Mellody Hobson, the voice of diversity on Wall Street
Mellody Hobson is co-CEO of Ariel Investments, one of the largest fund managers owned by Black people, with $14.5 billion in assets. She graduated from Princeton in 1991 and joined the firm, where she rose through the ranks until being named co-CEO in 2019. She has served on the boards of DreamWorks Animation, Estée Lauder and JPMorgan, and in 2021 she was named chair of Starbucks, becoming the first African American woman to hold that role at an S&P 500 company.
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- Hobson is co-CEO of Ariel Investments, a manager with $14.5 billion in assets
- She joined the firm after graduating from Princeton in 1991 and was named co-CEO in 2019
- In 2021 she became the first African American woman to chair an S&P 500 company, Starbucks
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