1. Ken Ofori-Atta is co-founder of Databank Group, a Ghanaian financial services company, and was executive chairman until 2012 when he resigned.
22 Facts About Ken Ofori-Atta
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Ken Ofori-Atta was nominated by President Nana Akufo-Addo, his paternal cousin, on 10 January 2017 and assumed office on 27 January 2017 as finance minister.
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Ken Ofori-Atta was born on 7 November 1958 in Kibi, a town in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
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Ken Ofori-Atta is the son of the economist and politician Jones Ofori Atta.
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Ken Ofori-Atta got a temporary job as a mathematics teacher at Accra Academy in the period after his A-level at Achimota.
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Ken Ofori-Atta graduated from Columbia in 1984 and worked at Morgan Stanley in New York.
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Ken Ofori-Atta studied for and received an MBA from the Yale University School of Management in 1988 and went to work for the investment bank, Salomon Brothers.
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Ken Ofori-Atta has business interests in Insurance, Retail Banking, Private Equity, Microfinance, Pharmaceuticals, and Real Estate.
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In 1996, Ken Ofori-Atta was the first African to testify at the US Congress Ways and Means Committee to support the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
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Ken Ofori-Atta was a director of numerous companies and a member of some other boards.
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Ken Ofori-Atta was a director for Enterprise Group Ltd and Trust Bank Ltd of The Gambia of which he is the chairman.
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Ken Ofori-Atta was a director at the International Bank and is a board member of the Acumen Fund.
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Ken Ofori-Atta was President Nana Akufo-Addo's nominee to assess the health of the economy during the transition period after the 2016 elections.
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On 10 January 2023, Ken Ofori-Atta was appointed caretaker minister of the Ministry of Trade and Industry following the resignation of Alan John Kyerematen.
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In early February 2025, Ken Ofori-Atta was added to the Special Prosecutor's wanted list over financial misconduct charges.
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Ken Ofori-Atta is a Henry Crown fellow of the Aspen Institute.
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Ken Ofori-Atta is a Donaldson Fellow at Yale University in 2010 and a recipient of the John Jay Award from Columbia University in 2011.
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Ken Ofori-Atta is a co-founder of the Aspen Africa Leadership Initiative.
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Ken Ofori-Atta was honored by PricewaterhouseCoppers Ghana twice as one of the Top 5 Most Respected CEOs in Ghana.
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Ken Ofori-Atta was named one of Africa's most politically connected bankers by The Africa Report in 2021.
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Ken Ofori-Atta is married to Professor Angela Lamensdorf Ofori-Atta, an associate professor in Clinical Psychology at the University of Ghana Medical School and former deputy minister for Manpower Development and Employment from 2003 to 2005 under the Kufour administration.
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Ken Ofori-Atta has four children with his wife and adopted son Ofori Atta Kwaku who is an alumuni of KNUST Culture and Tourism 2023.