Olatorera Oniru, née Majekodunmi, (born March 3, 1987) to
Chief Dr. Femi Majekodunmi and Justice Olatokunbo Majekodunmi in Ibadan, Oyo
State,in Nigeria is a Nigerian entrepreneur and development speaker. She is the
founder and CEO of the electronic commerce website Dressmeoutlet.com.
Olatorera Oniru attended Mary Hill Primary School, Oyo and
had her secondary education at Queen's College, Lagos. By August 2000, she had
moved to the United States, and attended Leesville High North Carolina where
she received awards for Perfect Attendance and Honors English.
In 2008, she graduated Cum Laude Honors with a degree in
Business Administration/ Management and Entrepreneurship from NC A&T State
University.
Olatorera has a scholarship-based Master in Business
Administration (MBA) degree from Emory University, United States where she
focused on Finance, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship.
She also has Executive Management Certificates from
Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden and International Institute for
Management Development, Switzerland.
Prior to her establishment of the website, Olatorera started
her career in 2005 as a management Intern in Clayton, GA for Sodexho's summer
camp. She left to work as a Sales Associate for Payless ShoeSource, Greensboro
North Carolina.
Olatorera continued her career working for two Fortune Top
500 companies, namely Bank of America and General Electric.She joined the Bank
of America Merrill Lynch where she worked for two years as a Senior Analyst for
the Global Markets and Investment Banking Business Development Group.
During her years as an employee at Merrill Lynch, she also
served as co-founder and president of Network of African Professionals in New
York and as a Junior Board Member of CASA-NY (Court Appointed Special Advocates
New York).
After two years at Merrill Lynch, she went to work for the
Central Bank of Nigeria as a Senior Supervisor.
After the completion of her (MBA), she went to work for Lars
Magnus Ericsson, as a Global Consultant and later as Head of Sales Governance
for MTN Nigeria account.
In 2015, Olatorera established her website selling fashion
products, health & beauty products, and home goods.
Olatorera was
nominated by the Future Nigeria Awards for Best Use of Advocacy in 2007 and was
a finalist for Hearst Corporation’s “Cover girl of the year” award in 2008.
In 2016, Olatorera was nominated by the African Achievers
Awards for Young Entrepreneur of the Year and was nominated by the Commonwealth
Africa Awards(CAFI) for Outstanding Contribution to Enterprise and Fashion (West
Africa), Individual Category.
She founded Nigeria’s leadership program Top 100 Our
Generation, in 2007; a company that brought together and inspired many of
today’s young leaders.
She is currently a member of Lionesses of Africa, Africa’s
Best and the National Scholars Honor Society United States.
Olatorera has been recognized on various international
platforms as one of the pioneers championing the revolution of the fashion
industry in Africa.
Olatorera Oniru is
married to Adedapo Oniru, with whom she has two children.
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