Meet The Woman Who Owns Emzor, Multi-Million Naira Pharmaceutical Company

• Emzor Pharmaceutical is one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Nigeria
• The company has over 50 products
• Stella Chinyelu Okoli incorporated it in 1984.

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The founder and C.E.O of Emzor pharmaceutical is Stella Chinyelu Okoli. She founded Emzor in 1977 before she incorporated it in 1984.

Stella who was born in Kano State is from Anambra state, but she got married to an Imo man, Barrister Nnaemeka Okoli who is now late.

She studied Pharmacy from Bradford University, and also holds an M.Sc in Biopharmaceutical from University of London.

After she acquired her first and second degree, she worked briefly in UK before heading back to Nigeria, where she opened a small pharmacy shop called Emzor in Lagos. Fast forward today, Emzor worth millions of Naira.

Stella has received so many awards due to her achievements in the health sector. In 2012, President Goodluck Jonathan bestowed her with the Member of the Order f the Niger award.