Ms.Andrea Jung
(born 1959 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Chinese-American business executive. In 2001, she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal.
Jung is a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University and is fluent in Mandarin. Jung was named one of Forbes 100 Most powerful women in 2004. In 2009, Forbes ranked her the 25th most powerful woman. Her ex-husband, Michael Gould, is the CEO of Bloomingdale's, the company where she had her first job
Jung is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Avon Products, Inc., promoted to the position in November 1999. Prior to this, she was president and chief operating officer over all business units of Avon worldwide. She has been on the company's board of directors since 1998.
Jung first came to Avon in 1994 as the company's president in its product marketing group. She became president of global marketing in 1996 and executive vice president/president of global marketing and new business in 1997. Her responsibilities at that time centered primarily around market research, joint ventures and strategic planning.
Previously, she was executive vice president of Neiman Marcus, where she handled issues regarding accessories, intimate women's apparel, cosmetics and children's wear. Before that, she was senior vice president, general merchandising manager, for I Magnin.
Jung has been on the board of directors of General Electric since 1998.
She joined Apple's board of directors on 7 January 2008.
While CEO of Avon Products in 2009, Jung received a total compensation of $6,997,015, which included a base salary of $1,375,000, a cash bonus of $3,043,906, options granted of $2,395,162, as well as $182,947 in other compensation.
Ms. Angela Ahrendts
Angela grew up in New Palestine, Indiana. She attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, where she graduated in 1981 with a Bachelors Degree in Marketing and Merchandising. The day after graduating she moved to New York City.
Angela Ahrendts joined Burberry in January 2006, and took up the position of CEO on July 1, 2006.
In 2008 Angela, alongside Burberry Creative Director Christopher Bailey, set up The Burberry Foundation, committed to dedicating global resources to help young people realise their dreams and achieve their goals and potential through their power and creativity. The Burberry Foundation invests in select charities focused on supporting young people in the key cities in regions where the majority of Burberry employees live and work, and where they are able to participate in volunteer roles with Burberry charity partners on the ground.
Prior to her appointment at Burberry, Angela was Executive Vice President at Liz Claiborne Inc., one of the leading apparel companies in the United States. During her tenure, she was responsible for womenswear and menswear brands with combined annual sales of approximately 40% of total company revenues. She also led a number of new product and category launches and was responsible for a series of international growth and innovative supply chain initiatives for a number of key brands. Angela joined the executive team of Liz Claiborne Inc. in 1998, which diversified the corporation from 10 to 41 brands.
Before joining Liz Claiborne Inc. Angela was Executive Vice President of Henri Bendel and spent six years, from 1989 to 1996 as President of Donna Karan International where she was responsible for Donna Karan Collection, Donna Karan Signature, Donna Karan International and Donna Karan Licensing.
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