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Helena Foulkes

2018 National Retail Federation Gala
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 14: Helena Foulkes attends the 2018 National Retail Federation Gala at Pier 60 on January 14, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)Dia Dipasupil — Getty Images
  • Title
    CEO
  • Affiliation
    Hudson’s Bay Company
  • Age
    54

Foulkes finally landed a CEO job in 2018. It just wasn’t at CVS Health, where she had been leading its $81 billion retail pharmacy business. Instead, Foulkes moved to a different part of the retail universe, in February becoming CEO of Hudson’s Bay, a sprawling and money-losing conglomerate of department stores. She has moved quickly to fix the business, selling off Gilt Groupe, closing Lord & Taylor’s flagship, and merging HBC’s struggling Kaufhof chain with a German rival. But will it be enough?

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Company Financials (2017, or most recently completed fiscal year)

Revenues ($M)115,673
Profits ($M)-4,684
Market Value as of 09/18/18 ($M)1,473.8