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Pearlena Igbokwe is Now Universal Studio Group’s New Chairman!🙌🏾

Pearlena Igbokwe is Now Universal Studio Group’s New Chairman!🙌🏾

Pearlena Igbokwe

Pearlena Igbokwe being announced as the new Chairman of Universal Studio Group is the Monday Motivation you need, no?

This Nigerian-born media executive was recently announced into her new role by NBCUniversal. Pearlena will be taking over from now Vice Chairman, Bonnie Hammer. According to a statement by Universal Studio Group, she will lead the company’s growing global television studio businesses and report directly to Jeff Shell, CEO, NBCUniversal.

And this makes Peralena the first woman of African descent to head a mainstream American television studio.

If you’re unfamiliar with the Universal Studio Group, well, they’re one of the largest media & entertainment companies in the world and focus on the development, production & marketing of entertainment, news & information for a global audience. So yes, this news is a pretty big deal!

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Pearlena Igbokwe has been serving in the media industry for a long while now, as the former President of Universal Television; Executive Vice President, Drama & Programming for NBC Entertainment; and currently as the Vice President of the Hollywood Radion & TV Society (HRTS) board and a member of the Television Academy Executive Committee.

As a wife and mother to 2, she has joined our list of top stories that prove moms can and should have it all!

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