Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Jocqui is a young actor and technology enthusiast from the United States.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Jocqui was born and raised in California.
- His parents are Janet and Joel, and he has five siblings, brothers Jojo, Jussie, and Jake, and sisters Jazz and Jurnee. Jocqui is the youngest.
Early Life and Education :
- Jocqui attended Calabasas High School in California where he earned his high school Diploma.
- While at high school, he was involved within a society called ‘Advancement to Cultural Understanding.’
- He went on to further his education at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz), where he completed a dual Bachelor’s degree in ‘Global Economics and Mathematics.’
- While at university, he was involved within several societies, including The African/Black Student Alliance, The National Society of Black Engineers, The Black Men’s Alliance, The University of Economics Association and CALPIRG.
- He received a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship in 2014.
- He did an oversees studies program where he was able to complete a semester at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.
- Jocqui was also the Co-Chair of the African/Black Student Alliance.
Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :
- Jocqui interned at a company called Plantronics as a Global Service Operations member in 2014, where he supported the Senior Manager of Global Service Operations in improving and globalizing service processes.
- In 2015 who moved to Palo Alto, California, where he became a Sales Operation Specialist for Survey Monkey, an online survey development cloud-based software company. He earned a promotion within the same company where he became one of Survey Monkey’s Data Analysts.
- In 2017, Smollett climbed his way through the ranks again, becoming the Senior Data Analyst where some of his duties included creating the sales strategy lead for more than 60 sales representatives and presenting insights to the CEO, President, and Head of Sales.
- Jocqui is currently the Sales and Analytics Manager for a conglomerate called Snowflake Computing, a technological cloud-based start-up. Some of his main duties include pricing, forecasting, and scaling the sales analytics team.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Jocqui’s career actually started when he became a child actor. In 1994 Jocqui and all of his siblings were cast in a show called ‘On Our Own,’ which revolved around the brothers and sisters looking out for each other after their parents passed away. The show itself only ran for one season till ABC canceled it in 1995.
- In 2013, Jocqui interned as a Business Consultant for a firm called ‘Gold Millennium Group Consulting’ in Beijing, China.
- He also worked for the NYLA International Film Festival as an Assistant Financial Officer for a few months.
- Jocqui’s brother Jussie Smollett is a singer and actor and has starred in movies and series such as ‘The Mighty Ducks,’ ‘The Mindy Project’ and ‘Alien Covenant.’