Kodjoe. He is the co-founder of the company. The tailoring company offers its clients the possibility of designing tailored suits for a fair price. The entire process is online through a 3D designing platform featured on their website.
Patrick Kodjoe has established himself as a successful businessman. He said: “Everything I do is for my family”. He is said to have traveled around the world for close to three years, making connections in the fashion, textile, and manufacturing industries to build alliances that would benefit his work.
“Growing up as tall, lanky boys in Europe made it hard for Boris and me to find clothes that fit properly,” Patrick said. “We always had to get our clothes altered and I figured there had to be a better way.” Patrick then launched the company with scant advertising and people immediately responded to the concept.
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“We leveled the playing field by making custom-made clothing affordable,” he told Mocha man style. “People were conditioned to accept whatever was in stores even if it didn’t fit right or wasn’t quite the right color. When they discovered that they could design clothes to their liking, they were hooked. Word of mouth has been our best marketing tool.”
Patrick Kodjoe also invests in the community. He was one of the featured speakers on the UNCF Empower Me Tour, a program to empowermotivateple, motivating them toward academic excellence, and personal and fiscal responsibility. According to Patrick, “Young people are constantly bombarded with the wrong messages”.
He added, “We want to give them the right messages about how to dress, how to carry yourself, and how to communicate. Everyone has the power to control how they present themselves.” Patrick also offers media training for professional sports teams. “We provide wardrobe for NBA on TNT and NBATV,” he said. “Shaq and Barkley buy 30 suits at a time because they are such a great value.”
Patrick Kodjoe is a personal trainer and nutritionist as well. He and his wife Nicole reportedly launched the app “KOFIT” with Boris and his wife, Nicole. KOFIT is a fitness app built for on-the-go users which helps men, women, and children meet their fitness goals even while pressed for time.
Patrick is the head of business development at Beleve Vision, LLC. He is the co-founder of VitalGlance. He is also the co-founder of Full Circle Festival, per his LinkedIn account. According to his IMDb profile, he is an actor. He was Lionel Andrews in the TV Series, ‘Soul Food’. He appeared as himself (Contestant) in Celebrity Family Feud.
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Who Is Patrick Kodjoe’s Wife?
Patrick Kodjoe is married to his wife Nicole Kuykendall Kodjoe. His wife Nicole is a functional breathing coach at The Breath Movement. She was the director of operations at Houston-based Icon Real Estate. The couple has two children, a girl, and a boy. Their two children are Troy Kodjoe and Ruby Kodjoe. Patrick is often seen spending quality time with his wife and adorable children.
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