Ogunlesi
US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday appointed a Nigerian businessman, Bayo Ogunlesi, to be on his Economic Advisory team to “Make America Great again”.
Business Insider reports that Trump appointed multi billionaires, including the Nigerian, amongst others.
Ogunlesi is an Ondo State-born and an Oxford and Harvard graduate who is the CEO and Founder of multi billion dollar company Global Infrastructure Partners.
He is also the only black man in the Advisory Committee. His father was the first Professor of Medicine in Nigeria.
Other members of the forum include:
Stephen Schwarzman (forum chairman), chairman, CEO, and co-founder of Blackstone
Paul Atkins, CEO of Patomak Global Partners, former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mary Barra, chairwoman and CEO, General Motors Toby Cosgrove, CEO, Cleveland Clinic. Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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