Anne M. Mulcahy (b.1952) is an American businessperson. She was chief executive officer 2001–09 and chairperson of the board 2002–09 of Xerox Corporation.
Forbes magazine ranked Mulcahy at the sixth position among the Most Powerful Women in America in 2005 and 15th in 2009. Mulcahy has also previously served on the boards of directors at Catalyst, Citigroup, Fuji-Xerox, Target Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, The Washington Post Company, and Save the Children.
Born in Rockville Centre, New York, Mulcahy earned a bachelor of arts degree in English-Journalism from Marymount College. She began her Xerox career as a field sales representative in 1976 and assumed increasingly responsible sales and senior management positions. She was named CEO of Xerox in 2001, and chairperson in 2002. During her leadership, Xerox tried to evolve away from being a one-product firm specializing in printing equipment and services. Xerox also had to contend with the specter of increased elimination of paper in businesses due to the digitization of documents and electronic workflow.
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As much as it’s sometimes hard to make choices about where you invest, it’s equally hard to make choices about where you don’t invest and what you eliminate.
—Anne M. Mulcahy
There’s nothing quite as powerful as people feeling they can have impact and make a difference. When you’ve got that going for you, I think it’s a very powerful way to implement change.
—Anne M. Mulcahy
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