Tomiwa Aladekomo

Aladekomo was born on 2 January 1982, in Osun State, Nigeria. He is the son of the Nigerian computer engineer Demola Aladekomo and Titi Aladekomo.^[8] He grew up between Ilesha and Lagos, where he learned to speak Yoruba before learning English.^[9]

In 2000, he trained in Business Management & Finance at the Boston University, Massachusetts in the United States of America, receiving his degree in 2004. He attended Columbia University, also in the United States, obtaining a Master's degree in Anthropology in 2007.^[10][11]

Tomiwa Aladekomo founded Quirk, a concert and event company in 2009, producing events like Lagos Jazz Festival, Music Meets Runway and Fela in Lagos and concerts for artists like Asa, Nneka and Keziah Jones.^[12][13][14] Aladekomo worked at Atlantic Records and on album designs for artists such as Lupe Fiasco and T.I.^[15]

In 2011, he joined the Nigerian Breweries, managing the company's alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages like Star, Gulder, Heineken and Maltina.^[16] He then joined Ventra Media Group in 2016 where he was later named managing director.^[17][18]

Aladekomo became CEO of Big Cabal Media in 2018 after the exit of founding CEO Seyi Taylor.^[19] He led the company to a fundraising round of $2.3m in 2022.^{[20][21][22][23]}

He is also a non-executive director at Chams PLC, a technology company listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.^[24]He host Tech into future on Arise new where he used to speak to millions of people around Africa about what is happening in the Tech Industry.^[25]

Tomiwa Aladekomo was appointed Acting National Chair of the Nigerian political party, Youth Party (YP), in October 2020.^[26][27]