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...Renowned for her work as Nigeria’s finance minister from 2003 to 2006, Okonjo-Iweala took the World Bank position last October, just in time to see the global financial system collapse amid the credit crisis. She is now so busy that her children say they sometimes have trouble getting in touch with her. At one point, she owned seven different cell phones...
...Busier than ever, Okonjo-Iweala is no stranger to hard work...
...Uzodinma C. Iweala ’04, recalls that when he was born in 1982, his mother—then a staffer at the bank—was unable to stay on maternity leave for long and that she ultimately returned to her job within a few days, far sooner than anybody expected...
...Since she graduated from Harvard, Okonjo-Iweala has distinguished herself in both national and international economics...
...Okonjo-Iweala was asked to be the first female finance minister of Nigeria. She strove to reduce corruption and decrease the country’s immense debt, while reordering the nation’s finances despite resistance to her economic reforms...