Jeremy Johnson (entrepreneur)

Jeremy Johnson
Education	Princeton University
Occupation	Technology Entrepreneur
Years active	2012–present
Known for	Co-founder and CEO Andela

Jeremy Johnson is a technology entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Andela, ^{[1] [2]} a US company based in Africa that connects talented African software developers with foreign companies, like Upwork. ^[3] He is also the President of Strategic Initiatives at 2U, an educational technology company. ^[4]

He serves on the board of the Young Entrepreneur Council and the education non-profit PENCIL ^[5] and was listed as Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2013 and 2014. ^[6]

Education

Johnson dropped out of Princeton University when he was 21 to build his business. ^[7]

Career

Before Andela, Johnson had co-founded 2U, one of the fastest growing education technology startups. and in 2014 he co-founded Andela with Ian Carnevale, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Christina Sass, ^[8] as a training company to match developers in emerging markets now known as technology hubs. ^[9]

References

1. Johnson, Jeremy. "Jeremy Johnson". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
2. "Jeremy Johnson". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
3. Lohr, Steve (2017-10-10). "Start-Up Bets on Tech Talent Pipeline From Africa". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-05-19.
4. "Jeremy Johnson: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
5. "Speaker Profile for Jeremy Johnson". Human Capital Institute . Retrieved 2019-05-19.
6. "30 Under 30 2017: All-Star Alumni". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
7. "Meet the Boss: Jeremy Johnson, CEO, Andela". How We Made It In Africa. 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
8. Lovering, Joanne (August 16, 2016). "Former Mississauga News intern's company gets $24 million boost from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg". The Mississauga News.
9. Finley, Klint (2014-12-18). "This Company Is Paying Nigerians to Learn Computer Programming". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved 2019-05-19.