Apple’s highest-ranking female exec continues the consumer tech giant’s epic quest to convert its brick-and-mortar stores into destinations. Ahrendts, who joined the board of Ralph Lauren this year, leads about 67,000 people, and her retail business, while not Apple’s fastest-growing, remains huge: eMarketer estimates that combined in-store and online sales are about $74.3 billion. Ahrendts has also been instrumental in expanding Apple’s reach in China, which now counts more than 40 stores.
Company Financials (2017, Or Most Recently Completed Fiscal Year)
| Revenues ($M) | 2,292,340 |
| Profits ($M) | 483,510 |
| Market Value as of 09/18/18 ($M) | 1,054,083.9 |