Mo Abudu Only Black Woman On Hollywood Reporter’s 25 Most Powerful Women In Global TV

Nigeria’s Mo Abudu, the Founder and Chief Executive of EbonyLife TV, was the only black woman listed on Hollywood Reporter‘s 25 most powerful women in Global TV. According to Hollywood Reporter “Nigerian entrepreneur Mo Abudu is revolutionizing pay TV in Africa.”

In the report, in which the self taught TV presenter and entrepreneur was listed among other women such as Shine chairman ElisabethMurdoch, FremantleMedia boss Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Endemol COO Martha Brass and many others.

Over the years, Mo has been likened to American talk show host and media mogul, Oprah Winfrey. Thus, many see her as the Oprah Winfrey of Africa.

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See Hollywood Reporter’s profile of Mo Abudu below Below is the full list. And as you can see, Mo Abudu is the only black woman on it. She is also the only African woman as well. And they are the 25 women at the top of TV and entertainment, setting trends in their own terms.

1. Mosunmola Abudu: Chairwoman and Chief Executive, EbonyLife TV, Nigeria
2. Rola Bauer: Founder and Co-Head, Tandem Communications, Germany
3. Marina Berlusconi: Chairwoman, Fininvest, Italy
4. Piv Bernth: Head of Drama at Danish Public Broadcaster DR, Denmark
5. Martha Brass: COO, Endemol, The Netherlands
6. Nomin Chinbat: CEO, HD TV Network, Mongolia
7. Adriana Cisneros: CEO and Vice Chairman, The Cisneros Group, Venezuela
8. Begumhan Dogan Faralyali: Chairwoman, Dogan Holding, Turkey
9. Elisabeth Durand: Director General, TF1, France
10. Natalia Egorova: Head of Acquisitions, Channel One, Russia
11. Cecile Frot-Coutaz: CEO, FremantleMedia, U.K
12. Bibiane Godfroid: Director of Programming, M6, France
13. Angelica Guerra: Television Senior VP and Managing Director, Production, Sony Pictures
14. Noura Al Kaabi: CEO, twofour54, Abu Dhabi
15. Yang Lan: Co-owner, Sun Television Cybernetworks, China
16. Beverley McGarvey: Chief Programming Officer, Network Ten, Australia
17. Charlotte Moore: Controller, BBC One, U.K.
18. Elisabeth Murdoch: Chairman, Shine Group, Australia
19. Denise O’Donoghue: Managing Director, ITV Studios, U.K.
20. Sneha Rajani: Executive VP and Business Head, Sony Entertainment Television, India
21. Anke Schaeferkordt: Co-CEO, RTL Group, Germany
22. Keren Shahar: Head of Distribution and Acquisitions, Keshet International, Israel
23. Yumi Shimizu: Senior Manager, International Sales, TV Asahi, Japan
24. Natalya Sindeyeva: Owner and General Director of TV Channel Dozhd, Russia
25. Sophie Turner Laing: Managing Director, Content, BSkyB, U.K.

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