Awe-inspiring story of new Chanel Boss Leena Nair who joins list of Indian-origin CEOs
Leena Nair was once Chief Human Resources Officer of Unilever. She resigned from that position and is now CEO of Chanel, the French luxury fashion giant. Leena Nair, who grew up in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, will take over as Global Chief Executive Officer of French luxury fashion label Chanel next month, joining the ranks of Indian-origin corporate titans at Global Inc. Nair, who is 52 years old now, was Unilever's first female and youngest-ever Chief Human Resources Officer, a job she left to join the famed luxury business. Nair is delighted and honoured to be named Global Chief Executive Officer of @CHANEL, an iconic and recognised firm, she wrote on Twitter. She is an industry outsider who is not part of the Paris fashion scene and has been dubbed a "serial glass-ceiling breaker." According to her LinkedIn page, Nair completed her MBA in 1992 from XLRI Jamshedpur in human resources. Before that she earned her bachelor's degree in electronics and...