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{{short description|Swiss entrepreneur (1996-)}}
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| birth_name = Yomi Denzel Olaniyi
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1996|07|01}}
| alt = Portrait of Yomi Denzel
| birth_place = [[Lausanne]]
| caption = Yomi Denzel in December 2021.
| birth_name = Yomi Denzel Nicolas Olaniyi<ref>{{cite web |title=Yomi Denzel Nicolas Olaniyi, Freienbach |url=https://business-monitor.ch/fr/p/yomi-denzel-nicolas-olaniyi-6064828 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=business-monitor.ch}}</ref>
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| years_active = Since [[2017]]
| birth_place = [[Lausanne]], Switzerland
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| family = [[Kaanu Olaniyi]] <small>(Brother)</small>
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'''Yomi Denzel Olaniyi''', born August 1, 1996 in [[Lausanne]], is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Entrepreneurship|entrepreneur]] and [[YouTuber|youtuber]] of [[Nigerian]] origin.
'''Yomi Denzel Nicolas Olaniyi''' (born 1 August 1996), is a Swiss [[entrepreneur]] and [[YouTuber]] specialist in e-commerce.


He built a fortune with [[e-commerce]] and [[online training]] business and increased his notoriety by running contests on [[Instagram]] designed to win prestigious prizes.
== Biography ==


=== Childhood, education and beginnings ===
== 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. He is the brother of former basketball player [[Kaanu Olaniyi]]. During his youth, Olaniyi was an amateur [[football player]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Mise au point - Dropshipping : comment un jeune vaudois dit avoir fait fortune en seulement un an - Play RTS |url=https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/mise-au-point/video/dropshipping--comment-un-jeune-vaudois-dit-avoir-fait-fortune-en-seulement-un-an?urn=urn:rts:video:10365129 |access-date=2022-07-08 |language=fr}}</ref>
Yomi Denzel Olaniyi was born in [[Lausanne]], [[Switzerland]]. He is the brother of former basketball player [[Kaanu Olaniyi]].


In 2010, at the age of 14, he launched his [[YouTube]] channel with gaming content.
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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<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-17|title=Un concours alléchant, mais soyez prudents : Qui veut gagner des millions avec Dimitri Payet ?|url=https://www.ipreunion.com/actualites-reunion/reportage/2020/09/17/concours-le-plus-gros-concours-instagram-de-2020-quand-dimitri-payet,124642.html|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Imaz Press Réunion : l'actualité de la Réunion en photos|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-01|title=Yomi Denzel : la success story d’un étudiant fauché…|url=https://www.nessma.tv/fr/internationale/actu/yomi-denzel-la-success-story-d-un-etudiant-fauche-1092/125554|access-date=2022-01-21|website=www.nessma.tv|language=fr}}</ref>, and studied at [[HEC Lausanne]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-05-07|title=Derrière les dollars de l’e-commerce|language=fr|work=Le Temps|url=https://www.letemps.ch/economie/derriere-dollars-lecommerce|access-date=2022-01-21|issn=1423-3967}}</ref> and [[Harvard University]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Les fausses promesses de l’e-commerce|language=fr|work=24 heures|url=https://www.24heures.ch/economie/fausses-promesses-ecommerce/story/17041798|access-date=2022-01-21|issn=1424-4039}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|last3=|first3=|last4=|last5=|first5=|date=2019-03-21|title=Rencontre avec Yomi Denzel, étudiant HEC au parcours hors-norme|url=https://heconomist.ch/2019/03/21/rencontre-avec-yomi-denzel-etudiant-hec-au-parcours-hors-norme/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-21|website=HEConomist|language=fr-FR}}</ref>.


