Who Is Angela Ahrendts?

Angela Ahrendts is the senior vice president of retail and online stores for Apple Inc and former chief executive officer of Burberry. She is awarded to be one of the world's most prestigious business women and in 2013 she was named the highest paid chief executive at a FTSE (Financial Times Stock Exchange) company. She was born on June 12, 1960 and grew up in a small town in New Palestine, Indiana. Growing up she always wanted to become a fashion designer, as she studied at Indiana’s Ball State University where she quickly realised that she was more interested in the business side of the industry and therefore completed a marketing and merchandising degree. As a leader she increased the financial results in Burberry. Ahrendts is a very positive
She believes that you need to set an example for your employee’s to follow, which makes you a role model for the values of an organisation. On October 14, 2013 it was confirmed that she would join Apple Inc as the senior vice president for retail and online stores. Ahrendts lives a balanced lifestyle with the success of having three children and a loving husband. She admits that it is not easy being a working mother, and sometimes she puts her family as a priority instead of her job. For example, as she said during an interview with The Sunday Times that she turned down invites to the Oscars because “It’s not more important than my husband. It’s not more important than my kids. It’s not more important than Burberry.” said Angela Ahrendts. I believe that this is one of the greatest traits to have as there are a lot of working
“A deliberate leader is someone that provides a sense of stability for the group by communicating clearly and ensuring that decisions are made carefully.” (Emma Wilhelm - What I’ve learned from Deliberate leaders). I believe that she wants to be seen as an expert, drawn to projects and roles that lack higher standards such as smaller projects. Also she raised $574,000 for charity after donating 50,000 dollars to the Ahrendts-Couch Foundation. This is a non profit charitable company, which Ahrendts donates to. She also sold just over 500,000 worth of shares to the charity set up by her husband and