Born: 25th Jan, 1947Job: chief executive, Pearson
Age: 60
Industry: publishing, new media
Turnover: £4.42bn
Salary: £1.96m
2007 ranking: 41
Marjorie Scardino is Chief Executive of Pearson, the international education and media business made up of Pearson Education, Penguin and the Financial Times Group. She was the first woman to be the chief executive of a FTSE 100 company. She was a former journalist, who had grown up in Texas, although she was born in the United States, she has taken British citizenship so her honour is important.
Marjorie Scardino is Chief Executive of Pearson, the international education and media business made up of Pearson Education, Penguin and the Financial Times Group. She was the first woman to be the chief executive of a FTSE 100 company. She was a former journalist, who had grown up in Texas, although she was born in the United States, she has taken British citizenship so her honour is important.
Until January 1997, she was chief executive of The Economist Group (of which Pearson owns 50%), and more observers noted that she had, for almost five years, headed the Economist Group , earlier then 1985. She is married to Albert Scardino and is a mother of three children.
Marjorie is also a non-executive director of Nokia Corporation and a member of a number of charitable and advisory boards, including, The MacArthur Foundation, The Carter Center and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
In 2007 she has been listed 17th on the Forbes list of the 100 most powerful women in the World.
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