1. Mellody Louise Hobson Lucas is an American businesswoman who is president and co-CEO of Ariel Investments, and former chair of Starbucks.
14 Facts About Mellody Hobson
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Mellody Hobson is the former chairman of DreamWorks Animation, having stepped down after negotiating the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.
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Mellody Hobson would serve in the role of chair until August 2024.
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The youngest in a family of six children, Hobson graduated from St Ignatius College Prep in Chicago in 1987 and from Princeton University in 1991.
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At Princeton, Mellody Hobson was a member of the Cottage Club.
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Mellody Hobson rose to become the firm's senior vice president and director of marketing.
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Mellody Hobson was a contributor to financial segments on Good Morning America and CBS This Morning for many years.
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In 2017, Mellody Hobson was named to head the Economic Club of Chicago, the first African-American woman to do so.
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In June 2018, Mellody Hobson was named as vice-chair of Starbucks Corporation.
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In 2022, Mellody Hobson joined an investment group consisting of Rob Walton, Greg Penner, Carrie Walton Penner, Condoleezza Rice, and Sir Lewis Hamilton that purchased the Denver Broncos.
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Mellody Hobson appeared on the Jack Good Show in August 2017, where she accepted the City of Birmingham's deepest appreciation for her charitable work with Birmingham's Bright Leaders of Tomorrow.
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Mellody Hobson was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln by the Governor of Illinois in 2018.
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Mellody Hobson began dating film director and producer George Lucas in 2006, after they met at a business conference in 2005.
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Mellody Hobson was photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the 2016 Pirelli Calendar.