Andrea Jung received the 2010 Clinton Global Citizen Award for her leadership of the Avon Foundation for Women and other public-private partnerships to end violence against women and to stem the breast cancer epidemic.
12 Facts About Andrea Jung
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Andrea Jung was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1958 and raised in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
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Andrea Jung's father is a Hong Kong-born retired architect, formerly a partner at TRO Andrea Jung Brannen, who taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Andrea Jung was executive vice president of Neiman Marcus, responsible for all of women's apparel, accessories, and cosmetics.
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Andrea Jung joined Avon Products, Inc in 1994 as the company's president in its product marketing group.
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Andrea Jung then became president and chief operating officer, with responsibility for all business units of Avon worldwide.
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Andrea Jung has been on the company's board of directors since 1998.
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In November 1999, Andrea Jung was promoted to chairman of the board and chief executive officer.
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In December 2011, Avon announced that it had initiated a search for a new chief executive with Andrea Jung helping to choose her replacement and continuing as chairman of the board for the next two years.
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Andrea Jung was named one of Forbes magazine's 100 Most powerful women in 2004.
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In 2014, Andrea Jung became president and chief executive officer of a non-profit organization, Grameen America.
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Andrea Jung has two children, an adopted son James "Jamie" Gould with her ex-husband Gould, and a daughter Lauren Christensen from her first marriage.