Corporate Board Profile
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| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
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| 2025-04-07 | Mellody Hobson Co-Chief Executive Officer and President of Ariel Investments, LLC Age: 56 Director since: 2018 Committees: Public Responsibility Committee (Chair) Risk Committee 2024 Director compensation table Mellody Hobson $150,000 fees earned in cash, $265,000 stock award, $40,000 other fees, total $455,000. |
| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
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| 2015-01-23 | MELLODY HOBSON, 45, has been a Starbucks director since February 2005. Ms. Hobson has served as the President and a Director of Ariel Investments, LLC, a Chicago-based investment management firm since 2000, and as the Chairman since 2006 and a Trustee since 1993 of the mutual funds it manages. She previously served as Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing at Ariel Capital Management, Inc. from 1994 to 2000, and as Vice President of Marketing at Ariel Capital Management, Inc. from 1991 to 1994. |
| 2016-01-25 | Ms. Hobson has served as the President and a Director of Ariel Investments, LLC, a Chicago-based investment management firm. |
| 2017-01-27 | Mellody Hobson, 47, has been a Starbucks director since February 2005. Ms. Hobson has served as the President and a Director of Ariel Investments, LLC, a Chicago-based investment management firm since 2000. |
| 2018-01-26 | As the president and a director of a large investment company, Ms. Hobson brings significant leadership, operational, investment and financial expertise to the board of directors. Ms. Hobson’s experience as an on-air CBS news contributor and analyst on finance and the economy provides insight into media and communications and public relations considerations. Ms. Hobson also brings to the board of directors valuable knowledge of corporate governance and similar issues from her service on other publicly traded companies’ boards of directors as well as her service on the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Investment Advisory Committee, which advises the SEC on matters of concern to investors in the securities markets. |
| 2019-01-25 | Ms. Hobson brings significant leadership, operational, investment and financial expertise to the board of directors. She brings a strong investor perspective to the boardroom and infuses discussions with insights from a shareholder, capital markets and capital allocation lens. |
| 2020-01-24 | Ms. Hobson has served as Co-CEO, President and Director of Ariel Investments, LLC, an investment management firm, since 2019. She previously served as President of Ariel Investments from 2000 to 2019. |
| 2021-01-22 | MELLODY HOBSON has served as vice chair of the board since June 26, 2018 and has been a Starbucks director since February 2005. Ms. Hobson has served as Co-CEO, President and Director of Ariel Investments, LLC, an investment management firm, since 2019. She previously served as President of Ariel Investments from 2000 to 2019. In addition, she serves as the President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ariel Investment Trust, a registered investment company advised by Ariel Investments. |
| 2022-01-28 | Ms. Hobson has served as chair of the board since March 17, 2021. She served as vice chair of the board from June 2018 to March 2021 and has been a Starbucks director since February 2005. Ms. Hobson has served as Co-CEO, President, and Director of Ariel Investments, LLC, an investment management firm, since 2019. She previously served as President of Ariel Investments, LLC from 2000 to 2019. In addition, she serves as the President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ariel Investment Trust, a registered investment company advised by Ariel Investments. She previously served as Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing at Ariel Capital Management, Inc. from 1994 to 2000, and as Vice President of Marketing at Ariel Capital Management, Inc. from 1991 to 1994. |
| 2023-01-27 | She served as Co-CEO, President, and Director of Ariel Investments, LLC, an investment management firm... Ms. Hobson’s prior experience as an on-air CBS news contributor and analyst on finance and the economy provides insight into media, communications, and public relations considerations. |
Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-07-01