Mo Abudu is one of the world's most powerful women and a 2022 honoree on the Forbes 50 Over 50: EMEA list. Abudu sat down with Forbes to talk about how she's diversifying the face of storytelling in Hollywood, and how a new partnership with Idris Elba will help her achieve her mission.
list. She earned spots on both lists due to the media production company she founded, EbonyLife Media, and its success in producing stories for about people on the African continent.
Abudu wasn’t always an entrepreneur: She had worked her way up the corporate ladder in the oil and gas sector until she eventually had a job heading up human resources for ExxonMobil. But one day, when Abudu was in her mid-40s, she says she woke up and realized she was ready to do more than work a 9-to-5.
“It’s about being at the right place at the right time and being able to tell the right story at the right time, when the world is ready to listen,” she says.
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