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.
Zuriel Oduwole
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.
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