About
Folley Ogundele is the GTM Leader for EMEA at OpenAI and works as a venture partner, advisor, board member, and angel investor focused on AI, fintech, and SaaS companies. He previously served as Chief Revenue Officer at finmid, Global VP of Sales at Wise, and built the enterprise and financial services go-to-market business at Stripe during its growth from 400 to 8,000 employees. Earlier in his career, he worked at IBM and spent eight years at American Express in its Global Commercial Services division.
Experience
- OpenAIGTM Leader, EMEAcurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- University of SurreyAdvisory Board Membercurrent2023 — presentSurrey, England, United Kingdom
- finmidChief Revenue Officer2024 — 2025London
- Earlybird Venture CapitalVenture Partner2024 — 2025London
- WiseVP Global Head of Commercial2022 — 2024London
- StripeHead of EMEA Banking & Financial Product Sales2021 — 2022London
- StripeEnterprise & Strategic Accounts Lead2019 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom
- StripeFintech & B2B SaaS Sales Leader2016 — 2019London Area, United Kingdom
- American ExpressSenior Manager - Global Commercial Services2013 — 2016London Area, United Kingdom
- American ExpressManager, Business Development - Global Corporate Payments2010 — 2012London Area, United Kingdom
- American ExpressSales/Account Manager, Global Merchant Services & Global Corporate Payments2008 — 2010London Area, United Kingdom
- IBMBusiness Operations Analyst - UK Software Group2006 — 2007London Area, United Kingdom
Education
- Imperial College LondonMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Executive MBA
- University of SurreyBSc (Hons), Business Management
Skills & more
B2B26Credit Cards11Relationship Management19Account Management5Business Development53New Business Development9Strategic Partnerships32Customer Acquisition5Business Strategy12Financial Services12Sales Management6Payments21
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AnalyticsMergers & AcquisitionsSalesSellingBusiness Relationship ManagementBusiness-to-Business (B2B)ManagementSalesforce.comFrom Folley's professional profile.
Colleagues at Earlybird Venture Capital
Akash Bajwa
Principal at Earlybird Venture Capital
Andre Retterath
General Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital
Ben Wilkening
Vision Lab Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital
Benedetta Montani
Fund Management at Earlybird Venture Capital
Christian Nagel
Investor at Earlybird Venture Capital
Dan Lupu
Investor at Earlybird Venture Capital
David Kozisek
IT Officer at Earlybird Venture Capital
Denis Jesske
Accountant at Earlybird Venture Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Folley Ogundele?
- Folley Ogundele is the GTM Leader for EMEA at OpenAI and works as a venture partner, advisor, board member, and angel investor focused on AI, fintech, and SaaS companies. He previously served as Chief Revenue Officer at finmid, Global VP of Sales at Wise, and built the enterprise and financial services go-to-market business at Stripe during its growth from 400 to 8,000 employees. Earlier in his career, he worked at IBM and spent eight years at American Express in its Global Commercial Services division.
- Where does Folley Ogundele work?
- Folley Ogundele is Venture Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital.
- Where did Folley Ogundele go to school?
- Folley Ogundele studied at Imperial College London (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Executive MBA); University of Surrey (BSc (Hons), Business Management).
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Shared employers
Also worked at OpenAI128
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAIIlya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic
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Also worked at finmid3
Also worked at Wise23
Jan HammerInvestor at Index VenturesToby CoppelCo-founder and Partner at Mosaic VenturesJules MaltzInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Gbenga AjayiPartner, Head of Africa and Middle East at QED InvestorsRoseanneCo-founder at Renegade PartnersClare GilmartinAdvisor at Active Partners
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Also worked at Stripe174
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalPatrick CollisonCo-founder & CEO of StripeJohn CollisonCo-founder & President of StripeGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAI
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