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Two Georgians make Fortune's Most Powerful Women list

Ann-Marie Campbell is president of Home Depot’s Southern Division, which has more than $23 billion in revenue and 100,000-plus employees.
Ann-Marie Campbell is president of Home Depot’s Southern Division, which has more than $23 billion in revenue and 100,000-plus employees.
By Fiza Pirani
Sept 16, 2015

Fortune Magazine released its 18th annual Most Powerful Women list this week — a list that spans diverse industries of entertainment, finance, retail and more. Of the 51 powerful women included are Georgians Rosalind Brewer and Ann-Marie Campbell.

Brewer — CEO and president of Sam's Club, Walmart — ranked 15 on the list. She received her undergraduate degree from Spelman College and earned her MBA at the Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania.

At No. 37 is president of the Home Depot Inc.'s Southern Division, Ann-Marie Campbell. Campbell received both her undergraduate degree and her MBA at Georgia State University. Campbell started out as a part-time cashier for the company and climbed up the ladder to become a top executive.

Both Brewer and Campbell are among impressive company including CEO and Chairman of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and pop singer and technology industry disrupter, Taylor Swift.

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Fiza Pirani is an Atlanta-based freelance writer and editor.

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