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Angela Ahrendts
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Angela Ahrendts
American-British businesswoman (born 1960)
Dame Angela jean Ahrendts, DBE (born 7 June 1960)[2] is an American-British businesswoman who was previously the senior vice president of retail at Apple Inc. She was the CEO of Burberry from 2006 to 2014.[3] She left Burberry to join Apple in 2014.[4] She was ranked 25th in Forbes' 2015 list of the most powerful women in the world,[5] 9th most powerful woman in the U.K. in the BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour 100 Power List,[6] and 29th in Fortune's 2014 list of the world's most powerful women in business.[7] She was also a member of the UK's Prime Minister's business advisory council until it was disbanded in 2016.[8][9]
Early life
[edit]Ahrendts was born and raised in New Palestine, Indiana, the third of six children.[1] Her father, Richard Ahrendts, was a businessman, and her mother, Jean, was a homemaker.[10]
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Profile: Angela Ahrendts
The digital offering for Burberry has been another significant legacy, meaning that the Apple job, according to Neev Capital's Mr Sharma, is "a good fit".
Ms Ahrendts emphasised this in several interviews with the BBC, focusing on the number of minutes that browsers lingered on the Burberry website, while pushing the concept of Burberry as an interactive company.
She oversaw the live streaming of its fashion shows online and put iPads in its shops so that customers could peruse the collections.
As Mr Sharma says: "She genuinely used technology well - in terms of Burberry's presence online, but also in terms of Burberry's systems in house.
"She knows how to do technology in retail and Apple is a technology company that wants to do better at retail."
In a statement following the announcement, Apple's chief executive Tim Cook said: "She shares our values and our focus on innovation, and she places the