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Deirdre O'Brien (born c. 1966) is an American businesswoman and the Senior Vice President of Retail at Apple Inc. At Apple, Deirdre leads Apple's retail store and online teams.

She was ranked 43rd on Fortune's list of Most Powerful Women in 2023. In 2021, O'Brien was 11th in Fast Company Queer 50 list. In 2022, she was 12th on the list.

Biography

With Apple since 1988, her responsibilities as an Apple VP have expanded and contracted over time, she previously led the People team in addition to Retail. O'Brien holds a bachelor's degree in Operations Management from Michigan State University and an MBA from San Jose State University.

References

1. ^ "Apple Leadership - Deirdre O'Brien - Senior Vice President, Retail". Apple.com. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
2. Axon, Samuel (February 5, 2019). "Angela Ahrendts, leader of Apple's retail efforts, will depart the company in April". Ars Technica.
3. "Most Powerful Women". Fortune.
4. "Announcing Fast Company's second annual Queer 50 list". Fast Company. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
5. "Deirdre O'Brien is No. 12 on the 2022 Fast Company Queer 50 list". Fast Company. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
6. Pulia, Shalayne. "Meet Deirdre O'Brien, the Apple Executive Bringing a Human Touch to the Tech Giant". InStyle. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
7. Horwitz, Jeremy (February 5, 2019). "Apple's Deirdre O'Brien will replace Angela Ahrendts as SVP of Retail". VentureBeat.

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