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He reached the rank of [[sergeant]] in the [[Swiss Armed Forces|army]].<ref name=":0" /> He studied at [[HEC Lausanne]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2019-05-07 |title=Derrière les dollars de l’e-commerce - Le Temps |url=https://www.letemps.ch/economie/derriere-dollars-lecommerce |access-date=2024-04-13 |language=fr |issn=1423-3967}}</ref> and completed a semester at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Les fausses promesses de l'e-commerce|language=fr|work=24 heures|url=https://www.24heures.ch/economie/fausses-promesses-ecommerce/story/17041798|access-date=2022-01-21|issn=1424-4039}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|last3=|first3=|last4=|last5=|first5=|date=2019-03-21|title=Rencontre avec Yomi Denzel, étudiant HEC au parcours hors-norme|url=https://heconomist.ch/2019/03/21/rencontre-avec-yomi-denzel-etudiant-hec-au-parcours-hors-norme/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=HEConomist|language=fr-FR}}</ref>
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=== Career ===
He became a [[millionaire]] in less than a year thanks to [[e-commerce]] and [[online training]] business<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-14|title=Comment le dropshipping permet de devenir millionnaire à 20 ans|url=https://www.rts.ch/info/economie/10363366-comment-le-dropshipping-permet-de-devenir-millionnaire-a-20-ans.html|access-date=2022-01-21|website=rts.ch|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=edem.fiadjoe|date=2021-08-07|title=🤑🤑 Yomi Denzel : Comment ce jeune Nigérian est devenu le plus jeune millionnaire de la Suisse ?|url=https://afrikbuzz.com/yomi-denzel-comment-ce-jeune-nigerian-est-devenu-le-plus-jeune-millionnaire-de-la-suisse/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=AfrikBuzz|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-12|title=Yomi Denzel, l’entreprenariat 2.0|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/economie/le-rendez-vous-des-pme/2019/03/12/20013-20190312ARTFIG00033-ecpro-l-entreprenariat-20.php|access-date=2022-01-21|website=LEFIGARO|language=fr}}</ref>.


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== Career ==
He builds his fame through millions of dollars in sales from dropshipping on the [[Shopify]] platform<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-23|title=Yomi Denzel ou comment faire fortune avec le dropshipping ?|url=http://www.museedesmarques.org/yomi-denzel-comment-faire-fortune-avec-dropshipping/|access-date=2022-01-21|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-19|title=Qui est Yomi Denzel, le jeune étudiant multimillionnaire ?|url=https://www.letribunaldunet.fr/argent/yomi-denzel-etudiant-multimillionaire.html|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Tribunal Du Net|language=fr}}</ref> and by running contests on [[Instagram]] designed to win prestigious prizes<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-23|title=Cette loterie sur Instagram fait parler d'elle mais pas que pour les bonnes raisons|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/cette-loterie-sur-instagram-fait-parler-delle-pas-que-pour-les-bonnes-raisons_fr_614c4dc8e4b03dd728074766|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Le HuffPost|language=fr}}</ref>.
In 2017, at the age of 21 and during his studies at [[HEC Lausanne]], he created an [[online marketing]] agency and became a millionaire from online commerce during the next year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-17 |title=Un concours alléchant, mais soyez prudents : Qui veut gagner des millions avec Dimitri Payet ? |url=https://www.ipreunion.com/actualites-reunion/reportage/2020/09/17/concours-le-plus-gros-concours-instagram-de-2020-quand-dimitri-payet,124642.html |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=Imaz Press Réunion : l'actualité de la Réunion en photos |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2019-04-14 |title=Comment le dropshipping permet de devenir millionnaire à 20 ans |url=https://www.rts.ch/info/economie/10363366-comment-le-dropshipping-permet-de-devenir-millionnaire-a-20-ans.html |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=rts.ch |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-23 |title=Yomi Denzel ou comment faire fortune avec le dropshipping ? |url=http://www.museedesmarques.org/yomi-denzel-comment-faire-fortune-avec-dropshipping/ |access-date=2022-01-21 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

In 2019, 1000 people came for one of its conference in Geneva, and he gathered a community of 190 000 follower on Youtube.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-12 |title=Yomi Denzel, l’entreprenariat 2.0 |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/economie/le-rendez-vous-des-pme/2019/03/12/20013-20190312ARTFIG00033-ecpro-l-entreprenariat-20.php |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Le Figaro |language=fr}}</ref> At the age of 22, he is considered as "the main figure in e-commerce 4.0 in French-speaking world" by the Swiss journal [[Le Temps]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=France |first=Medias |date=2019-03-01 |title=Yomi Denzel - D’étudiant fauché à millionnaire en 1 an |url=https://www.forbes.fr/leaderstalk/yomi-denzel-detudiant-fauche-a-millionnaire-en-1-an/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Forbes France |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

