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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business (ranked #7 in 2022)
★Forbes World's 100 Most Powerful Women (ranked 48th in 2020)
★Financial Times 25 Most Influential Women (2021)
★TIME Magazine 100 Most Influential People (2021)
★Forbes 50 Over 50 inaugural list (2021)
★Michigan Women's Hall of Fame inductee (2021)
★USA Today Women of the Year (2022)
★Spelman College Legacy of Leadership Award (2017)
★Working Mother Most Powerful Working Moms (2013)
Notable Facts
→Former CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance (2021-2023), stepping down after stock declined 47%
→First woman to become CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance
→First Black woman CEO of Sam's Club and first to lead a Walmart division
→Only Black woman leading a Fortune 500 company during her WBA tenure
→Former COO and Group President at Starbucks (2017-2021)
→Board member of major companies including Amazon (2019-2021), Lockheed Martin
→Chair Emerita of Spelman College Board of Trustees
→Currently serves as interim president of Spelman College
→Chemistry degree from Spelman College, started career as research technician at Kimberly-Clark
→Active keynote speaker represented by multiple speaking bureaus
→Known advocate for diversity and inclusion in corporate America
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