Abiola Oke Wiki, Age, Wife, Girlfriend, Biography, Family & More

Abiola Oke (born in 1979) is an American Entrepreneur from the United States. He is the Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Okayplayer. He assigned the CEO position in 2017. Moreover, he accused of the sexual harassment allegation by the women.

He faced the allegation of creating a toxic environment in the company. Several women wrote an open letter against him. The Okayplayer Company revealed that they hired an outside investigator to investigate on the case.

Meanwhile, Abiola stepped down his roles of publisher and CEO of the OkayAfrica and Okayplayer. He published many tweets from his official Twitter account^[1]Twitter. Meanwhile, the investigation is under process.

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— Abiola Oke (@Abiolaoke) June 25, 2020

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Early Life, Parents & Education

Okayplayer CEO, Abiola Oke in 2020.

The Okayplayer former CEO was born in 1979 in the USA. Abiola Oke turned 40 years old (age) as of 2019. He has not updated the information of his mom and dad. He is an American citizen and belongs to the African-American heritage group.

Apart from that, he completed his early education from The Bells and Olashore International School (1997-98). He studied Biology at Howard University. Then, he earned a BA (Finance) degree from The City College of New York. He was the VP of the Economics Society Track & Field Team.

Wedding, Spouse & Children

Oke did not disclose the identities of his wife and children. Still, we can only assume that his marital status is unmarried. We are searching for Abiola Oke’s past relationship history. Keep visiting Aibola Oke bio to get to know more about him in the future.

Some Lesser Known Facts about Abiola Oke

• In October 2014, he joined Legal Benefits Corporation as a Political Analyst.
• At Morgan Stanley, he worked on the job role of Data and Compensation Analyst (2005-2007).
• Abiola Oke became the Compensation Analyst at New York and Company.
• He was the former Compensation Consultant at TD Ameritrade.
• In November 2009, he appointed on the position of Associate Vice President: Personal Wealth Management Department of Citigroup. He was responsible for implementing business optimization initiatives. He forecasted and planned new business policies for the Citigroup. Furthermore, he took the management control of the offshore team.
• Oke joined the Barclays Wealth and Investment Management organization as the Vice President for seven months. He planned high-level business analysis, communication, and project management. He prepared the reports and records of the business processes and change initiatives that affected the Wealth Americas commission revenue and sales compensation processes and flows. Additionally, he continuously handled the interactive sessions with the front office members of the sales management, product, and control department.

• He took the position of the Publisher and CEO of the OkayAfrica in May 2015.
• OkayAfrica connects the global audience with the African regions. It is a leading media company and a multifaceted lifestyle brand, event producer, and content producer.
• Furthermore, OkayAfrica tries to reach a wide audience of the African community people across the world. It values the value of arts & culture, music, fashion, politics, lifestyle.
• From November 2017-2020, he remained on the CEO position of the OkayPlayer in the Greater New York City area.
• Oke is a notable speaker. He visited and gave speeches in the Stanford University, Oxford University of Africa Business Conference, Haiti Tech Conference, World Bank IFC Sustainability Exchange and Youth Summit in Helsinki, Finland.
• He contributed as a writer in several magazines and online portals.
• Apart from that, he hosted interviews for the notable celebrities like Ryan Coogler, David Oyelowo (Actor), and Adepero Oduye (Actress).
• Abiola is a passionate humanitarian and ambassador of the Monrovia Football Academy.
• He organized the mentorship programs for the students in The Bronx.
• He began his career in the finance sector and handled the senior-level position at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup.
• He spoke in the inaugural ceremony of the Intra-Africa Trade Fair.
• In the inaugural AfroBall gala, he awarded the Amplifier of the Year title.
• He involved in the jury panel of the MIDEM’s Artist Accelerator program in 2018.
• Still, he accused of the harassment and creating toxic environment charges by the employees of the Okayplayer Company. He stepped down from all the positions in the company. Some of the female staff wrote an open letter to the management against him.
• He enjoys listening to music and reading books in his spare time.
• As of 2020, Abiola Oke’s net worth valued $1.25 Million US Dollars. He stays in Greater New York City, USA along with his family members. Moreover, he received other benefits and remuneration of $700K-$750K as the former CEO of Okayplayer.

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