In September 2020, he ran a contest on Instagram, with prestigious prizes. Several celebrities such as the French footballer [[Dimitri Payet]] shared the publication and more than a million people answered on the Instagram publication.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2021-04-19 |title=Qui est Yomi Denzel, le jeune étudiant multimillionnaire ? |url=https://www.letribunaldunet.fr/argent/yomi-denzel-etudiant-multimillionaire.html |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=Tribunal Du Net |language=fr}}</ref> one year after, he launched a similar competition with bigger prizes. Participant could earn a Tesla car or a Channel Bag by following its account and commenting its post. The lottery was advertised in [[Paris Métro]] and on the French TV channel [[M6 (TV channel)|M6]] and [[TF1]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gayte |first=Aurore |date=2021-09-23 |title=" Gagne une Tesla " : le " plus gros concours d’Instagram " de Yomi Denzel est-il légal ? |url=https://www.numerama.com/tech/741133-gagne-une-tesla-le-plus-gros-concours-dinstagram-de-yomi-denzel-est-il-legal.html |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Numerama |language=fr-FR}}</ref> By the end of 2021, Yomi Denzel acquired 486.000 follower on Youtube.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-23 |title=Cette loterie sur Instagram fait parler d'elle mais pas que pour les bonnes raisons |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/cette-loterie-sur-instagram-fait-parler-delle-pas-que-pour-les-bonnes-raisons_fr_614c4dc8e4b03dd728074766 |access-date=2022-01-21 |website=Le HuffPost |language=fr}}</ref>

In 2021, he founded a company named Minea, proposing [[Software as a service|SaaS]] aiming at analyzing data for e-commerce. In 2022 he also runs the [[Educational technology|online training]] company Mindeo and holds 550 000 followers on [[YouTube|Youtube]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Bilan |title=Les entrepreneurs romands de moins de 40 ans |url=https://interactif.bilan.ch/entrepreneurs-de-moins-de-40-ans |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=bilan.ch |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mindeo : photos, vidéos, recrutement |url=https://www.welcometothejungle.com/fr/companies/mindeo |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=www.welcometothejungle.com |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bilan |title=Les entrepreneurs romands de moins de 40 ans |url=https://interactif.bilan.ch/entrepreneurs-de-moins-de-40-ans |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=bilan.ch |language=fr}}</ref>

== Awards and nominations ==
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!Organization
!Year
!Category
!Nominated work
!Result
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|[[Bilan (magazine)|Bilan]]
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|Entrepreneurs in [[French speaking Switzerland|French-speaking Switzerland]] under the age of 40
|Himself
| {{won}}
|<ref name=":1" />
|}

== Philanthropy ==
In 2022, the entrepreneur created a foundation providing free education for the development of Nigerian Youths. The foundation offers 6 months of practical training on [[Python (programming language)|Python Programming]], [[Data analysis|Data Analytics]], [[Machine learning]] and [[Blockchain]] development in [[Lagos]]. The first promotion graduated in April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peter |date=2024-04-09 |title=Yomi Denzel Foundation Graduation ceremony of six months of free intensive practical training held in Lagos |url=https://championnews.com.ng/yomi-denzel-foundation-graduation-ceremony-of-six-months-of-free-intensive-practical-training-held-in-lagos/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Champion Newspapers LTD |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mindeo : L’université 2.0 {{!}} À propos |url=https://www.mindeo.com/a-propos |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=www.mindeo.com}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://youtube.com/c/YomiDenzel Yomi Denzel] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://www.yomidenzel.com/ Official website]
* [https://www.yomidenzel.com/ Official website]


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Latest revision as of 04:32, 31 October 2024

Yomi Denzel
Portrait of Yomi Denzel
Yomi Denzel in December 2021.
Born
Yomi Denzel Nicolas Olaniyi[1]

(1996-08-01) 1 August 1996 (age 28)
Lausanne, Switzerland
Education
OccupationEntrepreneur
Years active2017–present
Height196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Partners
  • Vanessa Mukendi (2016–2020)[2]
  • Anaelle Charvier (2020–2022; 2023–present)[3]
FamilyKaanu Olaniyi (Brother)
YouTube information
Channel
Genreonline business
Subscribers1,2M[4]
(July 07, 2024)
Total views225 000 000[4]
(july 07, 2024)
100,000 subscribers2019
1,000,000 subscribers2023
Last updated: February 6, 2023
Websitewww.yomidenzel.com

Yomi Denzel Nicolas Olaniyi (born 1 August 1996), is a Swiss entrepreneur and YouTuber specialist in e-commerce.

