Anne M. Mulcahy
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Xerox Corporation
Anne M. Mulcahy is chairman of the board and CEO of Xerox Corporation. Mulcahy began her Xerox career as a field sales representative in 1976 and assumed increasingly responsible sales and senior management positions. From 1992-1995, she was vice president for human resources. She then served as vice president and staff officer for customer operations, covering South America and Central America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Mulcahy became chief staff officer in 1997 and corporate senior vice president in 1998. She most recently was President and COO of Xerox from May 2000 through July 2001. Prior to that, she was president of Xerox's general markets operations, which created and sold products for reseller, dealer and retail channels.
In addition to the Xerox board, Mulcahy is a board director of Catalyst, Citigroup Inc., Target Corporation, the Washington Post Company, and is the chairman of the corporate governance task force of the Business Roundtable.
In 2008, Mulcahy was named the CEO of the Year by Chief Executive magazine. Forbes magazine named her the 13th most powerful woman in the world, and Fortune magazine has consistently ranked Mulcahy in the top three of the most powerful women in business.
Born in Rockville Centre, Long Island, Mulcahy holds a bachelor's in English/journalism from Marymount College. She is second generation Irish American, and traces her roots to counties Cavan and Mayo. Mulcahy is married and has two sons.
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