Nigerian appointed into Donald Trump's Economic Advisory Team
According to Business Insider, Ogunlesi is the only black man on the team which consists of multi-billionaires.
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Business Insider reports that the team consists of multi-billionaires, including Ogunlesi, who is the only black man in the Advisory Committee.
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.
Ogulesi’s father was the first Professor of Medicine in Nigeria.
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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
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Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Larry Fink, chairman and CEO, BlackRock
Bob Iger, chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company
Rich Lesser, president and CEO, Boston Consulting Group
Doug McMillon, president and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Jim McNerney, former chairman, president, and CEO of Boeing
Adebayo Ogunlesi, chairman and managing partner, Global Infrastructure Partners
Ginni Rometty, chairwoman, president, and CEO of IBM
Kevin Warsh, Shepard Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow in economics at the Hoover Institute, former member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Mark Weinberger, global chairman and CEO, EY
Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO, General Electric
Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize winner, vice chairman of IHS Markit
According to the report, the group will advise Trump on how to institute policies to encourage job growth and improve productivity.
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