Angela Ahrendts, Former Senior Vice President of Retail, Apple

Angela Ahrendts is a businesswoman who was previously Apple's senior vice president of retail and online stores. Prior to joining Apple, Ahrendts served as the CEO of Burberry, leading the company through a period of outstanding global growth. A Midwesterner, Ahrendts grew up in Indiana where she met her now husband and attended college. Although she intended to major in fashion design at Ball State University, Ahrendts realized her strengths lie in marketing and merchandising and her career followed suit. She would go on to serve as president of Donna Karan International and executive vice president at Liz Claiborne Inc. In October 2013, Ahrendts announced she would be departing from Burberry to take on a new adventure at Apple. She took her new post in April 2014 and will be departing the tech company in April 2019.