August 2023

Angela Ahrendts has been appointed a senior operating advisor at SKYY Partners, a non-public equity firm founded by Kim Kardashian and Jay Sammons. SKYY Partners focuses on each control and minority investments in high-growth consumer and media corporations across the patron landscape, including fashion, luxury, food and beverage, health and wellness, beauty and private care, and leisure. Most recently, Ahrendts was senior vice chairman, Apple Retail, where she reimagined Apple’s retail experience, redesigned the stores and re-crafted the roles of 70,000 employees globally. Earlier she was chief executive officer at Burberry Group plc for nearly nine years, where she tripled the business and quadrupled the share price. During her tenure at Burberry, Ahrendts was a member of the U.K.’s Prime Minister’s Business...