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View from the Top: Andrea Jung: Additional Reading

 

Andrea Jung went from being a lackluster student to attending the Ivy League's Princeton University, and went on to become the CEO of Avon Products. Institutional Investor wrote of Jung, "How many other chief executives embody their companies the way Andrea Jung does? Sleek, stylishly turned out, with signature pearl choker and mane of sable hair, she is confident and assertive, the perfect image for her newly invigorated Avon Products. Jung is the first female CEO at a cosmetics company who wasn't also its founder." Jung took the failing company out of the depths of marketing oblivion into a world of young, hip makeup products. More

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Additional reading material has been selected by Jackson Library Staff. Due to contractual arrangements, remote access is only available to the current Stanford community and the subscribers of the "Library Databases" offered through the GSB Alumni's Lifelong Learning Program. Other access is limited to onsite at Jackson Library. Inclusion below does not imply University endorsement of ideas expressed.

Women: The Answer. Newsweek, 9/12/09
Over her decade-long run as CEO of Avon, Andrea Jung has not only turned the once ailing company around by tripling profits, but also employed an unmatched force of women worldwide.
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Voice of Experience: Andrea Jung, Chairman and CEO, Avon Products Inc. Glasshammer, 4/13/09
Andrea Jung's keynote dialogue with Ilene Lang, President of Catalyst at the recent Catalyst Awards Conference.
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Selling Beauty on a Global Scale. New York Times, 10/31/08
THE cosmetic company Avon Products traces its roots to the horse and buggy days of the late 19th century, when sales representatives sold perfume door-to-door, often to women who lived far from big department stores.
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Andrea Jung, corporate executive. US News & World Report, 11/12/07
Andrea Jung learned the hard way that it isn't easy being CEO of the world's largest organization. Running a network of 5.5 million people, most of whom are independent sales representatives, the head of Avon Products says, "I feel enormously responsible not to let down the people. The CEO's job is lonely and getting ever more difficult. When you take it to heart, it becomes your life, not just a job."
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Avon's Andrea Jung: "You Will Stand on Our Shoulders". Knowledge@Wharton, 1/14/05
Jung shares anecdotes from her career, describes her strategy for expanding the reach of Avon Products, and offeres advice on how to become a great leader who ensures the future success of women at the top of corporate America.
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