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Photo by: Tom Stockill Apple is betting on Angela is responsible for 400 retail
Ahrendts' proven talents. stores as well as online retail
Angela The former Burberry CEO is efforts.
credited with transforming Prior to Burberry she was
AHRENDTS, D.B.E. Burberry into a digitally-savvy, executive vice president at
international powerhouse, Liz Claiborne Inc., and earlier
BURBERRY’S FORMER CEO AND NOW tripling revenues. As CEO, she in her career she served as
was one of just three female president of Donna Karan
APPLE’S SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT chief executives on the blue- International.
chip FTSE 100 list.
IS ONE THE WORLD’S TOP
PROFILED EXECUTIVES This past spring she took on As an American, she
the challenge of SVP of Retail cannot be an official Dame,
and Online Stores at Apple. nevertheless, she was granted
The position was created for the title Honorary Dame of
her. She is the first woman the British Empire (D.B.E.)
on Apple’s executive team for her services to British
under CEO Tim Cook and business in 2014.
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