After her successful First Lady’s Colloquy in the city of Lagos, Zuriel Oduwole, 11-year-old Nigerian-American child prodigy has been listed
among the the 100 most powerful individuals in the world.
New York & Singapore based Business Insider, a leader in Technology, Money, Entertainment and Market News recently released its annual list of
the Worlds Most Powerful 100 Individuals – one at every age from 0 to 100 years old and Zuriel,founder of Dream Up, Speak Up, Stand Up, Girl-
Child initiative, was named the most powerful 11-year-old person in the world today based on being the youngest person to be interviewed by
Forbes, Magazine.
Describing her, the business insider said,“Oduwole started the “Dream Up, Speak Up,Stand Up” program to inspire girls in Africa to achieve their dreams of an education, has interviewed a dozen presidents and prime ministers from all over Africa and was named in December as one of the most influential Africans by New Africa magazine.”
Others who made the list include, 1-year-old Margaret Hager-Bush, Grand Daughter of George Bush, 2-year-old Blue Ivy Carter,daughter of Beyonce and Jayz, 8-year-old Infanta Leonor in line to Spanish Monarchy, 15-year-old Malia Obama, First Daughter of the USA, 26-year-old soccer star Lionel Messi, 29-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder,31-year-old Kim Jung Un, North Korean Leader.
The 52-year-old bracket was taken by Barrack Obama, 58-year-old bracket by Bill Gates, at 60 Chinese President Xi Jinping, at 66 former Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, at 77 years old Pope Francis, at 83 Investor Extraordinaire Warren Buffet, the Queen of England listed as the most powerful 88 year old in the world and at 90 years old is President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe.
SOURCE:YLO
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