Background
Mulcahy, Anne Marie was born on October 21, 1952 in Rockville Centre, New York, United States. Daughter of Thomas and Anne Dolan.
Mulcahy, Anne Marie was born on October 21, 1952 in Rockville Centre, New York, United States. Daughter of Thomas and Anne Dolan.
Bachelor in English & Journalism, Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York, 1974.
She was named Chief Executive Officer of Xerox on August 1, 2001, and chairwoman on January 1, 2002. She was selected as "Chief Executive Officer of the Year 2008" by Chief Executive magazine. She announced her retirement as Chief Executive Officer on May 21, 2009 prior to the company"s annual shareholder meeting.
She received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Journalism from Marymount College of Fordham University in Tarrytown, New New York
Mulcahy joined Xerox as a field sales representative in 1976 and rose through the ranks. From 1992-1995, Mulcahy was vice president for human resources, responsible for compensation, benefits, human resource strategy, labor relations, management development and employee training.
She became chief staff officer in 1997 and corporate senior vice president in 1998. Prior to that, she served as vice president and staff officer for Customer Operations, covering South America and Central America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and China.
Though never intent on running Xerox, she was selected by the board of directors in 2001.
Later in her tenure, she cut the workforce by 30% and eliminated the desktop portion of Xerox. When she became Chief Executive Officer on August 1, 2001 the stock price was $8.25, and on January 1, 2002 when she became chairwoman the stock price was $10.05. On May 21, 2009, the day she announced her retirement as Chief Executive Officer, the stock price was $6.82.
Mulcahy currently serves on four other Boards of Directors besides Xerox.
She also serves on Catalyst, Citigroup, Fuji Xerox and Target Corporation A letter sent to Citi shareholders on March 26, 2009 by the labor union, American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME), recommended shareholders vote against re-electing six of their directors
The Wall Street Journal named Mulcahy one of 50 women to watch in 2005 and Forbes magazine ranked her at the sixth position among the Most Powerful Women in America in 2005.
In 2009, she was ranked 15th. In 2008, she was selected by United States. News & World Report as one of America"s Best Leaders.
In addition to serving on the Xerox board, she has been a member of the boards of directors of Catalyst, Citigroup Incorporated., Fuji Xerox Company Limited. and Target Corporation.
Married Joe Mulcahy; 2 children.