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Federica Marchionni
Born (1971-12-23) December 23, 1971 (age 52)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Corporate executive and CEO
Children1

Federica Marchionni (born December 23, 1971) is a well-known top business executive.[1][2][3][4]

She served from February 2015 to September 2016 as CEO of American clothing online retailer Lands' End, becoming the first Italian woman to lead an American company listed on Wall Street.[5]

Marchionni has been profiled in different media, including Bloomberg[6], Forbes[7][8], the New York Times[9], Glamour[10], Business Insider[11] and InStyle.[12]

She has lectured at Harvard and Stanford University,[13][14] and has been a guest speaker at the Milken Global Conference[15] and Fortune MPW Summit.[16]

Early life

Marchionni graduated summa cum laude from Sapienza University of Rome with a Master's degree in Business Administration.[17] She also studied in France and the U.K. and is fluent in four languages.[17][18]

Career

Marchionni is the first Italian woman to have lead an American company listed on Wall Street.[5][19] In February 2015, she became CEO of Lands' End, a $1.4 Billion company with approximately 85% of the business in ecommerce, 6,000 employees, and subsidiaries in the UK, Germany, Japan. She spearheaded efforts to transform a legacy company.[9][20] She resigned from her position at Lands' End in September 2016.[21]

Marchionni worked for over a decade at Dolce&Gabbana headquarters. Most recently, she served as the President of Dolce & Gabbana USA Inc.[22][23]

Before moving to the U.S. Marchionni held a position as SVP at Ferrari supervising the Brand business unit at Ferrari.[9][22][16]

Marchionni started her career in the telecommunications industry, working for global players such as Samsung Electronics, Philips Consumer Communications and Ericsson.[9]

Honors and Awards

Marchionni was named one of 25 "Power Women" by New York Moves magazine.[24] In 2015 Marchionni was Awarded for her contribution to the Culture & Business by the American-Italian Chamber of Commerce.[25] In 2016, Marchionni was one of two Italian-American honorees at New York City's Columbus Day Parade,[26] and was honored by the Columbus Citizens Foundation.[27]

Advocacy

Marchionni is an advocate for corporate social responsibility.[1]

Marchionni is an advocate of sustainability initiatives,[28] and was instrumental in creating the Lands' Friendly initiative at Lands' End.[2]

Marchionni has long been dedicated to women's causes.[4][1] In February 2016, Marchionni interviewed feminist activist Gloria Steinem for the Lands' End catalog and website. After an outcry from customers with pro-life sentiments, the company removed Steinem's interview from the website, stating on its Facebook page: "It was never our intention to raise a divisive political or religious issue, so when some of our customers saw the recent promotion that way, we heard them. We sincerely apologize for any offense." The company consequently faced criticism online and boycott threats, both from customers who were still unhappy that Steinem had been featured in the first place, and from customers who were unhappy that Steinem's interview had been removed.[29][30]

Marchionni has written for Time on new ways to measure prosperity.[31]

Philanthropy

Federica Marchionni advocates for many causes, including poverty eradication. .[32]

She attended the Global Forum in Rome,[32] headlined by the Pope, where she met with other Fortune 500 leaders, scholars and philanthropists to discuss the best ways to combat global poverty.[33]

She in active in, and has been honored by, the Columbus Citizens Foundation,[27] which provides over 700 scholarships at elementary, high school and college level to Italian-American students who have academic ability but lack financial means.

She serves on the advisory council of Acumen.[17]

Marchionni was a member of the Corporate Fund Board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.[34][35]

Personal life

Marchionni is married with one son, Gabriel.[36]

