Yomi Denzel

Yomi Denzel Olaniyi (born 1 August 1996), is a Swiss entrepreneur and YouTuber.

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

(1996-08-01) 1 August 1996
Lausanne, Switzerland
Education
OccupationEntrepreneur
Years active2017–present
Partners
  • Vanessa Mukendi (2016–2020)
  • Anaelle Charvier (2020–2022; 2023–present)
FamilyKaanu Olaniyi (Brother)
YouTube information
Channel
Genreonline business
Subscribers729k[2]
(February 6, 2023)
Total views42,944,766[2]
(February 6, 2023)
100,000 subscribers2019
Last updated: February 6, 2023
Websitewww.yomidenzel.com

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.[3] He is the brother of former basketball player Kaanu Olaniyi. During his youth, Olaniyi was an amateur football player.[3]

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.[4][5] He reached the rank of sergeant in the army.[3] He studied at HEC Lausanne[6] and completed a semester at Harvard University.[7][8]

Career

He became a millionaire in less than a year with e-commerce and online training business.[9][10][11]

He builds his fame through millions of dollars in sales from dropshipping on the Shopify platform[12][13] and by running contests on Instagram designed to win prestigious prizes.[14]

Mindeo

Since 2018, he has been the founder of an online training company, renamed Mindeo in 2022.[15][16]

Minea

In 2021, he founded a SaaS, named Minea, which aims to analyze data for e-commerce.[15]

Awards and nominations
Organization Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
Bilan 2022 Entrepreneurs in French-speaking Switzerland under the age of 40 Himself Won [15]

References
  1. "Yomi Denzel Nicolas Olaniyi, Freienbach | business-monitor.ch".
  2. "About Yomi Denzel". YouTube.
  3. Mise au point - Dropshipping : comment un jeune vaudois dit avoir fait fortune en seulement un an - Play RTS (in French), retrieved 2022-07-08
  4. "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.
  5. "Yomi Denzel : la success story d'un étudiant fauché…". www.nessma.tv (in French). 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  6. "Derrière les dollars de l'e-commerce". Le Temps (in French). 2019-05-07. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Comment le dropshipping permet de devenir millionnaire à 20 ans". rts.ch (in French). 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  10. 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.
  11. "Yomi Denzel, l'entreprenariat 2.0". LEFIGARO (in French). 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  12. "Yomi Denzel ou comment faire fortune avec le dropshipping ?" (in French). 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  13. "Qui est Yomi Denzel, le jeune étudiant multimillionnaire ?". Tribunal Du Net (in French). 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  14. "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.
  15. Bilan. "Les entrepreneurs romands de moins de 40 ans". bilan.ch (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  16. "Mindeo : photos, vidéos, recrutement". www.welcometothejungle.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-08.
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