Mitchell Elegbe Net Worth, Biography, Wife, State, Age, Family, Interswitch, Facts

An enterprising businessman, an engineer, a philanthropist and a recipient of various awards across Africa. He is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Interswitch, an African focused integrated payment and transaction company in Nigeria.

Mitchell Elegbe Wiki, Profile

Real Name	Mitchell Elegbe
Place of Birth	Benin City
Date of Birth	November 14, 1973
Occupation	Entrepreneur, CEO Interswitch
Wife	Mrs. Mercy Elegbe
State of Origin	Edo State
Net Worth	$26 billion

Mitchell Elegbe Biography

Mitchell Elegbe is a Nigerian entrepreneur, engineer and philanthropist born on November 14, 1973.

Mitchell is a graduate of Electrical Engineering from the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo state.

He is also an alumnus of the Global CEO Program organized by IESE Business School, The Wharton School and China Europe International Business School (CEISBS) for senior executives of organizations.

Elegbe is the managing director and Chief Executive Officer of Interswitch, an integrated payment and transaction company in Nigeria.

Mitchell Elegbe Career

Mitchell Elegbe began his career with Computer Systems Associates (CSA), a software implementation company connecting banks to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT).

He then got a job as a business developer at Telnet, an ICT engineering and consulting company before he later moved to Schlumber Wire line & Testing in Scotland as a field engineer.

While in Scotland, he had his first experience with an automated teller machine (ATM) where the machine had seized his card and hence felt embarrassed.

During this era, there were no ATM machines in Nigeria and that had gave rise to the thought by Mitchell to have an automated teller machine in Nigeria. He decided to bring an idea to bring about a payment system that would make the electronic payment a reality in the country.

On his return to the country, Mitchell was reemployed by Telnet telecommunications where he told his boss about the electronic payment idea and was authorized to carry it out.

However, the whole idea didn’t go as planned and so he started selling the software for switching but most players he sold to were not interested and this had gave rise to him creating Interswitch in order to meet his targets.

Elegbe founded Interswitch in 2002 with the sole aim to ease the burden of money transfer, cash deposits and withdrawals in Africa.

The name” Interswitch” which was coined from international, interconnect, interactive and then ‘The Switch’, has help to change the face of electronic payments in Nigeria.

Mitchell Elegbe Awards & Recognition

Mitchell has won several awards, which in turn:

He is also a Bishop Desmond Tutu fellow of the African Leadership Institute.[
Harvard Business School Association (Nigeria) Leadership Award in the General Management Category.
CNBC/Forbes All African Business Leader (AABLA) Awards for West Africa in 2014.
Deloitte fast growth 50 in 2014.
Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2014
Financial Technology (Fintech) Africa Awards, Payments and Transfer category in 2016.

Mitchell Elegbe Personal Life

Mitchell is married to Mrs Mercy Elegbe and their union is blessed with three children