Daquan J. Oliver is the founder and CEO of WeThrive, a national organization equipping underestimated youth to own their future. Using entrepreneurship as a practice field, youth explore passions, create a real business venture where they earn real revenues as they acquire the skills needed to become future-ready and succeed in tomorrow’s economy. WeThrive works within more than 7 major cities and has gained support from major corporations such as Microsoft, Fossil, WeWork, and others.

Growing up in a single-mother, low-income household, Daquan made a promise at age 14 to assist future children in a similar socioeconomic position to become successful and founded WeThrive at the age of 21. Prior to WeThrive, he founded Jossle, a youth marketing agency. Jossle worked with large brands like Zipcar, Uber, and KarmaLoop and amassed a student network of more than 100,000 students nationwide. 

At the age of 27, Daquan has been selected to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List, as an Echoing Green Fellow, featured in Black Enterprise, Nasdaq, Boston Business Journal, Pacific Standard, an Ashoka Emerging Innovator, delivered a TEDx Talk on actionable strategies to overcome structural violence, named One of Five Top Black Student Leaders to Watch in 2014 by the Clinton Foundation, and received recognition by Former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton for his work.