Yomi Denzel | ||||||||||
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 Yomi Denzel in December 2021. | ||||||||||
| Born | Yomi Denzel Nicolas Olaniyi[1] 1 August 1996 Lausanne, Switzerland | |||||||||
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| Occupation | Entrepreneur | |||||||||
| Years active | 2017–present | |||||||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||
| Partners | ||||||||||
| Family | Kaanu Olaniyi (Brother) | |||||||||
YouTube information | ||||||||||
| Channel | ||||||||||
| Genre | online business | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1M[5] (June 10, 2023) | |||||||||
| Total views | 216,207,890[5] (April 10, 2024) | |||||||||
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Last updated: February 6, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||
Yomi Denzel Nicolas Olaniyi (born 1 August 1996), is a Swiss entrepreneur and YouTuber.
Early life, education and beginnings
Yomi Denzel Olaniyi was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, into a family of modest means. His father was an undocumented immigrant from Nigeria; his mother, who had no formal education, worked in human resources in a large company.[6] He is the brother of former basketball player Kaanu Olaniyi. During his youth, Olaniyi was an amateur football player.[6]
In 2010, at the age of 14, he launched his YouTube channel with gaming content. He discovered drop shipping in 2017, after creating his online marketing agency.[7][8] He reached the rank of sergeant in the army.[6] He studied at HEC Lausanne[9] and completed a semester at Harvard University.[10][11]
Career
He became a millionaire in less than a year with e-commerce and online training business.[12][13] He builds his fame through millions of dollars in sales from dropshipping on the Shopify platform[14][15] and by running contests on Instagram designed to win prestigious prizes.[16]
In 2018, he founded an online training company, which was renamed Mindeo in 2022.[17][18]
In 2019, 1000 people came for one of its conference in Geneva, and he gathered a community of 190 000 follower on Youtube. At the age of 22, he is considered as the main figure in dropshipping in french-speaking countries by the Swiss journal Le Temps.[19][12]
In 2021, he founded a second company named Minea, proposing SaaS aiming at analyzing data for e-commerce.[17]
Awards and nominations
| Organization | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| Bilan | 2022 | Entrepreneurs in French-speaking Switzerland under the age of 40 | Himself | Won | [17] |
References
- ^ "Yomi Denzel Nicolas Olaniyi, Freienbach". business-monitor.ch. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ J'OFFRE UNE ROLEX À MA COPINE POUR NOEL (Vidéo FAQ), retrieved 2023-08-25
- ^ QUELLE EST MA FORTUNE? (Je réponds sans filtre à vos questions!) - FAQ, retrieved 2023-08-25
- ^ 24h dans Ma Vie d'Entrepreneur Millionnaire (Sans Filtre), retrieved 2023-08-25
- ^ a b "About Yomi Denzel". YouTube.
- ^ a b c Mise au point - Dropshipping : comment un jeune vaudois dit avoir fait fortune en seulement un an - Play RTS (in French), retrieved 2022-07-08
- ^ "Un concours alléchant, mais soyez prudents : Qui veut gagner des millions avec Dimitri Payet ?". Imaz Press Réunion : l'actualité de la Réunion en photos (in French). 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "Yomi Denzel : la success story d'un étudiant fauché…". www.nessma.tv (in French). 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "Derrière les dollars de l'e-commerce". Le Temps (in French). 2019-05-07. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "Les fausses promesses de l'e-commerce". 24 heures (in French). ISSN 1424-4039. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "Rencontre avec Yomi Denzel, étudiant HEC au parcours hors-norme". HEConomist (in French). 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ a b "Comment le dropshipping permet de devenir millionnaire à 20 ans". rts.ch (in French). 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ edem.fiadjoe (2021-08-07). "Yomi Denzel : Comment ce jeune Nigérian est devenu le plus jeune millionnaire de la Suisse ?". AfrikBuzz (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "Yomi Denzel ou comment faire fortune avec le dropshipping ?" (in French). 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "Qui est Yomi Denzel, le jeune étudiant multimillionnaire ?". Tribunal Du Net (in French). 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ "Cette loterie sur Instagram fait parler d'elle mais pas que pour les bonnes raisons". Le HuffPost (in French). 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ a b c Bilan. "Les entrepreneurs romands de moins de 40 ans". bilan.ch (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-08.
- ^ "Mindeo : photos, vidéos, recrutement". www.welcometothejungle.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-08.
- ^ "Derrière les dollars de l'e-commerce - Le Temps" (in French). 2019-05-07. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
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