NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Andrea Jung is the president and CEO of Grameen America. Jung joined Grameen America with the goal of scaling the organization to solve economic issues for women and their families across the country. To date, the organization has invested over $820 million in low-income women entrepreneurs across the country. She is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Avon Products, Inc., where she served as CEO from 1999 through April 2012, and as chairman from 2001 through December 2012. Throughout her professional career, Ms. Jung ranked consistently among the top leaders on lists including Fortune magazine’s “Most  Powerful Women in Business,” Forbes magazine’s “Most Powerful Women in the World,” and Financial Times’ “Top Women in World Business.”

Jung is a graduate of Princeton University. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Apple, Inc. and Daimler AG. She also serves on the Committee for Economic Development, an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan American think tank.