As the co-CEO of Ariel Investments, Mellody Hobson is one of the most powerful women in the world. In 2021, she became the first Black woman to chair an S&P 500 company when she accepted the ...

Mellody Hobson served as chair of the Starbucks board from March 2021 to September 2024. (Amy Harris/Invision/Associated Press) The lead independent director and ...

Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Starbucks Corp. director Mellody Hobson said she won’t seek re-election to the board, capping a two-decade tenure that included ...

Starbucks has announced the retirement of Mellody Hobson, who has served as lead independent director on its board of directors for almost two decades. Hobson joined the US coffee chain board in ...

Mellody Hobson, Starbucks’ lead independent director and former chair of the board, announced her retirement after serving the company for the past two decades. In a letter, Hobson shared that ...