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