Mellody Hobson Quotes
The way I go about it is that we should all be inviting people into our lives who don't look like us, speak like us and don't come from where we come from.
Hobson, Mellody. "Color Blind or Color Brave?" TED, TED Conferences, Mar. 2014.
Mellody Hobson is an American businesswoman who is President and co-CEO of Ariel Investments, and the chairwoman of Starbucks Corporation. She is the former chairwoman of DreamWorks Animation, having stepped down after negotiating the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., by NBCUniversal in August, 2016. In 2017, she became the first African-American woman to head The Economic Club of Chicago. She was also named to chair the board of directors of Starbucks in 2021, making her one of the highest profile African American corporate directors.