Corporate Governance
CORPORATE OFFICERS
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Ralph LaurenRalph Lauren
Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer
Mr. R. Lauren founded our business in 1967 and, for five decades, has cultivated the iconography of America into a global lifestyle brand. He is currently our Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer and has been a director of the Company since prior to our initial public offering
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Patrice LouvetPatrice Louvet
President and Chief Executive Officer
Patrice Louvet is President and Chief Executive Officer of Ralph Lauren Corporation and also serves on the Ralph Lauren Board of Directors. Mr. Louvet joined the Ralph Lauren Corporation in July 2017 after serving as Group President at Procter & Gamble (P&G). He’s a global bra
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Jane NielsenJane Nielsen
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Jane Nielsen has been the Chief Financial Officer at Ralph Lauren Corporation since September 2016 and its Chief Operating Officer since April 2019. She leads Ralph Lauren's global technology, finance, business development and real estate organizations, and drives the company's financia
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David LaurenDavid Lauren
Chief Innovation Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board
Mr. David Lauren has been our Chief Innovation Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board since October 2016. From November 2010 to October 2016, he served as the Company’s Executive Vice President of Global Advertising, Marketing and Communications. Prior to that, he served in numerous lea
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Howard SmithHoward Smith
Chief Commercial Officer
Mr. Howard Smith is Chief Commercial Officer at Ralph Lauren. He has been with Ralph Lauren for over 16 years, having worked in various capacities based in the US, Europe and Asia. Most recently he was responsible for the Company’s International Division, based in Geneva, Switzerland, w
Chief Commercial Officer
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Ralph LaurenRalph Lauren
Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer
Mr. R. Lauren founded our business in 1967 and, for five decades, has cultivated the iconography of America into a global lifestyle brand. He is currently our Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer and has been a director of the Company since prior to our initial public offering
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Angela AhrendtsAngela Ahrendts
Former Senior Vice President, Retail
Ms. Ahrendts has been a Director of the Company since August 2018. Ms. Ahrendts most recently served as the Senior Vice President, Retail of Apple Inc. (“Apple”) from May 2014 through April 2019. Prior to Apple, Ms. Ahrendts joined Burberry Group plc in January 2006 where she served as
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John R. AlchinJohn R. Alchin
Retired Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Alchin has been a director of the Company since February 2007. He served as Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Comcast Corporation, a broadband cable provider offering a variety of consumer entertainment and communication products and services,
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Frank A. Bennack Jr.Frank A. Bennack Jr.
Executive Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Executive Committee
Mr. Bennack has been a director of the Company since January 1998 and also serves as Lead Independent Director of our Board. He is Executive Vice Chairman of The Hearst Corporation (“Hearst”) and served as Hearst’s Chief Executive Officer from 1979 to 2002 and then again from June 2008
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Joel L. FleishmanJoel L. Fleishman
Professor of Law and Public Policy
Mr. Fleishman, a director of the Company since January 1999, has been Professor of Law and Public Policy at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University since 1971 and the Director of the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center for Ethics, Public Policy and the Professions at Duke Uni
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Michael A. GeorgeMichael A. George
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. George has been a director of the Company since May 2018. He has served as the President of QVC, Inc. (“QVC”) since November 2005 and as its Chief Executive Officer since April 2006. In 2018, he was named CEO of QVC’s parent, Liberty Interactive, which was subsequently renamed Qurat
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Valerie JarrettValerie Jarrett
Senior Distinguished Fellow
Valerie B. Jarrett is a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School, and a senior advisor to the Obama Foundation and Attn. She serves as Board Chair of When We All Vote and Co-Chair of The United State of Women. She also serves on the boards of Lyft, Sweetgreen,
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Hubert JolyHubert Joly
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Joly has been a director of the Company since June 2009. He is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Best Buy Co., Inc. (“Best Buy”) where he served from 2012 to 2020. In addition, Mr. Joly is currently a member of Johnson & Johnson’s board of directors, a senior le
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Linda Findley KozlowskiLinda Findley Kozlowski
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ms. Kozlowski has been a director of the Company since August 2018. Ms. Kozlowski has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. since April 2019, and also serves as a member of Blue Apron’s board of directors. Prior to Blue Apron, she served as the Chie
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David LaurenDavid Lauren
Chief Innovation Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board
Mr. D. Lauren has been our Chief Innovation Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board since October 2016. From November 2010 to October 2016, he served as our Executive Vice President of Global Advertising, Marketing and Communications. Prior to that, he served in numerous leadership roles
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Patrice LouvetPatrice Louvet
President and Chief Executive Officer
Patrice Louvet is President and Chief Executive Officer of Ralph Lauren Corporation and also serves on the Ralph Lauren Board of Directors. Mr. Louvet joined the Ralph Lauren Corporation in July 2017 after serving as Group President at Procter & Gamble (P&G). He’s a global br
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Judith McHaleJudith McHale
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ms. McHale has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cane Investments, LLC since 2011. Ms. McHale previously served as the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of State from 2009 to 2011. In 2006, Ms. McHale worked in
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Darren WalkerDarren Walker
President
Darren Walker has been a director of the Company since the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Walker has served since 2013 as president of the Ford Foundation (“Ford”), one of the world’s largest foundations with an endowment of $14 billion. He is also the co-founder and chair of
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