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

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

Education

Johnson dropped out of Princeton University when he was 21 to build his business.

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, as a training company to match developers in emerging markets now known as technology hubs.

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.

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