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Andrea Jung joins Apple board
Today, Andrea Jung joined Apple's Board of Directors. Jung is currently the chairman and CEO of Avon. She graduated from Princeton University, and also serves on the board of directors for the General Electric Company, and is on the board of trustees for New York Presbyterian Hospital. "Andrea is a strong CEO and marketer and we look forward to benefiting from her insights and experience as a member of Apple's board," said Steve Jobs, today.
Jung is the eighth member of Apple's board of directors. As you may recall, the last member to join the board was Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. Apple has recently come under fire about their perceived lack of diversity in the upper offices; this is a definite start to ending those comments. The current board of directors is made up of:
- Bill Campbell (Chairman and former CEO, Intuit Corp.)
- Millard Drexler (Chairman and CEO, J. Crew)
- Albert Gore Jr. (Former Vice President of the United States)
- Steve Jobs (CEO, Apple, Inc.)
- Andrea Jung (Chairman and CEO, Avon Products)
- Arthur D. Levinson, Ph. D. (Chairman and CEO, Genentech)
- Dr. Eric Schmidt (CEO, Google)
- Jerry York (Chairman, President and CEO Harwinton Capital)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
geochick said 9:08PM on 1-07-2008
A woman and a minority in the same package woo hooo!
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John said 9:32PM on 1-07-2008
Crazy...my mom went to high school with her. Maybe she should track her down...
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harrywolf said 12:21PM on 1-09-2008
...er, isnt that called 'stalking'? LOL!
harrywolf said 9:34PM on 1-07-2008
Apple, like Starbucks, are starting to make the mistakes so common to the idiot corporate culture.
An Avon lady on the board? WTF?
How about making the software operate faster and smoother? (iwork 08 - needs work, etc.)
How about hiring some young hacker types to make the iphone open and powerful?
Hire a bunch of people you are uncomfortable with because they are faster and younger than you.
Instead Apple seems concerned with their huge market cap. and being the big corporate game.
Just like Starbucks - they get big so fast and then they get lost as the corporate clones take over.
Starbucks lost their way when they didnt realise that all the local cafes were offering free wifi and better food.
They still dont know this is happening, because all they do is have meetings where everybody agrees with the corporate line.
Yes, Mr. Jobs, no Mr. Jobs....Steve Jobs is NOT God - he's just a guy and he will tumble and fall unless they hire some new young talent and let them go wild.
Old men become corporate clones.
Avon lady. Give me a frickin' break. BAD move.
Oh and I couldnt give a **** that its a woman and a minority. What the HELL has that to do with the running and innovation of Apple Inc?
So many people think that words like 'minority' and 'equality' have meaning. They dont.
They just make you feel like you DID something, when all that happened is you SAID something.
Thats OK. The human brain cant tell the difference between a meeting where everyone says that the new idea will sell billions and actually selling the billions.
Its called 'Like-minded people mass hypnosis'.
Quite common in the new world of words and zero action.
Avon calling.....
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Blair said 12:08AM on 1-08-2008
You know, I hate to get personal... but jeez, what a stupid frigging post. She isn't a damn Avon lady... she is the CEO and Chairwoman of the Avon corporation. Use your damned brain.
Simon Arch said 5:53PM on 1-08-2008
"Oh and I couldnt give a **** that its a woman and a minority."
It? IT? Try SHE.
loueck said 10:55PM on 2-13-2008
Dear harrywolf
To support Eric's invitation for you to do some research have a look at the article in Wired Magazine dated 9 Jan 08 (Cult of Mac: Apply plotting an Avon Power Play). It's interesting that Wired have such a contrasting view to you.
WIRED Magazine writing about AVON has RECOGNITION written all over it....first women to sit on Apple’s board in a decade; empowering millions of female entrepreneurs; expertise in mobile commerce; ‘Hello Tomorrow’ one of the first campaigns to be truly global; Jung an expert in corporate social responsibility; the first big cosmetics manufacturer to drop animal testing in 1989; m-commerce expertise prototyped in Poland and China; the first company to be issued a direct selling license in China in 2006, coupled with a successful retail operation launched in 1990 is a unique hybrid - a low-cost sales channel with a word-of-mouth marketing mechanism. All of this while committing to the strictest ethical guidelines and the quest of ridding the world of breast cancer. GOBSMACKING!
