Date of Birth
3 March 2003
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Lagos State, Nigeria
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ABOUT
Shola Akinlade is a tech whiz from Nigeria and was born on March 3, 1985. He’s among the people that co-founded a company called Paystack, which he started with his friend Ezra Olubi. Paystack helps businesses in Africa easily accept payments online. This company became so successful that another big tech company called Stripe bought it for $200 million in 2020. He has progressed his company’s journey from Nigeria to Silicon Valley in San Francisco Bay, California, U.S.
BEFORE FAME
Before starting his own company, Shola Akindele went to St. Gregory’s College in Lagos state for his secondary school. After that, he then studied Computer Science at Babcock University also in Ilishan Remo, Lagos. He even got his first job working with databases at a big company called Heineken under Nigerian Breweries. From there, he used his computer tech skills he acquired from being a data base trainee to become a software engineer for Guarantee Trust Bank as well as other Nigerian banks. Then, in 2016, Shola teamed up with his friend Ezra Olubi to create Paystack payments systems.
CAREER
Shola Akinlade began his career at Heineken as a database trainee. From there he also worked at GTBANK as their their database engineer. Now, to help businesses in Africa take payments easily, Shola and his friend started Paystack payments systems. The company allows people to get paid online and offline. The company started growing rapidly after joining Y Combinator, a program for promising startups in San Francisco, California. Few years later, Stripe bought the Paystack company for a lot of money, which further made the company more popular. Apart from tech, Shola is football lover. He started his own club, Sporting Lagos, to help the community and create positive change. To further develop young players, he even invested in a Danish football club called Aarhus Fremad. This creates a two-way street where both clubs can benefit from each other’s talent pool.
FAMILY LIFE
Shola Akindele was born in Lagos start to the family of Chief and Madam Akindele. He is married to Mrs. Akindele, the spouse of his youth and has given birth to few children. He basically keeps his life private. (More updates coming soon). Shola Akindele’s birthday is March 3.
ASSOCIATED WITH
Shola’s is a close associate with Ezra Olubi and because of their hard work, he got recognized in Nigeria and abroad. In October 2022, Muhammadu Buhari, the then President of Nigeria gave him a special award called Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON). This is an honor given to people who do great things for Nigeria, especially in using technology to improve business and finances. The Paystack CEO Shola Akinlade keeps appearing on different podcast, speaking about finance. He also spoke at the Nigerian Economic Summit. He has been seen with the Governor of Kebbi State and Google Nigeria Country Manager Juliet Ehimuan at the event. He has his own facebook page, LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter account.
Shola Akinlade’s Net Worth
Shola Akinlade has made money as the CEO of Paystack company marking a significant milestone in the African fintech industry and putting funds in his pocket. He is estimated to be worth more that $25 millions dollars. He has built several houses in Lagos state, and acquired an apartment in San Francisco Bay, California, United States where he now resides with his family. He drives several luxury cars including Mercedes Benz and Tesla.