💰Samia Nkrumah Net worth: $1 Million
About
She rose to prominence as Chairwoman of the Convention People's Party and was the first woman to chair one of Ghana's major political parties.
Before Fame
She was a bank clerk with the Bank of India's London headquarters and then pursued a journalism career for a time with Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram.
Trivia
She was hailed as "the new Mandela" by The Huffington Post upon her historic 2008 election.
Family Life
Her father was Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah, and her mother, Fathia Rizk, was Egyptian.
Associated With
She met with former U.S. president Bill Clinton at the XII World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in 2012.