Jake Millar Biography – Jake Millar Wiki
Jake Millar born Jake Christopher Clifford Millar was a New Zealand entrepreneur and businessman who founded companies Oompher and Unfiltered. His business career began early during his teenage years when he was attending Christchurch Boys’ High School, where he was Head Boy in 2013. There he founded his first company, Oompher, a career advice platform. While still a teenager, he would sell Oompher to the New Zealand Government, with the platform being taken up by Careers New Zealand.
His next venture was Unfiltered which he founded in 2015, a platform that provides inspirational interviews and advice from high-profile individuals. Despite the promise of the idea with nearly $5 million raised and a $12+ million valuation at its peak, the business failed and he sold Unfiltered in early 2021 to Crimson Education for $120,000 in cash and shares.
Following the sale of his business, pressure from investors and New Zealand media led Millar to leave the country for Kenya in early 2021.
Jake Millar Age
He was born on August 8, 1995, and died on Sunday, November 28, 2021. He was 26 years.
Jake Millar Parents
His father passed on in the Fox Glacier FU-24 crash which killed nine people in 2010.
Jake Millar Nationality
He was a New Zealand national.
Jake Millar Death
On November 28, 2021, Millar died by apparent suicide in Karen, Nairobi, Kenya aged 26. His death adds to the tragedies in his family, like the death of his father in the Fox Glacier FU-24 crash which killed nine people in 2010.
His death was confirmed by Nairobi County Police Commander, Augustine Nthumbi. “We were informed of a body of the young man at his house and we are now pursuing the matter. We were told it was suicide but investigators are on it,” he said. “The body was found hanging on a rope at his balcony. He was alone then in his cottage,” said an official aware of the probe.
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade noted it was providing consular assistance to his family. It was not immediately clear what led him to commit suicide on November 28, 2021.
“The ministry is aware of the tragic death of Jake Millar and is providing consular assistance to his family,” read a statement.
Jake Millar Cause of Death
Millar died by apparent suicide in Karen, Nairobi, Kenya aged 26.