He built a fortune with e-commerce and online training business and increased his notoriety by running contests on Instagram designed to win prestigious prizes.

Early life, education and beginnings

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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. He is the brother of former basketball player Kaanu Olaniyi. During his youth, Olaniyi was an amateur football player.[5]

In 2010, at the age of 14, he launched his YouTube channel with gaming content.

He reached the rank of sergeant in the army.[5] He studied at HEC Lausanne[6] and completed a semester at Harvard University.[7][8]

Career

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In 2017, at the age of 21 and during his studies at HEC Lausanne, he created an online marketing agency and became a millionaire from online commerce during the next year.[9][10][11]

In 2019, 1000 people came for one of its conference in Geneva, and he gathered a community of 190 000 follower on Youtube.[12] At the age of 22, he is considered as "the main figure in e-commerce 4.0 in French-speaking world" by the Swiss journal Le Temps.[6][10][13]

In September 2020, he ran a contest on Instagram, with prestigious prizes. Several celebrities such as the French footballer Dimitri Payet shared the publication and more than a million people answered on the Instagram publication.[14] one year after, he launched a similar competition with bigger prizes. Participant could earn a Tesla car or a Channel Bag by following its account and commenting its post. The lottery was advertised in Paris Métro and on the French TV channel M6 and TF1.[15] By the end of 2021, Yomi Denzel acquired 486.000 follower on Youtube.[16]

In 2021, he founded a company named Minea, proposing SaaS aiming at analyzing data for e-commerce. In 2022 he also runs the online training company Mindeo and holds 550 000 followers on Youtube.[17][18][19]

Awards and nominations

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Organization Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Bilan 2022 Entrepreneurs in French-speaking Switzerland under the age of 40 Himself Won [17]

Philanthropy

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In 2022, the entrepreneur created a foundation providing free education for the development of Nigerian Youths. The foundation offers 6 months of practical training on Python Programming, Data Analytics, Machine learning and Blockchain development in Lagos. The first promotion graduated in April 2024.[20][21]

References

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  1. ^ "Yomi Denzel Nicolas Olaniyi, Freienbach". business-monitor.ch. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  2. ^ Yomi Denzel : son parcours inspirant peut réveiller votre âme de millionnaire, retrieved 2023-08-25
  3. ^ 24h dans Ma Vie d'Entrepreneur Millionnaire (Sans Filtre), retrieved 2023-08-25
  4. ^ a b "About Yomi Denzel". YouTube.
  5. ^ a b Mise au point - Dropshipping : comment un jeune vaudois dit avoir fait fortune en seulement un an - Play RTS (in French), retrieved 2022-07-08
  6. ^ a b "Derrière les dollars de l'e-commerce - Le Temps" (in French). 2019-05-07. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  7. ^ "Les fausses promesses de l'e-commerce". 24 heures (in French). ISSN 1424-4039. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  8. ^ "Rencontre avec Yomi Denzel, étudiant HEC au parcours hors-norme". HEConomist (in French). 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ a b "Comment le dropshipping permet de devenir millionnaire à 20 ans". rts.ch (in French). 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  11. ^ "Yomi Denzel ou comment faire fortune avec le dropshipping ?" (in French). 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  12. ^ "Yomi Denzel, l'entreprenariat 2.0". Le Figaro (in French). 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  13. ^ France, Medias (2019-03-01). "Yomi Denzel - D'étudiant fauché à millionnaire en 1 an". Forbes France (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  14. ^ "Qui est Yomi Denzel, le jeune étudiant multimillionnaire ?". Tribunal Du Net (in French). 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  15. ^ Gayte, Aurore (2021-09-23). "" Gagne une Tesla " : le " plus gros concours d'Instagram " de Yomi Denzel est-il légal ?". Numerama (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ a b Bilan. "Les entrepreneurs romands de moins de 40 ans". bilan.ch (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  18. ^ "Mindeo : photos, vidéos, recrutement". www.welcometothejungle.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  19. ^ Bilan. "Les entrepreneurs romands de moins de 40 ans". bilan.ch (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  20. ^ Peter (2024-04-09). "Yomi Denzel Foundation Graduation ceremony of six months of free intensive practical training held in Lagos". Champion Newspapers LTD. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
  21. ^ "Mindeo : L'université 2.0 | À propos". www.mindeo.com. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
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