The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has
been named one of the 50 greatest leaders in the
world by globally-acclaimed Fortune Magazine.
Occupying the 33rd spot on the list, the minister
was recognised alongside the Liberian President,
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; Catholic Pontiac, Pope
Francis; Chinese President Xi Jinping; Indian Prime
Minister, Narendra Modi; Bill and Melinda Gates as
well as Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerburg and
Apple Chief Executive Officer, Tom Cook.
In the latest edition of the magazine, the minister
was described as “a fearless promoter of sound
economic policies”, and was also singled out for
working hard to usher in a decade in which
Nigeria’s GDP trippled.
Fortune Magazine’s annual list celebrates men and
women who are transforming lives in all spheres,
including government, business and philanthropy.
In compiling the 2015 list, the magazine explained
that it gathered advice from more than 24 of the
world’s best minds. The leaders were judged by
their actions within their professional domain,
industries or governance.
“To make this roster, it was not enough to be
brilliant, admirable or even supremely powerful.
We set out to find singular leaders with vision who
moved others to act as well, and who brought their
followers with them on a shared quest.
“We looked for effectiveness and commitment
and for the courage to pioneer,” the magazine
said.
Okonjo-Iweala graduated from Harvard in 1976
and holds a Ph.D in Development Economics from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) –
1981.
As two-time Finance Minister of Nigeria, she has
helped to lay a solid foundation for the Nigerian
economy, which is currently the biggest in Africa at
$510 billion.

She try. I never liked her, but I do now. Not because of the write up pls