Pearlena igbokwe biography of michael

Nigerian journalist

Pearlena Igbokwe is the chairman of Universal Studio Group,^[1] a division of NBCUniversal.

She is responsible for all aspects of creative affairs and production for four studios: Universal Television, Universal Content Productions (UCP), Universal International Studios and Universal Television Alternative Studio.

She is the first woman of African descent to head a major U.S.

television studio, as she comes from the Igbo tribe of Nigeria.^[2]

Early life and education

Igbokwe was born in Lagos, Nigeria in the 1960s. She lived with her family in a village which was affected by bomber planes while they depended on airlifted food during the Nigerian Civil War.

She moved to the United States at the age of six.^[3] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and an MBA from Columbia University.^[4]

Career

From June 2016 to September 2020, Igbokwe was president of Universal Te