AKINWOLE GARRETT BIOGRAPHY

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Akinwole Garrett (Aki) is an accomplished senior strategy and business development executive with over
fifteen years of data driven corporate development, business development, strategy and management
experience at the intersection of technology, media and telecommunications.

Aki is currently VP, Head of Business Development at REVOLT Media & TV and Founder/GM of the
REVOLT Podcast Network, Aki leads all strategy, new business development and mergers and
acquisitions for the largest black owned media company in the United States.

Previously, Aki was the Head of Global Strategic Alliances for the Telecommunications vertical at Lenovo,
one of the world’s leading original equipment manufacturers. Prior to Lenovo, Aki was the Founder and
Managing Director of Accelerate Consulting, a boutique digital media and technology consulting firm that
offered a variety of advisory services for strategic growth to companies between series A and series C
funding rounds. Prior to Accelerate, Aki spent three years as Senior Vice President of Business
Development and Publisher Partnerships at SHE Media (formerly SheKnows Media), where he was a
member of the senior management team that took SheKnows through an exit, when it was acquired by
Penske Media in March 2018. Aki has held business development management positions at both CBS
Local and ABC News, where he was instrumental in creating new strategies and products for both
companies including, most notably, ABC News’ video distribution platform and CBS Local’s podcast
network – Radio.com (formerly Play.it), which birthed legendary podcasts such as Rap Radar and Drink
Champs. Prior to working in the media industry, Aki was a technology, media and telecommunications
investment banker at Barclays Investment Bank.

Aki holds an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a BSBA in Finance &
Accounting from The Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. He is a proud
member of the Robert Toigo Foundation, where he was recognized as Top 40 Under 40 in 2015. He sits
on the Fuqua Minority Alumni Advisory Board at Duke University, the Board of Trustees of The Shipley
School and is a founding General Partner of Sankofa Family Ventures, a family office committed to
investing in Black and Brown VC fund managers. In addition, he is a member of the Investment
Committee of Resilient Ventures, a Durham, North Carolina based venture capital fund. Aki also serves
on the advisory board of two black-owned startups.