Magatte Wade
Magatte Wade
Overview
Magatte has a very international background. She was born in Senegal, educated in France, and started her entrepreneurial career in the U.S. After recruiting finance professionals for Silicon Valley start-ups in the 1990s, she launched her first company, Adina World Beverages. Based on indigenous Senegalese beverage recipes, the company became one of the most widely distributed U.S. brands, with points of sales in Whole Foods Market, Wegmans and United Natural Foods. In 2009, after raising additional VC funding, Magatte left Adina to launch her second company, Tiossan. It offers skin care products based on ancient Senegalese recipes, sold online and at high-end boutiques. Magatte was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum at Davos and is a mentor for the MIT Legatum Center for Entrepreneurship and Development.
