Monday, April 9, 2012

Tamara Mellon puts the boot in to buyouts

Mellon spent a decade working for private equity, turning Jimmy Choo, the footwear company she founded in 1996, into a global lifestyle brand worth £500m when it was sold last year to Labelux, the private German luxury goods group. Read the FT post.

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .