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Number of foreign born founders who founded billion dollar American companies:

🇮🇳 India - 66
🇮🇱 Israel - 54
🇬🇧 United Kingdon - 27
🇨🇦 Canada - 22
🇨🇳 China - 21
🇫🇷 France - 18
🇩🇪 Germany - 15
🇷🇺 Russia - 11
🇺🇦 Ukraine - 10
🇮🇷 Iran - 8
🇦🇺 Australia - 7
🇮🇹 Italy - 6
🇳🇬 Nigeria - 6
🇵🇱 Poland - 6
🇷🇴 Romania - 6
🇦🇷 Argentina - 5
🇧🇷 Brazil - 5
🇳🇿 New Zealand - 5

Below are the six Nigerian founders that made the list.

—Calendly - Tope Awotona

—Flutterwave - Olugbenga Agboola & Iyin Aboyeji

— Cityhealth Block - Toyin Ajayi

—GIP - Adebayo Ogunlesi

—Esusu - Abey Wemimo

LegendHero:
Below are the six Nigerian founders that made the list.

—Calendly - Tope Awotona

—Flutterwave - Olugbenga Agboola & Iyin Aboyeji

— Cityhealth Block - Toyin Ajayi

—GIP - Adebayo Ogunlesi

—Esusu - Abey Wemimo

South Africa should be there too. Elon musk is from SA and owns Tesla, X and space link. The list isn't complete.

Whao, proud to be a Yoruba, the tribe is a great motivation that you must succeed through legitimate means against all odds

Developers will soon come here to tell us how they did not make the list because of Donald Trump’s tribalism against them 🤣🤣🤣

press9jatv:
South Africa should be there too. Elon musk is from SA and owns Tesla, X and space link. The list isn't complete.

Musk considers himself an American citizen.

LegendHero:
Below are the six Nigerian founders that made the list.

—Calendly - Tope Awotona

—Flutterwave - Olugbenga Agboola & Iyin Aboyeji

— Cityhealth Block - Toyin Ajayi

—GIP - Adebayo Ogunlesi

—Esusu - Abey Wemimo

Is the list conflicting or the number should be higher?!

https://www.nairaland.com/8507998/number-foreign-born-founders-founded#136612326

Slytiger:
The 6 Nigerians made it to the list:

According to NFAP's May 2022 data, the six Nigerian-born founders of billion-dollar US companies are:

- Tope Awotona (Calendly)
- Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Flutterwave & Andela)
- Olugbenga Agboola (Flutterwave)
- Nadayar Enegesi (Andela)
- Ikenna Okezie (Somatus)
- Ike Nnah (IntelyCare)

Now we wait😂

Na you Dey conflict am; off the road joor!

Softmirror:
Is the list conflicting or the number should be higher?!

Farmerforgoats:
Na you Dey conflict am; off the road joor!

There was a thread already existing. https://www.nairaland.com/8507998/number-foreign-born-founders-founded#136612326

I didn’t know Adebayo Ogunlesi got business in USA o. I used to think it’s only UK..

That man sha..

Nigeria is truly cursed!How much is your minimum wage

Softmirror:
Musk considers himself an American citizen.

ok

press9jatv:
South Africa should be there too. Elon musk is from SA and owns Tesla, X and space link. The list isn't complete.

Yes, South Africa is there too with 3.

LegendHero:
Yes, South Africa is there too with 3.

ok

If I am not Yoruba, I will be feeling jealous of them and want to be Yoruba by force.

YORUBA LAGBA!

Proud Omoluabi.

YORUBA IS NOT A TRIBE, BUT A NATION!

God bless YORUBALAND 👑

The real billionaires not those bullionaires with empty noise

seunmsg:
Developers will soon come here to tell us how they did not make the list because of Donald Trump’s tribalism against them 🤣🤣🤣

See wetin poverty and low self esteem dey do you

helinues:
The real billionaires not those bullionaires with empty noise

Another round of chest beating

LegendHero:
Below are the six Nigerian founders that made the list.

—Calendly - Tope Awotona

—Flutterwave - Olugbenga Agboola & Iyin Aboyeji

— Cityhealth Block - Toyin Ajayi

—GIP - Adebayo Ogunlesi

—Esusu - Abey Wemimo

forget about the noise from our noisy neighbors. Yorubas are the most recognized billionaires. They don't just make noise and hyping is not thier calling.They owned most of the biggest investment in Lagos.They dominated almost the sector of the economy.

Israel is a mix of all European countries.

Trace the roots of all those billionaires and they all from Europe.

I fear who no fear INDIA



They're everywhere for business opportunities and shaking of head

No single obidients on the list, this is partial, we can't take it

Softmirror:
Is the list conflicting or the number should be higher?!

https://www.nairaland.com/8507998/number-foreign-born-founders-founded#136612326

You are cross-referencing a 2025 list with 2022 data and asking if there is a clash. Na wa o...obviously, some of those companies from the 2022 list have lost some value.

COMRADES, we say kudos to those Nigerians for making us proud

No source?


Just X sign as your source of news? Agbado una no Dey ever tire from Lamba , lies and propaganda…I hail una o

The real developers not the fake ones developing south eastern Asian jails 😂😂

Nigeria, we are just loud mouthed. Some other countries doing way better without noise. Every small achievement we go dey shoit up amd down

press9jatv:
South Africa should be there too. Elon musk is from SA and owns Tesla, X and space link. The list isn't complete.

He's not claiming SA
He claimed Canada as his country

LegendHero:
Below are the six Nigerian founders that made the list.

—Calendly - Tope Awotona

—Flutterwave - Olugbenga Agboola & Iyin Aboyeji

— Cityhealth Block - Toyin Ajayi

—GIP - Adebayo Ogunlesi

—Esusu - Abey Wemimo

Where is your source or have nairaland posts now become sources to una?