Obama's man on global development

From Edvige Jean-Francois, CNN

December 14, 2010 -- Updated 1437 GMT (2237 HKT)

Washington (CNN) -- Daniel Yohannes left his native country of Ethiopia for the United States in 1970 with just $150 in his pocket. video

Four decades later, he's worked his way up from low-level clerk to successful bank executive to the head of a multi-billion dollar U.S. aid program.

For a year now, Yohannes has headed the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. government agency that gives grants to select countries to aid in their development.

Born in Addis Ababa, the self-made businessman who came to the United States in search of a better life says his background helps inform his work at the MCC. Read more on CNN..