Ezra Olubi

Ezra Olubi (born 12 November 1986) is a Nigerian entrepreneur and software developer. He is the co-founder and CTO of Paystack.

Early Life

Ezra Olubi was born in Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. He graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Babcock University in 2006. 

Career

In 2015, Ezra Olubi and Shola Akinlade co-founded PayStack, a financial technology company that offers payment processing services to businesses. In November 2015, it became the first Nigerian company to be accepted into the startup accelerator Y Combinator. Paystack was later acquired by Stripe, a technology-based Company, for $200 million in 2020.

On 11 October 2022, Ezra Olubi was conferred with the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.