Mellody Hobson

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board member business executive human investor

Mellody Hobson is an American businesswoman and investor, best known as the co-CEO and president of Ariel Investments and a prominent advocate for financial literacy and corporate diversity.

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Label Occurrences
Mellody Hobson canonical 13
Mellody 2
Mellody Hobson (acting, policy role context not confirmed as formal title) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf board member ⓘ
business executive ⓘ
human ⓘ
investor ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
almaMater Princeton University ⓘ
awardReceived Order of Lincoln laureate ⓘ
surface form: Order of Lincoln

Time 100 Most Influential People ⓘ
surface form: Time 100 most influential people honoree

Women in Film Crystal Award ⓘ
boardTenureStart Starbucks chairmanship 2021 ⓘ
child Everest Hobson Lucas ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1969-04-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Princeton University ⓘ
employer Ariel Investments ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Hobson ⓘ
fieldOfStudy public policy ⓘ
focusesOn corporate board diversity ⓘ
financial literacy education ⓘ
foundedBy Ariel Investments founded by John W. Rogers Jr., not Mellody Hobson ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Mellody Hobson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mellody
industry investment management ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for corporate diversity ⓘ
advocacy for financial literacy ⓘ
co-CEO of Ariel Investments ⓘ
president of Ariel Investments ⓘ
memberOf Executive Committee of the Investment Company Institute ⓘ
Rockefeller Foundation ⓘ
surface form: The Rockefeller Foundation board of trustees

board of directors of DreamWorks Animation ⓘ
board of directors of JPMorgan Chase ⓘ
board of directors of Starbucks ⓘ
name Mellody Hobson self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork TED Talk "Color blind or color brave?" ⓘ
occupation businesswoman ⓘ
corporate director ⓘ
investor ⓘ
partner George Lucas ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
positionHeld chair of DreamWorks Animation board ⓘ
chair of the board of Starbucks ⓘ
co-CEO of Ariel Investments ⓘ
president of Ariel Investments ⓘ
vice chair of JPMorgan Chase board ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
spouse George Lucas ⓘ

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George Lucas → spouse → Mellody Hobson ⓘ
Columbia Business School → hasAlumni → Mellody Hobson ⓘ
Mellody Hobson → name → Mellody Hobson self-link ⓘ
Mellody Hobson → givenName → Mellody Hobson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mellody
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy → officeHolder → Mellody Hobson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mellody Hobson (acting, policy role context not confirmed as formal title)
Everest Hobson Lucas → parent → Mellody Hobson ⓘ
Everest Hobson Lucas → adoptiveParent → Mellody Hobson ⓘ
Everest Hobson Lucas → mother → Mellody Hobson ⓘ
Walton-Penner Family Ownership Group → notableMember → Mellody Hobson ⓘ
Hobson → givenName → Mellody Hobson ⓘ
subject surface form: Mellody Hobson
this entity surface form: Mellody
TED Talk "Color blind or color brave?" → speaker → Mellody Hobson ⓘ
subject surface form: Color blind or color brave?
TED Talk "Color blind or color brave?" → author → Mellody Hobson ⓘ
subject surface form: Color blind or color brave?
TED Talk "Color blind or color brave?" → featuresPerson → Mellody Hobson ⓘ
subject surface form: Color blind or color brave?
Lucas family → spouse → Mellody Hobson ⓘ
subject surface form: George Lucas
Lucas family → parent → Mellody Hobson ⓘ
subject surface form: Everest Hobson Lucas
Lucas family → associatedPerson → Mellody Hobson ⓘ