Tewolde Gebremariam

Aviation. Tewolde, who rose through Ethiopian Airlines from a junior post, was chief executive from 2011 to 2022 and made Addis Ababa Africa's main connecting hub, so travellers between African cities no longer had to fly via Europe. Where other countries' carriers were weak, Ethiopian took stakes in partner airlines such as ASKY in Togo and Malawian Airlines. Ethiopian is state-owned, but its expansion was run on commercial lines.