Rose Marie Bravo ranked her #13 in its 2004 and 2005 lists of "The 50 most Powerful Women in Business" outside the US. In 2005, Burberry announced Bravo would step down for Angela Ahrendts (formerly Liz Claiborne). After a 6 months transitional period, Bravo retired as a CEO and became vice chairman of Burberry. Rose Marie Bravo Rose Marie Bravo (born January 13, 1951 in the Bronx, New York) is an American businesswoman. During her career, she has occupied leadership positions in several major fashion businesses and is now vice chairman at Burberry, of which she was CEO from 1997 to 2005. Bravo,
Angela Benton Angela Benton Angela Benton (born ) is the Founder & CEO of NewME Accelerator. She has been recognized as a change agent and one of the Internet industries influencers by numerous publications and outlets. NewME has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs launch businesses and raise funding from investors, most notably several companies from their equity portfolio have raised over $25MM in funding since its launch in 2011. Under NewME she publishes B20 (formerly Black Web 2.0) the premier online publication for African-Americans interested in Technology and New Media. Additionally, Angela and the NewME Accelerator were featured in CNN’s award winning documentary