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Where Are Fashion’s Black CEOs?

Vanishingly few big, established brands have appointed Black chief executives, even after two years of theoretically addressing racial injustice.
Fashion’s perpetual game of CEO musical chairs has left little room to meaningfully diversify its highest post, experts say.
Fashion’s perpetual game of CEO musical chairs has left little room to meaningfully diversify its highest post, experts say. (Shutterstock)

In fashion’s C-suites, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Sheena Butler-Young
Sheena Butler-Young

Sheena Butler-Young is Senior Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers workplace, talent and issues surrounding diversity and inclusion.

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