Julie Sweet

Julie Sweet is an American business executive. She is chief executive officer of Accenture, a multinational professional services company. She is also a member of the Global Management Committee for Accenture. According to The New York Times, she is "one of the most powerful women in corporate America."[3] She was named to Fortune's "Most Powerful Women" list from 2016 through 2019.[2][4]

Julie Sweet
Born1966/1967 (age 53–54)[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
OccupationCEO of Accenture
Board member of
  • Business Roundtable
  • Catalyst
  • TechNet Executive Council
  • Canada-United States Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders
[2]

Early life and education

Sweet grew up in Tustin, California.[3] 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.[11]

Accenture named Sweet its CEO effective September 2019, the first woman to hold that position.[12][13] She replaced interim CEO David Rowland.[13] 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.[14]

Sweet has advocated for diversity, inclusion,[6] and workplace gender parity.[13] 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.[15] Sweet was named a top CEO for diversity by the website Comparably in 2019.[16] Sweet has called for addressing the skills gap in the U.S. and supported the national apprenticeship movement.[17] She participated in The New York Times's New Rules Summit.[3]

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.[13]

The New York Times called Sweet "one of the most powerful women in corporate America" in 2019.[3] Fortune listed her as one of the "Most Powerful Women" in 2016, 2017, 2018,[9] and 2019; in 2019, she ranked No. 9.[4]

Personal life

Sweet is married to Chad Sweet, who was Ted Cruz's campaign chairman for Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign. She has two daughters.[9][18]

References
  1. "Form 10-K". Securities and Exchange Commission. October 29, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  2. "Julie Sweet". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. Gelles, David. "Julie Sweet of Accenture Could See Her Future. So She Quit Her Job". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. McCoy, Daniel; Lambert, Ryan (September 24, 2019). "Microsoft, Boeing execs land on Fortune list of most powerful women". Biz Women. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  5. Maake, Katishi. "Accenture taps Arlington-based Julie Sweet as global chief executive". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. 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.
  7. "Accenture Taps Ex-Cravath Partner As New CEO". Law360. July 11, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  8. 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.
  9. Horswill, Ian (July 12, 2019). "Julie Sweet named first female CEO of Accenture". CEO Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  10. "Accenture names Julie Sweet chief executive officer". Consulting.us. July 15, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  11. Prang, Allison. "Accenture Picks Julie Sweet as Chief Executive". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  12. "Accenture names Julie Sweet as CEO". Reuters. July 11, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  13. Aliaj, Ortenca. "Accenture promotes North America boss to global CEO". Financial Times. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  14. Hinchliffe, Emma (July 22, 2019). "Women Lead Only 2.8% of Fortune Global 500 Companies". Fortune. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  15. Dantes, Damanick (January 8, 2019). "Accenture CEO: Diversity and Inclusion Start From Within". Fortune. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  16. 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.
  17. Murray, Alan (July 11, 2019). "Accenture Names a New CEO: Julie Sweet". Fortune. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  18. "Julie Sweet". Working Mother. November 11, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
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