Date of Birth
12 November 1986
Place of Birth:
Oyo State, Nigeria
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ABOUT
Ezra Olubi is Nigerian entrepreneur and LGBT advocate, Software Development veteran, Technology Consultant, Web designer, WordPress Developer, Digital Marketer, Seo Expert. He was born on November 12, 1986 in Ibadan, Oyo state, South West Nigeria. He’s the co-founder of a popular payment systems company called Paystack, which he started with his college friend Shola Akindele. Paystack is an online payments for African businesses that helps people in Africa to easily accept payments online. Their success story reached new heights when Paystack was acquired by tech giant Stripe for a cool $200 million in 2020. He and his friend has grown this company from Lagos, Nigeria to Silicon Valley in San Francisco Bay, California, United States.
BEFORE FAME
Ezra Olubi went to Iganmode grammar school in 2002 and later attended Babcock University in Ilishan Remo, Lagos from 2006 to 2010 where he studied Computer science and graduated with good grades. He completed his National Youth Service after graduation and began freelancing as a young promising programmer.
Before Ezra Olubi became famous, he was an IT Administration at Business Management Consultants (June 2006 – October 2006), Former (eCommerce) Websites & Web Applications Developer at North Ocean Logistics & Solutions Ltd (November 2006 – May 2007), Former VP Product Development at Softcom Ltd (June 2007 – June 2010 where he developed reloadNG.com and softpurse.com which is now wishstop.com (1st Aug, 2008). He was also the Former Head Solutions at SoftcomImagio Ltd in September 2010 – 20 July 2012 where he was actively working on eyowo.com. Later he became the former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Jobberman Nigeria (17 December 2012 – June 2013) in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria.
From March 2014 – September 2015, he was the former CTO at Delivery Science also in Lagos, Nigeria. From there he became the director of Magic at Alexander Haring Ltd (May 2012 – Present) where he offers technical advice to businesses, coordinate requirements gathering for, build, and supervise team for custom software development tasks. He also the lead development team for in-house projects and Research on technical trends and advice accordingly in the company.
CAREER
Ezra is Software development veteran, technology consultant, needs assessment expert and has specialties for Online Payments, Business Automation, Consumer Web, Ecommerce Systems and Programmer. Currently, Olubi Ezra is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Paystack Payments Systems (October 2015 – Present) in Lagos, Nigeria. Ezra and his friend started Paystack payments systems. The company allows people to get paid online and offline. The company received funding of $120,000 from Y Combinator, a startup accelerator in the US which helped Paystack’s growth grew faster. This success further invited Stripe company to buy it for $200 million in 2020, propelling Paystack into the Financial sector in Africa.
FAMILY LIFE
Ezra Olubi’s birthday is 12 November, 1986 in Ibadan, Oyo state, South West Nigeria. There is no publicly available information regarding his wife and children. In April 2021, Ezra Olubi, who is straight and likes wearing lipstick and nail polish, posted pictures on Twitter of his outfit to a friend’s wedding. He joked that his friend just said “get dressed” without any other instructions.
ASSOCIATED WITH
Ezra is associated with Human Rights Activism, LGBTIQ Advocacy, Entrepreneurship, IT, and PayStack. Ezra Olubi is a close associate of Shola Akinlade. Due to their hard work, he gained recognition in Nigeria and internationally. In October 2022, Nigeria’s then-President Muhammadu Buhari awarded him the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), an honor given to those who make significant contributions to Nigeria, especially in technology and business. In that event, President Buhari gave a continuous gaze at Ezra Olubi, Co-Founder Of Paystack Receives An Award In ABUJA is generating attention because the Co-Founder of Paystack wore lipstick and makeup to receive his OON. award at National Honours Ceremony in ABUJA.
Ezra Olubi’s Net Worth
Ezra Olubi has earned a lot money as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Paystack company marking a great achievement in the African fintech industry and putting billions of Naira in his pocket. He is estimated to be worth more that $35 millions dollars. He has purchased numerous building infrastructure in Lagos and Oyo state, and acquired a luxurious apartment in San Francisco Bay, California, United States where he has his family. He drives several luxury cars including Tesla, Mercedes Benz among other cars.