Andrea Jung leads 40,000 employees, 5.3million reps who have 300 million customers in 100 countries. She's supporting women who are changing the world.
What are you up to?
Best wishes
Louise
Yvo said 9:42PM on 1-07-2008
Am I the only one that finds it interesting that she sits on the board of directors for GE as well. Considering GE is the owner of NBC and the whole NBC - Apple cat fighting a few months ago.
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Jordan Biffle said 9:52PM on 1-07-2008
YAY, free water for Steve's keynotes
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JD said 10:07PM on 1-07-2008
Not Evian..... AVON! Geez...
ZeroCorpse said 10:33PM on 1-07-2008
YAY, free makeovers for Steve's keynotes
LC said 11:27PM on 1-07-2008
that's a man, baby!
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taeguenyoo said 1:27AM on 1-08-2008
don't complain. have you ever been CEO? do you have any idea how hard CEO's job is keeping? you have no idea. even you can't be one of them, too. they all are smart people. respect.
Morgan said 6:49AM on 1-08-2008
Hmmm, that list sounds like it's straight out of a Michael Crichton novel. He's about due for another corporate drama, right?
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Clair said 9:22AM on 1-08-2008
I hope she brings a good bit to the BoD.
However, I despise ideas such as this:
Apple has recently come under fire about their perceived lack of diversity in the upper offices; this is a definite start to ending those comments.
I want to know what perceived diversity has to do with running a company? I want people with the right skills for the job to be sitting in those BoD seats. I couldn't care less what their sex, race, sexual orientation, or their food preference as long as they are qualified and are the right person to do it. At first glance, she seems quite qualified to do the job. Go for it!
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Pauldy said 10:54AM on 1-08-2008
Boy I hope someone gets the balls to tell that poor woman she really needs a new head shot. That one makes her a look like a pre-op tranny experimenting with makeup.
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codykniffen said 4:26PM on 1-08-2008
Avon eh? Can't tell by the lipstick
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adrian said 7:28PM on 1-08-2008
Nothing against Andrea Jung, or the other CEO's, they know what their doing, if they didn't, they would not be where they are today. But why appoint people who have CEO positions elsewhere. Give some new blood a chance.
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Tony said 10:07AM on 1-09-2008
Adding Andrea Jung to the board of directors is a ploy to add a minority and a woman, something that people have complained about for years in regards to Apple. And let them complain, it's shallow to expect a company to add board members based on race and sex instead of their qualifications and skills. Jung is considered one of the most powerful women in the business world but her skills are useless to Apple. This addition makes no sense, it's almost as bad as when Al Gore joined the board. While they're making dumb additions, why don't they invite John Sculley back?
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harrywolf said 12:16PM on 1-09-2008
OK, Simon, I'll try 'she':
"the Apple Board appointment, she is a woman'.
Hows that? Sounds kinda Mexican. Hey, more minority fluff BS!
@ Blair:
CEO of Avon. Are you losing your mind? Avon is a FAILING door-to-door BS franchise co. that exploits the sad needs of low-income housewives who believe their value is all in their appearance.
This is a GOOD appointment?
Its a blow to REAL women who dont need this kind of knee-jerk response to insane criticism about 'minorities and women at Apple'.
Too many people here are getting power confused with skills - as Tony wisely said, 'lets get Sculley back'.
Good analogy.
"Hey arent old failed CEO's a kind of endangered species'?
Apple should have one on their Board.
Maybe they should have a board consisting of every section of flora and fauna on this planet that ever had a problem.
That would make some of you armchair revolutionaries happy, I guess - but I dont see what this has to do with making computers and devices.
I would characterise this silly news as putting lipstick on the pig.
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