Mary Barra

Mary Teresa Barra (née Makela; born December

24, 1961) is an American businesswoman who has
been the chair and chief executive officer (CEO) of
General Motors since January 15, 2014. She is the
first female CEO of a 'Big Three' automaker. In
December 2013, GM named her to succeed Daniel
Akerson as CEO. Prior to being named CEO, Barra
was executive vice president of global product
development, purchasing, and supply chain.

Barra graduated from the General Motors Institute

(now Kettering University) in 1985, where she
obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical
engineering. Barra was inducted into the
engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi. She then
attended Stanford Graduate School of Business on a GM fellowship, receiving her Masters in
Business Administration degree in 1990.

Barra graduated from the General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in 1985, where
she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering. Barra was inducted into
the engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi. She then attended Stanford Graduate School of
Business on a GM fellowship, receiving her Masters in Business Administration degree in 1990.

Barra started working for General Motors in 1980 as a co-op student, when she was 18 years
old. Her job was checking fender panels and inspecting hoods, and she used this job to pay
for her college tuition.

In February 2008, she became vice president of Global Manufacturing Engineering. When
Barra took over as chief executive of General Motors in January 2014, she became the first
female head of an automobile manufacturer.

Barra was listed as 35th on Forbes Most Powerful Women

list in 2013, rising in rank to fourth most powerful in
2018.

Giorgio Armani
Giorgio Armani (born 11 July 1934) is an Italian fashion
designer. He first came to notice, working for Cerruti and
then for many others, including Allegri, Bagutta and
Hilton. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, which
eventually diversified into music, sport and luxury hotels.
By 2001 Armani was acclaimed as the most successful
designer of Italian origin, and is credited with pioneering
red-carpet fashion. While in 2010, he opened the Armani
Hotel in Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building. He is
also the richest openly LGBT person in the world. In the
world of fashion, he is influential to top name brands.
According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Armani has an
estimated net worth of US$9.53 billion, as of 2021.
Armani was born in the northern Italian town of Piacenza, where he was raised with his older
brother Sergio and younger sister Rosanna by his mother Maria Raimondi and father Ugo
Armani (an accountant for a transport company).

After his stint in the armed forces, Armani found a job as a window dresser at La Rinascente,
a department store in Milan in 1957. He went on to become a seller for the menswear
department, in which capacity he gained valuable experience in the marketing aspect of the
fashion industry.

Armani established an innovative relationship with the fashion industry, characterized by the
1978 agreement with Gruppo Finanzario Tessile (GFT), which made it possible to produce
luxury ready-to-wear in a manufacturing environment under the attentive supervision of the
company's designer. In 1979, after founding the Giorgio Armani Corporation, Armani began
producing for the United States and introduced the Main line for men and women.
Armani is credited with pioneering red-carpet fashion.

Armani was the first designer to ban models with a body mass index (BMI) under 18, after
model Ana Carolina Reston starved herself to death due to anorexia nervosa.