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
Height196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Partners
  • Vanessa Mukendi (2016–2020)[2][3]
  • Anaelle Charvier (2020–2022; 2023–present)[4]
FamilyKaanu Olaniyi (Brother)
YouTube information
Channel
Genreonline business
Subscribers1M[5]
(June 10, 2023)
Total views128,996,190[5]
(June 10, 2023)
100,000 subscribers2019

Last updated: February 6, 2023
Websitewww.yomidenzel.com

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

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.[6] He is the brother of former basketball player Kaanu Olaniyi. During his youth, Olaniyi was an amateur football player.[6]

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.[7][8] He reached the rank of sergeant in the army.[6] He studied at HEC Lausanne[9] and completed a semester at Harvard University.[10][11]

Career

He became a millionaire in less than a year with e-commerce and online training business.[12][13] He builds his fame through millions of dollars in sales from dropshipping on the Shopify platform[14][15] and by running contests on Instagram designed to win prestigious prizes.[16]

Mindeo

Since 2018, he has been the founder of an online training company, renamed Mindeo in 2022.[17][18]

Minea

In 2021, he founded a SaaS, named Minea, which aims to analyze data for e-commerce.[17]

Association with Oussama Ammar

Since 2022, Olaniyi has been frequently seen in the company of Oussama Ammar, his co-host on the Sans Permission podcast[19] and co-producer of the Business Pro online training course focused on artificial intelligence.[20]

Ammar is currently under suspicion by his former company, The Family, for alleged misappropriation of several million euros.[21] There are claims that a portion of these funds may have been laundered at Le Domaine d'Ablon, a luxury hotel resort in Normandy[22] of which Olaniyi is also a shareholder.[23]

Awards and nominations

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

Personal life

Controversy

An altercation reportedly occurred between Ahmed Harroun and AD Laurent, both former reality TV contestants, and Yomi Denzel's team on August 21, 2023, at Palm Club, a nightclub located in Cannes, France.[24] In a video posted on internet, a woman wearing a white evening dress tries to extricate herself from the melee of brawlers by holding her face, visibly bleeding.[24] Two people sustained minor injuries.[25]

References

  1. "Yomi Denzel Nicolas Olaniyi, Freienbach | business-monitor.ch".
  2. J'OFFRE UNE ROLEX À MA COPINE POUR NOEL (Vidéo FAQ), retrieved 2023-08-25
  3. QUELLE EST MA FORTUNE? (Je réponds sans filtre à vos questions!) - FAQ, retrieved 2023-08-25
  4. 24h dans Ma Vie d'Entrepreneur Millionnaire (Sans Filtre), retrieved 2023-08-25
  5. 1 2 "About Yomi Denzel". YouTube.
  6. 1 2 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
  7. "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.
  8. "Yomi Denzel : la success story d'un étudiant fauché…". www.nessma.tv (in French). 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  9. "Derrière les dollars de l'e-commerce". Le Temps (in French). 2019-05-07. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  10. "Les fausses promesses de l'e-commerce". 24 heures (in French). ISSN 1424-4039. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  11. "Rencontre avec Yomi Denzel, étudiant HEC au parcours hors-norme". HEConomist (in French). 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  12. "Comment le dropshipping permet de devenir millionnaire à 20 ans". rts.ch (in French). 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  13. 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.
  14. "Yomi Denzel ou comment faire fortune avec le dropshipping ?" (in French). 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  15. "Qui est Yomi Denzel, le jeune étudiant multimillionnaire ?". Tribunal Du Net (in French). 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  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. 1 2 3 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. "Sans Permission - By Yomi & Oussama". YouTube (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  20. "Faire fortune dans l'intelligence artificielle, nouvelle manne douteuse des " influentrepreneurs "". Le Parisien (in French). 15 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  21. "The Family (Holdings) Ltd. v. Oussama Ammar: Press Release (Cayman Islands Legal Proceedings)". OffShore Alert. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  22. "The Family Files: Inside France's ugliest startup fight". Sifted. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  23. "The Family: Meet The Cast Of Supporting Characters In The Bruising Legal Fight". The French Tech Journal. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  24. 1 2 "Une bagarre entre stars de la téléréalité enflamme la toile". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  25. "Une bagarre entre influenceurs éclate dans un club de Cannes, la vidéo fait le buzz sur les réseaux sociaux". Nice-Matin (in French). 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2023-08-22.


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