Julie Sweet, chief executive officer for North America at Accenture PLC, speaks during a Bloomberg panel session on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. World leaders, influential executives, bankers and policy makers attend the 48th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos from Jan. 23 - 26. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesSimon Dawson — Bloomberg via Getty Images
- TitleCEO North America
- AffiliationAccenture
- Age50
Sweet’s North America business, which accounts for roughly half of Accenture’s revenue, edged up nearly 4% in 2017, to $16.3 billion. The company is pushing aggressively into digital, cloud, and security services (Accenture calls the trio “the New”); they now account for about half of her region’s business. Investors seem to like the tech focus: The stock is up 27% over the past 12 months. Sweet is also investing in her people—Accenture has trained 60% of its North American workforce in new IT this year.
Personal Information
| Previous Rank | 38 |
| Newcomer? | - |
Company Financials (2017, or most recently completed fiscal year)
| Revenues ($M) | 367,655 |
| Profits ($M) | 34,451 |
| Market Value as of 09/18/18 ($M) | 110,471.4 |