Melie Ilogu

Melie Ilogu is a Nigerian-American entrepreneur, technology executive, digital marketing guru and author.
Born in Lagos, Nigeria to a management consultant father and a corporate attorney lawyer, he attended the Prestigious Kings college Lagos from 1995-1998 and Corona Secondary School from 1999-2001.
He was named the social prefect in his senior year due to his outgoing and gregarious personality.
He gained admission to Valley City State University (VCSU) in 2002 and studied business administration with concentrations in marketing, management and finance. He graduated VCSU in May of 2006 and gained employment with wells fargo bank as a private client services banker helping high net-worth individuals who maintained a minimum of $5 million dollars in their bank accounts invest in real estate and venture funds.
He moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2008 and quickly launched the Oasis Spa and Wellness Center located at 600 Washington Avenue N in the high brow north loop district. During his time as founder of Oasis, he began to implement the technical methodologies he learned in college to create a strong digital presence and lead generation machinery for oasis. This led to Oasis being recognized as the top spa in downtown minneapolis in 2013 and the spa began to receive interest from potential buyers and investors. By 2014, Oasis Spa was sold for an undisclosed amount.

He simultaneously launched Marx Marketing and Technologies with his college roommate, Garret Wolfe. Marx specializes in custom software application development, website development in the informational,education technology and financial technology space and digital marketing and is located in the West end district of Minneapolis.