Olaolu Ogunyemi

Most people are waiting for the right moment to become a leader. I’m here to tell you the moment is already here, and it starts at home.I didn’t plan to become a Marine Officer, an award-winning author, or a leadership speaker. I grew up the fifth of six children in Ruston, Louisiana, in a loving, imperfect home. As a young man, I had every opportunity to become a statistic. Instead, I had the right voices pouring into me at the right time — parents, mentors, coaches, and a community that believed in what I could become.That experience is the engine behind everything I do.I commissioned as a