Liberian Civil War Escapee-Turned-US Entrepreneur Named to Advisory Council of Federal Reserve Bank

Adenah Bayoh immigrated to the U.S. when she was just 13, escaping a civil war in her native land, Liberia. She put herself through college by working three jobs, one of which was as a teller for a bank, where she rose up the ranks, became an executive and saved enough money to begin her foray into real estate—first by becoming a landlord for small, residential properties and then multifamily homes. After leveraging that initiative into a full-blown real estate portfolio, Bayoh told NJ Biz that she began to grow fond of her time working in her grandmother’s restaurant in Liberia, and soon became an IHOP franchisee. Her location in Irvington, N.J., is one of the fastest-growing locations in the Northeast and the second-largest employer in Irvington.