Brenda C. Barnes

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Brenda Czajka Barnes , b. Brenda Jo Czajka (born November 11, 1953 in Chicago , Illinois, † January 17, 2017 in Naperville , Illinois) was President, Chief Executive Officer and responsible director of the large US consumer goods manufacturer Sara Lee .

Career

The granddaughter of Polish immigrants grew up in River Grove, Illinois. Her father was a locksmith at International Harvester , and her mother took care of Brenda and her six sisters. Brenda C. Barnes graduated from Rock Island and Chicago in the 1970s and graduated in economics in 1975. After working for Pepsi Co for many years in the 1980s and 1990s, most recently as Head of Pepsi for the entire North American sector (1996–98), she joined Sara Lee in 2004 as Chief Operating Officer and President. Barnes was appointed chairman of the board in 2005. She has been on a list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World by Forbes Magazine since 2004 , at times in the top ten. She was also named the most influential woman in the US economy.

Career

Barnes became a business manager in 1976 at Wilson Sporting Goods, which was then part of the Pepsi Group . Her successful career began while she was working on her Masters in Business Administration (MBA), which was awarded to her in 1980 by Loyola University Chicago . In 1981, she became vice president of marketing for Frito-Lay at PepsiCo. Three years later, she became vice president of marketing at PepsiCo. Within the group, Barnes reached the position of President of PepsiCo South / West in 1991 and that of COO of PepsiCo North America in 1993 . She was CEO of PepsiCo North America from 1996 to 1997 , but resigned in 1997 to take care of her three children. From November 1999 to March 2000, she held this position at Starwood Hotels & Resorts . In 2002 Brenda C. Barnes was visiting professor at Northwestern University , Kellogg School of Management and North Central College . In July 2004, she became President, COO, and Director of Sara Lee Corp. , President and CEO of that company in February 2005 and Chairman of the Board and CEO of Sara Lee Corporation in October 2005.

On August 9, 2010, Sara Lee announced that Barnes was stepping down as president and chairman of the board; she wanted to recover from a stroke on May 14th of the same year. She died in January 2017 of complications from another stroke. Her marriage to a PepsiCo executive had a daughter and two sons.

Single receipts

  1. ^ Brenda Barnes, Pepsi Chief Who Spurred a Work-Life Debate, Dies at 63. In: nytimes.com. Retrieved January 22, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ http://www.diepresse.com/home/wirtschaft/economist/317523/index.do?gal=317523&index=5&direct=&_vl_backlink=&popup=
  3. ↑ http://www.nndb.com/people/302/000125924/ Biographical data on www.nndb.com
  4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from October 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ http://www.diepresse.com/home/wirtschaft/economist/317523/index.do?gal=317523&index=5&direct=&_vl_backlink=&popup=
  6. ↑ AP: Sara Lee CEO Brenda Barnes steps down permanently (accessed August 9, 2010)
  7. ^ Brenda Barnes, Former Sara Lee and Pepsi Cola CEO Dies at 63-. In: fortune.com. January 18, 2017, accessed January 22, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME Barnes, Brenda C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barnes, Brenda Czajka
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American manager, CEO of "Sara Lee"
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 2017
Place of death Naperville