Marjorie Scardino became the first female Chief Executive of a FTSE 100 company when she was appointed CEO of Pearson in 1997.
11 Facts About Marjorie Scardino
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Marjorie Scardino is a non-executive director of Nokia and former CEO of the Economist Group.
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Marjorie Scardino was born in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1947, and grew up in Texarkana, Texas.
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Marjorie Scardino began law school at George Washington University but dropped out to become a journalist at Associated Press in Charleston, West Virginia, and later obtained her JD degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law.
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Marjorie Scardino is the board chair of the MacArthur Foundation and a board member of the Carter Center.
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Marjorie Scardino is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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Marjorie Scardino is married to Albert Marjorie Scardino, whom she worked with during her time at The Georgia Gazette and later a media reporter for The New York Times.
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Marjorie Scardino has three children, Adelaide, Will and Hal.
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Marjorie Scardino received an Honorary Doctorate from Brunel University in 1999 for her role as CEO of Pearson plc.
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Marjorie Scardino received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2001.
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In 2014, Marjorie Scardino received an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of Roehampton.