Walgreens Boots Alliance has tapped Starbucks’s chief operating officer, Rosalind Brewer, as its new CEO, reports CNBC. The move was confirmed by the drugstore chain in a press release on Tuesday.
As CEO of Walgreens, Brewer will be the only Black woman leading a Fortune 500 company.
Her departure from Starbucks comes as investors, regulators and activists push for more diversity in corporate America. Nasdaq has proposed changes that would push for greater racial and gender diversity on the boards of publicly traded companies listed on its exchange.
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