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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★TIME 100 Most Influential People (2015)
★Woodrow Wilson Award from Princeton (2019) - university's highest honor
★Wall Street Journal '50 Women to Watch' (2004)
★Ebony magazine '20 Leaders of the Future' (1992)
★World Economic Forum 'Global Leaders of Tomorrow' (2001)
★Order of Lincoln - Illinois State's highest honor (2018)
★Lincoln Academy of Illinois Laureate (2018)
★Forbes' '100 Most Powerful Women' #94 (2020)
Notable Facts
→Co-CEO of $14.9 billion Ariel Investments since 2019
→First Black woman to chair an S&P 500 company (Starbucks)
→Board director at JPMorgan Chase
→Married to filmmaker George Lucas
→Owns 39.5% stake in Ariel Investments
→Part of investment group that purchased Denver Broncos (2022)
→Popular TED Talk 'Color Blind or Color Brave?' with millions of views
→Regular financial commentator on major networks
→Chair of Economic Club of Chicago (first African-American woman)
→Significant philanthropic activities including $25M donation to After School Matters
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