“Be the kind of person you want to spend time with.” ~ Bisila Bokoko, Founder and CEO of BBES Summary: Bisila Bokoko is a phenomenal businesswoman internationally acclaimed for successfully taking companies from local to global. For 7 years, she held the position of Executive Director of the Spain-US Chamber of commerce in New York. She then launched BBES, her…
“The goal is to bring an authentic African hero into American pop culture. Having this kind of positive African image in mainstream culture is long overdue.” ~ Bolaji Denise Ajayi Williams, Best-Selling Author Summary: Bolaji Denise Ajayi Williams is a Wife, Mother, Author, Animal Rights Advocate, and the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of WorkingMomin20s.com (WM 1920s Magazine). WM is described as a place…
“You need to go through hell before you realize how good you had it, or how good you could have it. I’m grateful for all the mistakes made. I’m a better person because of everything I’ve been through.” ~ Bonang Matheba, TV Personality and Radio DJ Summary: Bonang Matheba is a self-made TV personality and Radio DJ, better known for co-hosting…
“Because at 13, I learned what it meant to walk into a room and not care when everybody turned around and looked at you. And here I am.” ~ Bozoma Saint John, Chief Brand Officer of Uber Summary: Bozoma Saint John, also known as Boz, is the Chief Brand Officer at Uber Technologies, Inc. since June 2017. Ms. John is…
“It’s not every time you get to do something where you get to meet the beneficiaries of the work you do. It’s the most rewarding feeling to point at the work you do and the impact it’s having at the level of the individual.” ~ Bunmi Banjo, Head of Brand & Digital Skills at Google Summary: Bunmi Banjo is a…
“We need to start work with the idea that we’re going to learn every day. I learn, even at my position, every single day.” ~ Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO of ICICI Bank Limited Summary: Chanda Kochhar is the MD and CEO of ICICI Bank Limited. Reported as the highest salaried banker of India, Chanda’s story will teach how to nurture…
“This is what God destined for me to do.” ~ Chief Temitope Ajayi, Chairman/CEO Silicon Valley -Nigeria Economic Develpoment Inc. (SV-NED Inc.) & Honorable Chair of GC4W Summary: Chief Amina Temitope Labinjo-Ajayi is an Ambassador of Goodwill for the State of Arkansas and Maryland USA. A distinguish delegate at the past 2014 National Conference in Nigeria representing the National Council of Women Societies in Nigeria. Chief Temitope Ajayi is…
“What inspires me most are people who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and around the world.” ~ Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of Clinton Foundation Summary: Although Chelsea Clinton spent her youth as a public figure as the daughter of President Bill Clinton and future senator and secretary of state Hillary…
“If you have a vision, no matter how difficult things are, everything just becomes a process.” ~ Cher Wang, Cofounder & Chairperson of HTC Corporation Summary: Cher Wang, cofounder and chairperson of HTC, has an impact that is felt in the hands and pockets of most Americans, as one out of every six smartphones in the United States are sold by her…
“If you have a vision, no matter how difficult things are, everything just becomes a process.” ~ Chetna Sinha, Founder & Chair of Mann Deshi Mahila Bank Summary: Chetna Sinha is a social activist striving for the welfare and development of rural India. She gave up her comfortable life in the city and moved to untapped rural area to understand the problem…
