CELEB OF THE WEEK -STELLA OKOLI
Dr. Stella Okoli, is one of the Nigeria’s most successful and respected business women. Below are the facts according to SOLIDNEWSNG.COM findings:
1_ The delectable and ever resplendently dressed, Stella Okoli, is the founder/ CEO of Emzor Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited.
2_ Born 78 years ago in Kano, Northern Nigeria.
3_ Her full name is Stella Chinyelu Okoli.
4_Okoli, has been in business since 1984 when she incorporated Emzor has no doubt done very well as a woman.
5_ She’s from Nnewi, in Anambra State.
6_ The daughter of Felix and Margaret Modebelu.
7_ She had her first taste of education at All Saints Primary School in Onitsha, from there, she proceeded to Ogidi Girls Secondary School, also in Anambra.
8_ Thereafter, she journeyed abroad for her tertiary education. Her B.Pharm (Hons) degree was from the Bradford University of London, in 1969 and her Msc Biopharmaceutics, University of London, Chelsea College, in 1979.
9_ A proud mother of three, Mrs. Stella Chinyelu Okoli, before going solo, had worked in Middlesex Hospital as a ward/ clinical pharmacist, Massey Hospital, Lagos and finally, Pharma Deko Plc.
10_ A product of LBS, Nigeria and IESE, Barcelona, where the quest for additional knowledge and education also took her.
11_ Then Emzor, was known as ‘Emzor Chemists Limited’ in 1977, in Somolu.
12_ She founded Chike Okoli Foundation, (COF) in 2016, in memory of beloved son Chike.
13_ She served as a Non- Executive Director of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc from April 22, 2010 to July 24, 2014.
14_ She’s dark complexion and on the fat side.
15_ In 2012, she was honoured at the 17th Thisday Annual Award.
16_ Okoli attends parties once in a while.
17_ People don’t believe she’s very, very shy.
18_ Okoli is a philanthropist and an entrepreneur.
19_ She’s also a recipient of the ECOWAS International Gold Award, as well as the 2016 institute of Directors Lifetime Achievement Awards.
20_ Emzor has since become one of the leading Pharmaceuticals companies in Nigeria with over 50 products since its incorporation in 1984.
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