Where did Yoeal Haile go to school?

Yoeal Haile studied at The Wharton School (MBA, Dual Major: Finance and Multi-National Management); Stanford University (Financial Engineering); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (BS, Industrial and Management Engineering).

Yoeal Haile

Investor

Investor at Madica

Nairobi County, Kenya

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About

Co-founder of fintech business Sava and previously founder of BNPL company Aspira. He was Chief Strategy Officer at the African Leadership University and an equity derivatives trader at Merrill Lynch.

Experience

AcclimateSenior Advisorcurrent2026 — presentNairobi County, Kenya
HavenPayFoundercurrent2025 — presentNairobi County, Kenya
SeedhackEarly-Stage Venture Building (Stealth)current2025 — presentNairobi County, Kenya
MadicaMentorcurrent2024 — presentCity of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
The African Leadership UniversityBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentKigali City, Rwanda
Sava AfricaCo-Founder2021 — 2024Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Aspira KenyaFounder & Managing Director2017 — 2020Nairobi, Kenya
African Leadership GroupChief Strategy Officer2014 — 2017City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
ExxonMobilCorporate Strategy2013Dallas, Texas
Merrill LynchEquity Derivatives Associate2008 — 2012Hong Kong
General ElectricDesign Engineer2007
Xerox CorporationSix Sigma/Product Development2006

Skills & more

SQL5Management21Strategic Planning3Analytical Skills1Strategy1Leadership1Data Analysis29Operations Research6Systems Engineering4Financial Engineering5Six Sigma6Series 79

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Project ManagementProcess ImprovementFinanceFinancial ModelingBusiness DevelopmentDue DiligenceBusiness StrategyExecutive Management

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Colleagues at Madica

Akinyi Wavinya

Investor at Madica

Ameya

Venture Partner, Flourish Ventures at Madica

Arjuna Costa

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Flourish Ventures

Investment Partner at Flourish Ventures

Emmanuel Adegboye

Head of Madica at Madica

Francis Vesta

Investment Associate at Madica

Frequently asked questions

Who is Yoeal Haile?: Co-founder of fintech business Sava and previously founder of BNPL company Aspira. He was Chief Strategy Officer at the African Leadership University and an equity derivatives trader at Merrill Lynch.
Where does Yoeal Haile work?: Yoeal Haile is at Madica.
Where did Yoeal Haile go to school?: Yoeal Haile studied at The Wharton School (MBA, Dual Major: Finance and Multi-National Management); Stanford University (Financial Engineering); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (BS, Industrial and Management Engineering).

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Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders Fund Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto Czar Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla Ventures Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute152

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Shared employers

Also worked at Merrill Lynch759

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Also worked at General Electric339

Alex ConstantinopleChief Marketing Officer at Greycroft Saket SrivastavaInvestor at Foundation Capital Matthew StoneCOO at FJ Labs Leo FonsecaSr. Principal at Graphene Ventures Al GhousInvestor at Notable Capital Raghu MadabushiInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst Fund

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Also worked at Xerox Corporation62

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