Matt Lieberman is a Chief Marketing Officer at PwC, the second-largest professional services network in the world. A member of the Big Four, PwC is a juggernaut in the consulting world, employing 328,000 people spread across 157 countries…
Widely regarded as one of the most important business leaders in China, Daniel Zhang has his fingerprints all over the e-commerce giant Alibaba. A founding member of Alibaba Partnership – a structure adopted in 2010 to help steer Alibaba’s strategic direction – Zhang has since risen to become the company’s Chairman, CEO, and Director…
The new CEO for Adidas is no stranger to the sneaker world – or competition. Bjørn Gulden, who recently took over the top position at the German sportswear giant Adidas, has spent most of his adult life connected to the world of athletic footwear…
Bob Sternfels is the thirteenth global managing partner to lead McKinsey & Company since its founding in 1926. With nearly three decades worth of experience with the consulting powerhouse, Sternfels is also a member of the McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility advisory council…
Few people have influenced the world of sports entertainment and professional wrestling more than Vince McMahon. A third generation wrestling promoter, McMahon grew up in a trailer park in North Carolina. His father left when McMahon was still a baby; and they remained estranged until the son was 12.
A high school dropout, British entrepreneur Richard Branson is one of the most flamboyant and successful business moguls of his time. He was born on July 18, 1950, in Surrey, England, and was raised in a family of modest means. At the age of 16, he started his inaugural business venture with an underground magazine called Student…
Katharina Poehlmann is the Vice President and Head of Strategy at A.P. Moller—Maersk. Also known simply as Maersk, the shipping giant employs roughly 93,000 employees across operations in 130 countries. Maersk provides ocean and inland freight transportation in addition to associated services, such as supply chain management and port operation…
Claudine Adamo is the Executive Vice President and COO of Merchandising at Costco, the American multinational corporation that operates a chain of membership-only big-box retail stores. After opening its first retail outlet in 1983, Costco has grown into the fifth-largest retailer in the world…
Seattle-based coffee chain Starbucks has a new leader and his name is Laxman Narasimhan. Raised in Pune, India, Narasimhan has spent the past few decades building his career while traveling around the globe. After completing a mechanical engineering degree in India, he moved to the U.S. in the early 1990s to study at the University of Pennsylvania…
Throughout her distinguished career, Lauren Bright has exemplified how one can use a legal education to positively impact society. Most recently, Bright was named the Chief Legal Officer for The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is the world’s second largest charitable foundation. An in-house talent, Bright has been a part of the organization since 2005…
