The Most Famous
BUSINESSPEOPLE from Somalia
This page contains a list of the greatest Somali Businesspeople. The pantheon dataset contains 601 Businesspeople, 1 of which were born in Somalia. This makes Somalia the birth place of the 69th most number of Businesspeople behind Iran and Colombia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Somali Businesspeople of all time. This list of famous Somali Businesspeople is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Leyla Hussein (1980 - )
With an HPI of 26.52, Leyla Hussein is the most famous Somali Businessperson. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Leyla Hussein (Somali: Leyla Xuseen) is a Somali-born British psychotherapist and social activist. She is the founder of Dahlia project, one of the co-founders of the Daughters of Eve non-profit organization and a Chief Executive of Hawa's Haven. In 2020, Hussein was elected Rector of the University of St Andrews, making her the third woman and first woman of colour to hold this position. Her 3-year term in the position has been labelled as 'chronically absent' and 'disappointing'.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as businesspeople born between 1980 and 1980. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living businesspeople include Leyla Hussein. As of April 2022, 1 new businesspeople have been added to Pantheon including Leyla Hussein.
