Justin Drennan (WantItAll)

Oct 22, 2014, 4:30 – 7:30 PM

Justin Drennan is the CEO and co-founder of WantItAll.co.za. WantItAll.co.za is an online shop based in Johannesburg, South Africa that sells over 14 million products.

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About this event

Justin Drennan is the CEO and co-founder of WantItAll.co.zaWantItAll.co.za is an online shop based in Johannesburg, South Africa that sells over 14 million products. WantItAll has over 25 employees and is ranked as the third largest webstore in South Africa in terms of sales and the second largest in terms of visitors as per Alexa Internet rankings, with 200 000 customers and over 150 000 products shipped from the US to South Africa. Justin is originally a programmer who moved away from IT into merchant banking. Being involved in the internet from the days of Archie/Gopher, and running a BBS, his true passion is IT and business. He has worked at BoE Merchant Bank, TransUnion ITC, RMB bank, as well as in the online casino industry. He has consulted with a variety of the largest e-commerce players in SA, and is widely regarded as one of the most knowledgeable individuals in e-commerce. Justin has been selected as one of the 200 young South Africans to take to lunch by the Mail &Guardian in 2009, has won the EO Entrepreneur of the year award in 2010, is a mentor at the Brandson School of entrepreneurship, and is involved in a variety of social responsibility initiatives. Justin has recently co-founded a cloud based warehousing and delivery business called ParcelNinja, geared towards ecommerce businesses. The business provides small to large online retailers with cutting edge plug-and-play integration into ParcelNinja's warehousing facilities and delivery networks. This first of it's kind solution provides real-time reporting, stock visibility through the entire fulfilment journey, allowing ecommerce business owners to focus on selling products, while ParcelNinja ensures customers receive their orders.   Justin enjoys Pina Coladas. And getting caught in the rain."  

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Speaker

  • Justin Drennan

    WantItAll

When

When

Wednesday, October 22, 2014
4:30 PM – 7:30 PM UTC

Agenda

Networking and Food
Fireside Chat
Networking

Organizers

  • Samuel Ngobeni

    Fottis Finance

    Chapter Director

  • Brian Mlambo

    Akha Ventures

    Ecosystem Builder

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