Shola Akinlade is a Nigerian Entrepreneur and IT expert. He is a co founder of Paystack, one of the leading online payment system in Nigeria. Shola Akinlade was born in Lagos State Nigeria
Shola Akinlade Profile
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Name |
Shola Akinlade |
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Real Name |
Shola Akinlade |
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Age/Date of Birth |
Unknown |
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Occupation |
Entrepreneur, IT expert |
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Tribe |
Yoruba |
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Business |
Paystack Co Founder |
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Net Worth |
Over $100 million |
Educational Background
Shola Akinlade attended St. Gregory’s College where he obtained his SSCE certificate. He proceeded to obtain a degree in computer science from the Babcock University, Ogun State in 2006.
Career
In 2007, Shola Akinlade was employed by Heineken as a Management Trainee, where he specialized in database management.
In 2009, he started Klein Devort, a software development and consulting company.
Shola Akinlade spent just next five years working on an open source collaboration platform like Dropbox called Precurio
However, he was inspired to build an online payment system after making mobile apps for some Nigerian banks.
In 2015, Shola Akinlade alongside Ezra Olubi founded Paystack. Paystack was one of the most reliable online payment system in Nigeria.
Over the years, Paystack grew to processing over 15% of online transactions in Nigeria.
In October 2020, one of the the leading online payment system in the World Stripe acquired Paystack for $200 million.
Shola Akinlade Net Worth
Shola Akinlade is estimated to worth over $100 million