乌尔苏拉•伯恩斯 所在公司:施乐(Xerox) 职务:首席执行官兼董事长 公司500强排名:449 伯恩斯于理工学院(现纽约理工学院,Polytechnic Institute of NYU)获得机械工程学士学位后又在哥伦比亚大学获得同一专业的硕士学位。毕业后,彭斯进入施乐公司实习并一直工作至今。 伯恩斯在施乐认识了她的丈夫罗伊德•比恩。他们育有一女,并共同抚育一子(其夫与前妻所生)。 伯恩斯不仅是财富500强公司里的唯一的美籍非洲裔女性首席执行官,也是唯一一位从女首席执行官中接任该职的女性。施乐前任女执行官是安妮•马尔卡希,2001年上任,于2009年7月将权杖交给伯恩斯。 |
Ursula M. Burns Company: Xerox Position: CEO and chair Global 500 Rank: 449 After studying mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic Institute (now the Polytechnic Institute of NYU) and receiving a master's in the same subject from Columbia, Burns began an internship at Xerox. She's been with the company ever since. She met her husband, Lloyd Bean, while working at the company. The two have a daughter together, as well as a son from Bean's previous marriage. Burns is not only the first African-American female CEO of a Fortune 500 company, she is also the first woman to succeed another female CEO. Anne Mulcahy, named Xerox's chief executive in 2001, passed the baton to Burns in July 2009. |