Tayo Akinyemi
First Name: Tayo
Last Name: Akinyemi
Organization/Company: The Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University
Sector: Student
Specialty: Base of the Pyramid markets
City, State, Country: Ithaca, NY,

About Me:
Tayo Akinyemi is an MBA candidate at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Prior to becoming a NextBillion blogger and returning to school, Tayo worked in business development for a Chicago-based start-up consulting firm, Burke & Partners.

Tayo started her career at Catalyst, a New York-based research and advisory organization working with businesses to build inclusive environments and expand opportunities for women at work. After nearly four years with Catalyst, she accepted a Princeton in Africa Fellowship to do democracy and governance work with an international NGO in Abuja, Nigeria. At the conclusion of her fellowship, she joined the marketing department of an emerging telecommunications company in Nigeria, Suburban Telecom. Upon her return to the States, she consulted for a start-up retail tax preparation company, interned at a community development finance institution, and applied to business school.

In her spare time, she likes to dance, study accounting and finance (not really), and obsessively check her email (yes, really). Tayo holds a degree from Princeton University.


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