Marjorie Scardino
American-born British businesswoman (born 1947)
Dame Marjorie Scardino (née Morris; born 25 January 1947) is an American-born British business executive. She is a former CEO of Pearson PLC. Scardino became a trustee of Oxfam during her tenure at Pearson.2
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Born Jan 25, 1947.1
About
She was criticized by Private Eye magazine because, while Oxfam campaigns against corporate tax avoidance as part of the IF Coalition, Pearson was "a prolific tax haven user... routing hundreds of millions of pounds through an elaborate series of Luxembourg companies (and a Luxembourg branch of a UK company) to avoid tax". She became the first female Chief Executive of a FTSE 100 company when she was appointed CEO of Pearson in 1997. She is also a non-executive director of Nokia and former CEO of the Economist Group. During her time at Pearson, Pearson's profits tripled, to a record £942m.
In December 2013, she joined the board of Twitter, Inc. as its first female director, after a controversy involving a lack of diversity on the Twitter board.
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Companies
- Pearson plcChief executive officer 1997 to 201212
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of San Francisco3
- Date not recordedTexas High School3
- Date not recordedBaylor University3
Scardino was born in Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1947, and grew up in Texarkana, Texas. While living in Texas she participated in rodeo riding as a teenager. Scardino is a graduate of Baylor University with a B.A. degree in French and psychology in 1969. She began law school at George Washington University but dropped out to become a journalist at Associated Press in Charleston, West Virginia, and later obtained her J.D. degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law.
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Career
Occupation: journalist, businessperson, lawyer.6
- 1997 to 2012Chief executive, Pearson plc5
- Date not recordedWorked at Pearson plc4
Before 1985, Scardino was the publisher of The Georgia Gazette.
She is the board chair of the MacArthur Foundation and a board member of the Carter Center. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She also won the 2002 Benjamin Franklin Medal.
In 2007, she was listed 17th on the Forbes list of the 100 most powerful women in the World.
On 3 October 2012, it was announced that Scardino would step down as CEO of Pearson, to be replaced by John Fallon.
In December 2013, she joined the board of Twitter, Inc. as its first female director, after a controversy involving a lack of diversity on the Twitter board.
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Personal life
- BornJan 25, 1947, Flagstaff7
- CitizenshipUnited States, United Kingdom8
- ResidenceLondon9
- SpouseAlbert Scardino married 197410
Scardino is married to Albert Scardino, with whom she worked during her time at The Georgia Gazette and later a media reporter for The New York Times. She has three children, Adelaide, Will and Hal (producer and former child actor).
Although she was born in the United States, she has taken British citizenship.
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- 13Wikimedia CommonsMarjorie Scardino photo by Joi Ito, CC BY 2.0