Chike Ukaegbu
Biography
Chike is currently the Head of Crypto Strategy for Emerging Markets at Visa. He has a lifelong passion to empower untapped and under-banked communities and believes that crypto is a tool that will foster financial inclusion globally. Before Visa, Chike founded Startup52, NYC's first diversity-focused tech accelerator focused on creating better access to resources, capital, and support for founders from untapped communities.
At 35, he ran for president of Nigeria, becoming the youngest presidential candidate in Nigeria and Africa. He is an alumni Colin Powell Fellow in Public Policy, an honoree and inductee of the UN’s Most Influential People of African Descent’s (MIPAD) Hall of Fame, among other accolades. He recently completed his executive MBA program at the Howard University School of Business. Chike is currently based in New York, loves fried sweet plantains (it's a Nigerian thing!), and can't wait to become a #dogdad again.