Paystack Cofounder Shola Akinlade Biography, Age, Career and Net Worth

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

Name	Shola Akinlade
Real Name	Shola Akinlade
Age/Date of Birth	Unknown
Occupation	Entrepreneur, IT expert
Tribe	Yoruba
Business	Paystack Co Founder
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