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| Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by Highlandgee(op): 7:15pm On Jun 04, 2022 |
Tope Awotona, a Nigerian-American entrepreneur has grown his startup to a billionaire tech company, now worth $3 billion. The CEO of Calendly — a modern scheduling platform designed to reorganise calendars; scheduling appointments, meetings, and events — has been named “one of America’s wealthiest immigrants”. Calendly which started with a $200,000 life-saving investment, has grown tremendously and has made more than $100 million in revenue, especially after its popularity spike during the COVID-19 pandemic. Awotona is potentially tapping into a $20 billion market. With this, Awotona’s majority stake rises to at least $1.4 billion, even after a 10% share discount. Tope Awotona’s story Awotona was born into a middle-class family in Lagos, Nigeria. At 12, his father was killed in a hit and run. And, he moved with his family to Atlanta in 1996 where he grew up. He studied Computer science at the University of Georgia but later switched to Business and management information. His reason: He became a salesman for tech companies and his frustrating experiences of setting up meetings ignited the idea for Calendly. After maxing out his credit cards to launch Calendly, Calendly got its fund liberation with the half-million-dollar seed investment led by Cummings. Calendly started in 2013 and has grown to over 10 million users. Some of their customers have been Lyft, Ancestry.com, Indiana University and La-Z-Boy among others. Tope could be the most successful African-American tech entrepreneur of his generation. Source: Afrotimes Newspaper - https://www.facebook.com/AfrotimesNewspaper 4 Likes 3 Shares
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| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by money121(m): 7:16pm On Jun 04, 2022 |
Nice meeting him  Make he do giveaway for boiz  |
| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by doggedfighter(f): 7:16pm On Jun 04, 2022 |
Wow ! Nice meeting you . |
| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by Highlandgee(op): 7:17pm On Jun 04, 2022 |
doggedfighter:You wish  |
| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by doggedfighter(f): 7:18pm On Jun 04, 2022 |
| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by chatinent: 7:19pm On Jun 04, 2022 |
We should meet the youngest Nigerian billionaire? Where we go meet am? Send location. |
| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by Truvelisback(m): 7:23pm On Jun 04, 2022 |
How old is he that makes him the Youngest billionaire? |
| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by Newphiligeek123: 7:34pm On Jun 04, 2022 |
Truvelisback:Tope should be 39-40 years 2 Likes |
| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by BigTableShaker(f): 7:36pm On Jun 04, 2022 |
DamianX:Wereyy |
| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by OboOlora(f): 8:19pm On Jun 04, 2022 |
Op, send his post code. Make I go pitch my tent close to him He will surely like some fatty kitten 1 Like |
| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by OVB123: 8:25pm On Jun 04, 2022 |
God bless yoruba nation! The greatest race in africa. 7 Likes |
| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by Burgerlomo: 8:44am On Jun 05, 2022 |
Wow! Congratulations on your achievement may God almighty continue to bless you young man, Amen. 1 Like
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| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by id4sho(m): 10:14am On Jun 05, 2022 |
It's Invictus Obi |
| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by Highlandgee(op): 12:09pm On Jun 07, 2022 |
For the latest news about Nigerians abroad, visit the Afrotimes Newspaper https://www.facebook.com/AfrotimesNewspaper 2 Likes
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| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by AlphaTaikun: 6:29pm On Jun 07, 2022*. Modified: 10:41am On Jun 10, 2022 |
Highlandgee:'Tope's odyssey from Nigeria to Atlanta, Georgia has been truly awesome! I first read about him a few years ago. Tech innovation is key... That's the true warrior spirit bruv. #Yoruboid bloodline to the world. |
| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by Highlandgee(op): 1:08pm On Jun 08, 2022 |
AlphaTaikun:  1 Like |
| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by Octopusssy(f): 1:38pm On Jun 08, 2022 |
I love those muscular arms |
| Re: Meet The Richest Young Nigerian Billionaire In The US by Highlandgee(op): 3:55pm On Jun 08, 2022 |
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