Andrea Jung
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Andrea Jung (鍾彬嫻, pinyin: Zhōng Bīnxián) (born 1957 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a business executive. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. Her mother is a Shanghai-born chemical engineer-turned concert pianist. Jung's father is a Hong Kong-born partner at an architectural firm. He also taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Andrea Jung was raised in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Andrea Jung is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Avon Products, Inc., promoted to the position in November of 1999. Before her election to the position, she served as President and Chief Operating Officer over all business units of Avon worldwide. She has also held a position as a member of the company's Board of Directors since 1998.
During her tenure as Chairman of the Board and CEO, she has successfully helped define the Avon's company vision as "The Company for Women" and has been involved in a series of image-enhancing programs designed to help revitalize the corporation's reputation as the foremost direct seller of beauty products worldwide.
Jung first came to Avon in 1994 as the company's president in its Product Marketing Group. She was given a promotion to President, Global Marketing in 1996 and to Executive Vice President/President of Global Marketing and New Business in 1997. Her responsibilities at that time centered primarily around market research, joint ventures and strategic planning.
Previously, she served as Executive Vice President of Neiman Marcus, handling issues with accessories, intimate women's apparel, cosmetics and children's wear. Before that, she served as Senior Vice President, General Merchandising Manager for I Magnin.
Jung has served as a Board of Director for GE, Inc since 1998.
She joined Apple Inc.'s board of directors on 7 January, 2008. [1]
Jung is a magna cum laude graduate from Princeton and is fluent in Mandarin. Jung was named one of Forbes 100 Most powerful women in 2004. Her ex-husband, Michael Gould, is the CEO of Bloomingdale's, Inc. (the company where she had her first job).
[edit] References
- ^ Apple's Website From an Apple press release on 7 January, 2008 Accessed 2008-01-07
[edit] External links
- Avon Executive Team profile: Andrea Jung
- http://www.genewscenter.com/imagelibrary/default.asp?SubjectID=233
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