Julie Sweet

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Julie Sweet
Born
Julie Spellman[1]

1966/1967 (age 54–55)[2]
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
TitleCEO of Accenture
Board member of
[3]
Spouse(s)Chad Creighton Sweet
Children2

Julie Terese Sweet (née Spellman)[4] 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."[5] She was named to Fortune's "Most Powerful Women" list from 2016 through 2019.[3][6]

Early life and education[]

Sweet grew up in Tustin, California,[5] and was a speech and debate star at Tustin High School.[1] She holds a bachelor's degree from Claremont McKenna College and a J.D. degree from Columbia Law School.[7]

Career[]

Prior to Sweet's work at Accenture, she was an attorney at law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore.[8][9] She worked at the firm for 17 years and was partner for 10.[10][11] Sweet was the ninth woman ever to make partner at the firm.[8] She worked on financing, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate counsel.[12]

Accenture recruited Sweet as general counsel in 2010.[8] In 2015, she became CEO of Accenture's North America business, the company's largest market.[8] 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.[13]

Accenture named Sweet its CEO effective September 2019, the first woman to hold that position.[14][15] She replaced interim CEO David Rowland.[15] At the time of her appointment, she was one of 27 women leading companies in the S&P 500[8] and the 15th female CEO of all Fortune Global 500 companies.[16][17]

Sweet has advocated for diversity, inclusion,[8] and workplace gender parity.[15] 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.[18] Sweet was named a top CEO for diversity by the website Comparably in 2019.[19] Sweet has called for addressing the skills gap in the U.S. and supported the national apprenticeship movement.[20] She participated in The New York Times's New Rules Summit.[5]

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.[15]

The New York Times called Sweet "one of the most powerful women in corporate America" in 2019.[5] Fortune listed her as one of the "Most Powerful Women" in 2016, 2017, 2018,[11] and 2019; in 2019, she ranked No. 9.[6]

Personal life[]

Sweet is married to Chad Creighton Sweet,[4] who was Republican Ted Cruz's campaign chairman for Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign. She has two daughters.[11][21]

References[]

  1. ^ a b The David Rubinstein Show, “Julie Sweet, Accenture Chair & CEO”, S6:E28, 6 October 2021, Bloomberg TV, after 11 minutes 30 seconds.
  2. ^ "Form 10-K". Securities and Exchange Commission. 2019-10-29. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  3. ^ a b "Julie Sweet". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  4. ^ a b Jaffee, Michelle Koidin (2004-10-10). "Julie Spellman and Chad Sweet". Weddings/Celebrations: Vows. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  5. ^ a b c d Gelles, David (2019-01-02). "Julie Sweet of Accenture Could See Her Future. So She Quit Her Job". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  6. ^ a b McCoy, Daniel; Lambert, Ryan (2019-09-24). "Microsoft, Boeing execs land on Fortune list of most powerful women". Biz Women. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  7. ^ Maake, Katishi. "Accenture taps Arlington-based Julie Sweet as global chief executive". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Gelles, David (2019-07-11). "Julie Sweet to Run Accenture, Adding a Woman to the Ranks of Corporate C.E.O.s". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  9. ^ "Accenture Taps Ex-Cravath Partner As New CEO". Law360. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  10. ^ Abadi, Mark (2019-01-04). "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 2019-10-08.
  11. ^ a b c Horswill, Ian (2019-07-12). "Julie Sweet named first female CEO of Accenture". CEO Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  12. ^ "Accenture names Julie Sweet chief executive officer". Consulting.us. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  13. ^ Prang, Allison. "Accenture Picks Julie Sweet as Chief Executive". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  14. ^ "Accenture names Julie Sweet as CEO". Reuters. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  15. ^ a b c d Aliaj, Ortenca. "Accenture promotes North America boss to global CEO". Financial Times. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  16. ^ Hinchliffe, Emma (2019-07-22). "Women Lead Only 2.8% of Fortune Global 500 Companies". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  17. ^ "Transcript: The Path Forward: Digital Acceleration with Accenture CEO Julie Sweet". Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
  18. ^ Dantes, Damanick (2019-01-08). "Accenture CEO: Diversity and Inclusion Start From Within". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  19. ^ Brown, Dalvin (2019-06-25). "Who are the best CEOs for minority workers? Heads of Intuit, T-Mobile, Google rank high". USA Today. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  20. ^ Murray, Alan (2019-07-11). "Accenture Names a New CEO: Julie Sweet". Fortune. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  21. ^ "Julie Sweet". Working Mother. 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2019-10-08.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""