Ayo Animashaun is a Nigerian entertainment entrepreneur and television executive. He owns

HipTV HipTV is a Nigerian basic cable television channel owned by Ayo Animashaun. The channel is the sole channel with broadcasting rights to The Headies. Headquartered in Ikeja, Lagos State, HipTV's features are centred primarily on entertainment ran ...

Early life

Animashaun was born in Lagos,

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

. He studied Business Administration at Kwara State Polytechnic.Amagiya, Florence
"Ayo Animashaun"
''Vanguard'', 8 November 2015. Accessed 10 December 2015.

Career

He is

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

of Smooth Promotions, an entertainment firm that organizes

The Headies The Headies (originally called the Hip Hop World Awards) are honors established in 2006 by ''Hip Hop World Magazine'' to recognize outstanding achievements in the Nigerian music industry. The annual ceremony features performances by established a ...

award and publishes the weekly ''

Hip Hop World Magazine ''Hip Hop World Magazine'' is a weekly Nigerian music magazine established in 1995. It has sponsored The Headies award since the award's inception in 2006. The magazine's publisher is Nigerian journalist and music promoter Ayo Animashaun. Refere ...

''. On 5 November 2013 he led his firm to the launch of

Multichoice MultiChoice is a South Africa, South African company that operates DStv, a major satellite television service in Sub-Saharan Africa. The company also operates GOtv Africa, GOtv, a minor satellite TV service operating in 9 countries, and Showmax, ...

DSTV. In October 2013, ''The Net'' magazine listed him as one of the most influential people in the Nigerian entertainment industry.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Animashaun, Ayo Living people Nigerian entertainment industry businesspeople Yoruba businesspeople 21st-century Nigerian businesspeople 1970 births People from Kwara State