Tope Awotona
Tope Awotona bụ onye ọchụnta ego teknụzụ Naijiria a mara maka ịtọ ntọala ụlọ ọrụ ngwanrọ, Calendly. Dị ka nke 2025, Forbes na-eme atụmatụ ọnụ ahịa ya na ijeri $ 1.4 na-eme ka ọ bụrụ otu n'ime ndị isi ojii ojii kasị baa ọgaranya.[1]
Mbido ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Awotona na Lagos, Naịjirịa. Nna ya bụ onye na-ahụ maka microbiology na onye ọchụnta ego; nne ya na-arụ ọrụ na ụlọ akụ dị n'ógbè ahụ.[1] Mgbe Awotona dị afọ iri na abụọ, e gburu nna ya n'ụgbọala, na-eme ka nne ya, ya na Awotona na ụmụnne ya atọ, kwenye ịhapụ Lagos, kwaga US, ma biri na Atlanta, Georgia.[1] Ọ bụ ezie na ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị afọ abụọ tupu oge eruo ma nye ya agụmakwụkwọ na kọleji US mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na ise, nne ya kpebiri na ọ dị obere ma chọọ ka Awotona buru ụzọ gaa Wheeler High School maka afọ ndị dị obere na ndị okenye. Awotona kwuru, "Ọ bụ nnukwu nkụda mmụọ. Enwere m mmetụta na m na-egbu oge n'ihi na enwere m atụmatụ m n'ọnọdụ. " Ka o sina dị, afọ abụọ ahụ nyeere ya aka ịmịkọrọ ma mụta ọdịbendị ahụ ka ọ na-eme atụmatụ ịga n'ihu na ihe nketa nna ya nke ọchụnta ego. [2][3] Ọ gara Mahadum Georgia, na mbụ na-agụ akwụkwọ na Computer Science, o mechara gbanwee na Business Management Information Systems ma gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Georgia's Terry College of Business na nzere Bachelor of Business Administration na 2002.[4][5][6] Agbụrụ ya bụ Yoruba.[7]
Ọrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Georgia, Awotona rụrụ ọrụ ụlọ ọrụ dị iche iche, gụnyere ịrụ ọrụ maka IBM, tupu ọ banye na ụlọ ọrụ mmalite, Perceptive Software, dị ka onye isi ego.[8] N'ebe ahụ, a kpughere ya ọrụ nke azụmahịa ngwa.[2] Mgbe ọ na-anwa ịhazi nzukọ, Awotona nwere nkụda mmụọ wee kpebie iji ego ndụ ya ma banye n'ụgwọ [8] iji mepụta ụlọ ọrụ ngwanrọ nkwurịta okwu na ịhazi oge nke ghọrọ Calendly. [1][9][6] E wepụtara ya na Atlanta Tech Village, Calendly mere nke mbụ ya na 2013. Calendly ghọrọ ụlọ ọrụ ngwanrọ nke ijeri $ 3 nke na-aga n'ihu na-enye azịza maka nkwukọrịta azụmahịa, nhazi otu, na nkwado nkwado.[2] Dịka nke 2024, ngwa Calendly nwere ndị ọrụ nde 10, dịka Forbes si kwuo na-eme Awotona otu n'ime ndị mbata kacha baa ọgaranya na Amerika.[6]
Ọ natara na 2025 ,Carnegie Corporation of New York Great Immigrant Award [10]
Edensibia
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Feldman (April 6, 2022). Nigeria-Born Tope Awotona Poured His Life Savings Into Calendly. Now He’s One Of America’s Wealthiest Immigrants (en). Forbes. Retrieved on 2024-04-19.Feldman, Amy (6 April 2022). "Nigeria-Born Tope Awotona Poured His Life Savings Into Calendly. Now He's One Of America's Wealthiest Immigrants". Forbes. Retrieved 19 April 2024. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Houghton (26 April 2018). Tope Awotona - A Founder Story. atlantatechvillage.com. Atlanta Tech Village. Retrieved on 5 March 2025.Houghton, Karen (26 April 2018). "Tope Awotona - A Founder Story". atlantatechvillage.com. Atlanta Tech Village. Retrieved 5 March 2025. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "tech" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Ngozi (October 12, 1023). How Tope Awotona Catapulted Calendly To A Billion-Dollar Company After Making It His Mission To Complete His Late Father’s Work. MSN.
- ↑ Who is the CEO of Calendly?. clay.com. Clay. Retrieved on 5 March 2025.
- ↑ Calendly founder learned to persevere through trial and error. terry.uga.edu. University of Georgia. Retrieved on 5 March 2025.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Tope Awotona, 42-year-old richest US-based Nigerian who owns $3bn tech company", Vanguard, 2024-02-01. Retrieved on 2024-04-30."Tope Awotona, 42-year-old richest US-based Nigerian who owns $3bn tech company". Vanguard. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid
<ref>tag; name ":3" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Why The Yoruba Are Successful Wherever They Go – THISDAYLIVE. www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved on 2024-07-31.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Shen (2020-11-20). "Meet the unicorn founder that braved war zones and missed meetings to make his mark on the startup world". Fortune.
- ↑ Calendly: Tope Awotona. npr.org. NPR. Retrieved on 5 March 2025.
- ↑ Carnegie honors 20 'Great Immigrants,' including composer Tania León, for 20th anniversary (en). AP News (2025-06-26). Retrieved on 2025-09-16.