Olugbenga Agboola

Olugbenga Agboola is a Nigerian software engineer and entrepreneur. He is the CEO and co-founder of Flutterwave.[1][2][3]

Career

Born in Lagos, Gbenga is a graduate of the MBA program at MIT Sloan School of Management.[4] Prior to founding Flutterwave with Iyinoluwa Aboyeji in 2016, he worked as an application engineer at PayPal and in product management at Google.[5]

Recognition

He was on Time's Next 100 2021 list.[6] He was also listed on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list in 2020.[5]

References
  1. "Nigerian fintech Flutterwave to expand to North Africa after raising $170m". The Africa Report.com. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  2. "Y Combinator, VCs, Endeavor: How global investors boosted Flutterwave's appeal". TechCabal. 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  3. "Iyin Aboyeji steps down as Flutterwave CEO as cofounder Olugbenga Agboola takes over". Pulse Nigeria. 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  4. CNBC |, Disruptors (2021-05-25). "21. Flutterwave". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-06-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Olugbenga Agboola | 2020 40 under 40 in Finance". Fortune. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  6. "Meet the 2021 TIME100 Next". Time. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
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