Andrea Jung: Follow Your Compass, Not Your Clock: A Business Trailblazer’s Keys to a Passionate Career
In the ninth episode of Genius Loves Company, Laura Esposito, Rockefeller’s Head of Enterprise Client Coverage Group, sits down with Andrea Jung, the President and CEO of Grameen America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping low-income entrepreneurial women build businesses to enable financial mobility, and a member of the board of Rockefeller Capital Management.
A trailblazer in business, Andrea was the first woman elected to CEO of Avon and was one of the first women to hold an executive position at a Fortune 500 company. Throughout her career, Andrea has been a stalwart champion of women’s empowerment and lauded globally for her philanthropic contributions to female-focused causes. She also serves on the boards of Apple, Unilever and Wayfair.
In a wide-ranging conversation, Andrea shares the journey to her meteoric rise to leadership, how she revolutionized a 100-year-old brand, and her dedication to empowering women economically.
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