References

  1. ^ a b c Pasqualini, Lucia. "Federica Marchionni, A Visionary Woman". LinkedIn.com/Pulse. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Leinbach-Reyle, Nicole (April 2015). "Lands' End Celebrates Earth Day with New Company Initiative and Leads by Example". Forbes.com. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  3. ^ Kaufman, Alexander C. (April 2015). "For New Lands' End CEO, Green Is The Best Color". HuffingtonPost.com. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Campanelli, Melissa C. (April 2015). "Getting to Know Federica Marchionni, CEO of Lands' End". WIRLC.com. Women In Retail Leadership Circle. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Platero, Mario (June 2015). "Marchionni Prima CEO Italiana NYSE". ilsole24.ore. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  6. ^ Bhasin, Kim (November 2015). "Inside Lands' End's Quest for a Cooler Customer". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  7. ^ Leinbach-Reyhle, Nicole (April 2015). "Lands' End Celebrates Earth Day with a New Company Initiative and Leads by Example Year-Round". Forbes.com. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  8. ^ Im, Ko (December 2015). "Q and A with Lands' End CEO Federica Marchionni". Forbes.com. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  9. ^ a b c d Cegielski, Emily (April 23, 2015). "Former Dolce and Gabbana Exec Tells Why She Moved to Lands' End". New York Times. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  10. ^ Leive, Cindy (April 2013). "How to Change Career Oaths: Life Lessons from Federica Marchionni". Glamour.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  11. ^ Lutz, Ashley (August 2015). "Lands' End Hires Glamorous CEO to Lure Young Customers". Business Insider. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  12. ^ Kanter, Sharon Klott (September 2015). "Meet the Woman Behind Lands' End's New Look". InStyle. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  13. ^ "Federica Marchionni: Envisioning the Non-Obvious" (PDF). hbsp.harvard.edu. December 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  14. ^ "Federica Marchionni: Adaptability if the Key to Staying Ahead of the Curve". Stanford.edu. March 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  15. ^ "Federica Marchionni: 2016 Milken Global Conference Speaker Detail". MilkenInstitute.org. April 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  16. ^ a b "Federica Marchionni: 2015 Fortune MPW Summit". Fortune.comg. May 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  17. ^ a b c "Acumen Advisor Federica Marchionni". Acumen.org. July 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  18. ^ "Milken Institute: Transforming a Legacy Company". MilkenInstitute.org. March 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  19. ^ "federica Marchionni Named Lands' End CEO". WWD.com. February 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  20. ^ Moin, David (July 2015). "Lands' End's New Leader Sets the Agenda". WWD.com. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  21. ^ Ewen, Lara (October 2016). "Why Lands' End and Marchionni Parted Ways". RetailDive. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
  22. ^ a b Pasqualini, Lucia (October 2016). "Federica Marchionni Visionary Woman". LinkedIn. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  23. ^ Levinson, Lauren (September 2012). "Dolce Gabbana Partners with Met Opera". Elle. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  24. ^ "Moves Power Women 2016". MovesPowerWomen.com. April 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  25. ^ "Business and Culture Award: Federica Marchionni". iitaly.com. April 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  26. ^ "Mario Batali, Federica Marchionni Named Honorees of New York's 2016 Columbus Day Parade". BWWNews. July 2016. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  27. ^ a b "Marchionni, Batali Honored by Columbus Citizens Foundation". ColumbusCitizensFd.org. November 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016. Cite error: The named reference "ColumbusCitizensFd.org" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  28. ^ Kaufman, Alexander C. (April 2015). "For New Lands' End CEO, Green Is The Best Color". HuffingtonPost.com. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  29. ^ "The Power of Sorry: The New CEO of Lands' End Explains Lessons She learned While Rising to the Top". Marie Claire. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  30. ^ "'Catalog Interview With Gloria Steinem Has Lands' End on Its Heels'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  31. ^ Marchionni, Federica (December 2016). "Lands's End CEO Federica Marchionni: It's Time for a New Measurement of Prosperity". Time.com. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  32. ^ a b "Vatican Global Forum". Time.com. December 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  33. ^ "We Need a New Way to Measure Prosperity". Time.com. December 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  34. ^ "Kennedy Center Corporate Fund Board". KennedyCenter.org. March 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  35. ^ "Greater Madison Chamber Dinner to Feature Marchionni". Host.Madison.com. August 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  36. ^ "Lands' End CEO will call New York, not Dodgeville, home". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. April 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
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