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CHAIR AND CEO, ACCENTURE, ARLINGTON COUNTY
CHAIR AND CEO, ACCENTURE, ARLINGTON COUNTY
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
CEO of Fortune Global 500 firm Accenture since 2019 and its chair since 2021, Sweet has been on Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business list since 2016 — ranking No. 2 for 2022 and 2023 — and was named one of Time’s Time100: The Most Influential People of 2024. She also made Forbes’ 2023 list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.
Sweet joined Accenture in 2010 as its general counsel and served as its North American CEO from 2015 to 2019. Prior to joining Accenture, Sweet was a partner with law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
This year, she was a prominent face at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where she helped lead a generative AI bootcamp and did interviews with Axios and Bloomberg about the company’s AI strategy, which includes opening 10 generative AI innovation hubs worldwide.
A World Economic Forum trustee, Sweet also chairs women’s advocacy nonprofit Catalyst.
Accenture’s fiscal 2023 revenue was $64.1 billion, up 4% from 2022. In March, Accenture cut its fiscal 2024 revenue forecast to 1% to 3% growth, down from 2% to 5%, citing lagging demand for IT and consulting services.
