Welcome to My World

Efesa Origbo

October, 2012

Outline

My Roots

My Defining Experiences

My Interests

My Expectations from MIT Sloan

My Plans to Contribute

My Favorite Books

My Heroes

Something Random About Me

My Roots

Nigeria

We love Soccer!

We love to celebrate!

My Defining Experiences

Growing up in a family made up of my father,

his 3 wives and 11 children

+ Developed tolerance and appreciation for diversity of viewpoints.

+ Also developed an independent mindset.

Partnering with 3 classmates to found a digital media training

institute

+ First entrepreneurial activity.

+ Deepened my belief in my ability to positively impact the life of others.

+ Start of my desire for a technology focused career.

Coming to the United States to study for a

degree in Management Information Systems

+ Stoked my desire for a technology focused career.

+ Start of my desire to develop a personal perspective on global issues.

Experience

What I learned

My Interests

Swimming

Table Tennis

World History

My Expectations from MIT Sloan

Personal Transformation

Collaboration Opportunities

An exciting ride!

Acquire broad functional skills.

Prepare for product development

responsibilities in digital media

distribution and monetization.

Join like-minded students in

investigating innovative distribution

and monetization models for digital

content.

My Plans to Contribute

Facilitate organization of MBA Media and Entertainment Conference (MEC).

Use personal toastmasters experience to assist Sloanies seeking to improve their

speaking, listening, and rapport building skills .

Lead organization of tech treks and facilitate organization of MIT Sloan Hi-Tech Conference

Increase brand equity of MIT Sloan in Nigeria by reaching out and recruiting aspiring MBAs

My Favorite Books

My Heroes

Jack Welch [Former Chairman and CEO, General Electric]

Pragmatism: Provides practical perspectives on issues like

budgeting, performance evaluations and work-life balance.

Character: Places adherence to corporate values above

job performance.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala [Two-term Finance Minister of Nigeria]

Empathy: Cared enough about Nigeria’s development to

leave her international appointment with the World Bank,

and take up the Finance Minister position.

Integrity: Quit her position when it required her to go

against her values.

…my heroes contd.

Warren Buffett [Investor and Philantrophist]

Frugality: Shining example of the ability to live simply in

the presence of extreme wealth.

Pragmatism: A fount of practical business insights.

Mikhail Gorbachev [Former Soviet Statesman]

Courage: Put an end to The Cold War, even when doing

so posed significant danger to his political interests, and his

own life.

Something Random about Me

Favorite food… Next best thing…

Pounded Yam and Egusi Soup Chicken Linguine Alfredo

Thank You, See you soon!!