Awards & Recognition
★TIME100 Most Influential People 2021
★Fortune's World's 50 Greatest Leaders (2014, 2021)
★Ebony magazine's 50 Living Pioneers in African-American Community (1995)
★Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame (2002)
★Old North Foundation Lantern Award for public service (2010)
★Bowdoin Prize - highest honor from Bowdoin College (2022)
Notable Facts
→Former CEO of American Express (2001-2018), third Black CEO of Fortune 500 company
→Chairman and Managing Director at General Catalyst venture capital firm since 2018
→Board member of Berkshire Hathaway (since 2020), Airbnb, and Harvard Corporation
→Co-founder of OneTen coalition to hire 1 million Black Americans over 10 years
→Previously served on boards of Facebook, IBM, Procter & Gamble
→Harvard Law School JD, Bowdoin College BA in History
→Led American Express through 9/11 recovery and 2008 financial crisis