The billionaire blogger didn't start big, and she has a lot of stories to tell!
We'd be seeing Linda Ikeji's biography, date of birth, age, early life, family, parents, siblings, husband, children, education, blogs, businesses, net worth, cars, houses, social media handles, phone number, email, address and everything else you'd love to know about her.
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Linda Ikeji Profile
Before we continue, here's a quick run down on Linda Ikeji's biography and a few things you'd love to know about her.Full Name: Linda Ifeoma Ikeji
Date of birth: 19th September, 1980
Age: 38 years
Nationality: Nigeria
Education: University of Lagos
Siblings: Vera Ikeji Shilobod, Benita Ikeji, Laura Ikeji, Peks Ikeji, Edna Ikeji, Sandra Ikeji
Spouse: Jeremi Sholaye
Child(ren): Jayce
Occupation: Entrepreneur, blogger, writer
Blog: http://www.lindaikejisblog.com
Nominations: MTV Africa Music Award for Personality of the YearNet Worth: ₦3.5 billion
Linda Ikeji Biography, Early Life, Family, Education, Businesses
Born on the 19th of September, 1980, Linda Ikeji is a top Nigerian blogger and media personality. She was born and brought up in a Catholic family from Nkwerre, Imo State and is the second child of her family.Linda started writing at the age of 10 and finished her secondary education at the age of 17. She got admitted into the University of Lagos to study English Language at the age of 18 and in order to support her education and assist her family financially, she worked part-time as a model, waitress and a waitress.
She finished from the university in 2004 and started blogging as a hobby in 2006. The internet wasn't so common then and she always had to make her articles in a cybercafé.
Her blogging career took a better look in 2007 and she was using the sub-domain, lindaikeji.blogspot.com and later had to obtain www.lindaikejisblog.com which she is currently using.
On the 22nd of August, 2016, Linda announced the creation of her online TV network, the Linda Ikeji TV together with a few other brands. The network worked to produce their own TV programmes and at times, bought!
Linda Ikeji also launched an online radio broadcasting channel, and the station is operated from the Linda Ikeji Media Office. She opened a Music Platform, the LindaIkejiMusic on the 21st of November, 2016 but it became dormant barely three months after it was launched.
She moved on to create a social networking platform, the Linda Ikeji Social under the domain name, LindaIkejiSocial.com but it wasn't a grand success. The social media space is already dominated by the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and Nigerians didn't really buy the idea of having to chat on a platform bearing someone's name, like MarkZuckerberg.com... Lol!
She offered incentives to active users but it was like the people were just there for it, and it didn't last long.
Linda runs a non-profit project, 'I'd rather be self made; No thanks' and revealed she'd through the project support younger girls aged 16-25 who have great business ideas and would be willing to venture into entrepreneurship.
She gave out the sum of ₦10 million in the Phase I of the project.
Recognition
Linda Ikeji was among the Forbes Africa's 20 Most Prominent Women, and the second on the list was Chibundu Onuzo.In 2014, she was the biggest Google Search trend in Nigeria, and in 2015 moved to her Multi-million Naira Mansion. This feat was celebrated by so many Nigerians as it isn't something so common with the female gender.
Controversies
Ikeji's blog was shut down on the 8th of October, 2014 but restored two days later for undisclosed reasons. She has dealt with so many controversial posts including the #SaveMayowa Campaign and also about celebrities such as Funke Akindele, Wizkid, Richard Mofe Damijo, Tonto Dikeh and Djimon Honsou.In 2019, she had a series of online fights with fellow journalist, Kemi Omololu and you can see more details HERE.
She was also dragged on the social media for becoming a single mother, after severally preaching celibacy.
Personal Life
Linda Ikeji has her first son, Jayce from Nigerian billionaire, Sholaye Jeremi. She however says they aren't suitable partners and took to her blog to explain more details on why their relationship didn't work out as expected.Linda Ikeji Net Worth
Linda Ikeji is one of the biggest media entrepreneurs in Nigeria. Her blog is worth over $10 million and she has a good number of other businesses. She is estimated to be net worth ₦3.5 billion.Linda Ikeji Address
If you want to contact Linda Ikeji, you can always stop by at the Linda Ikeji Media office. It is located at Plot 29 Busola Durusimi Etti Dr, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State, Nigeria.Linda Ikeji Email
If you want to contact Linda Ikeji by mail, you can use any of these emails:• [email protected]
• [email protected]
Linda Ikeji's Phone Number
From Linda Ikeji's blog, we could get two of her phone numbers.If you want to contact her by phone, call:
• +2348163941957
• +2348118879335
Social Media Handles
You can connect with Linda Ikeji on:Twitter @LindaIkeji
Instagram @OfficialLindaIkeji
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