Julie Sweet
Julie Sweet | |
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| Born | 1966 or 1967 (age 56–57)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
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| Occupation | CEO of Accenture |
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Julie Sweet is an American business executive. She has been the CEO of multinational professional services company Accenture since September 2019.[3] Previously, she was CEO of Accenture North America. According to The New York Times, she is "one of the most powerful women in corporate America."[4] She was named to Fortune's "Most Powerful Women" list in 2016, 2017 and 2018.[2]
Early life and education
Sweet grew up in Tustin, California.[4] She holds a bachelor's degree from Claremont McKenna College.[5]
Career
Prior to Sweet's work at Accenture, she was an attorney at law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore.[6][7] She worked at the firm for 17 years and was partner for 10.[8][9] Sweet was the ninth woman ever to make partner at the firm.[6] She worked on financing, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate counsel.[10]
Accenture recruited Sweet as general counsel in 2010.[6] In 2015, she became CEO of Accenture's North America business, the company's largest market.[6] Since early in her career at Accenture, she served on the company's global management committee. Alongside then-CEO Pierre Nanterme, Sweet developed Accenture's mergers and acquisitions strategy.[3]
Accenture named Sweet its CEO effective September 2019, the first woman to hold that position.[11][12] She replaced interim CEO David Rowland.[12] At the time of her appointment, she was one of 27 women leading companies in the S&P 500[6] and the 15th female CEO of all Fortune Global 500 companies.[13]
Sweet has advocated for diversity, inclusion,[6] and workplace gender parity.[12] Sweet supports Accenture's goal to have a staff equally represented by men and women by 2025; as of 2019, 42 percent of Accenture's staff was female.[14] Sweet was named a top CEO for diversity by the website Comparably in 2019.[15] Sweet has called for addressing the skills gap in the U.S. and supported the national apprenticeship movement.[16] She participated in The New York Times's New Rules Summit.[4]
In addition to her work at Accenture, Sweet served on the boards for Catalyst, a non-profit, and TechNet Executive Council, a network that promotes growth, as of 2019.[12]
The New York Times called Sweet "one of the most powerful women in corporate America" in 2019.[4] Fortune listed her as one of the "Most Powerful Women" in 2016, 2017, 2018,[9] and 2019; in 2019, she ranked No. 9.[17]
References
- ^ "Form 10-K". Securities and Exchange Commission. October 29, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ a b "Julie Sweet". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ a b Prang, Allison. "Accenture Picks Julie Sweet as Chief Executive". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d Gelles, David. "Julie Sweet of Accenture Could See Her Future. So She Quit Her Job". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Maake, Katishi. "Accenture taps Arlington-based Julie Sweet as global chief executive". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Gelles, David. "Julie Sweet to Run Accenture, Adding a Woman to the Ranks of Corporate C.E.O.s". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Accenture Taps Ex-Cravath Partner As New CEO". Law360. July 11, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ Abadi, Mark (January 4, 2019). "The CEO of a consulting firm says if 'you can see your future' at work, you may not be in the right career". Business Insider. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ a b Horswill, Ian (July 12, 2019). "Julie Sweet named first female CEO of Accenture". CEO Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ "Accenture names Julie Sweet chief executive officer". Consulting.us. July 15, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ "Accenture names Julie Sweet as CEO". Reuters. July 11, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Aliaj, Ortenca. "Accenture promotes North America boss to global CEO". Financial Times. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Hinchliffe, Emma (July 22, 2019). "Women Lead Only 2.8% of Fortune Global 500 Companies". Fortune. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ Dantes, Damanick (January 8, 2019). "Accenture CEO: Diversity and Inclusion Start From Within". Fortune. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ Brown, Dalvin (June 25, 2019). "Who are the best CEOs for minority workers? Heads of Intuit, T-Mobile, Google rank high". USA Today. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ Murray, Alan (July 11, 2019). "Accenture Names a New CEO: Julie Sweet". Fortune. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ McCoy, Daniel; Lambert, Ryan (September 24, 2019). "Microsoft, Boeing execs land on Fortune list of most powerful women". Biz Women. Retrieved November 18, 2019.