Talk:Michelle Gass

Edit Request

I work for Levi's and would like to make some changes to Michelle's Wikipedia article.  Can somebody review and make sure they are alright and follow the editing guidelines?  I'll list the changes below.

1. Michelle is now the CEO.  The title field in the infobox should be changed to:

CEO of Levi Strauss & Co..

 Done STEMinfo (talk) 17:41, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
2. The first sentence can be changed to show the current status.  And please also add that Michelle came from being the CEO of Kohl's.  The requested new text is:

 Michelle D. Gass (Petkers) is an American businesswoman who serves as the CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. She previously served as CEO of department store Kohl's.

followed by the Moneyinc source.  Done STEMinfo (talk) 17:41, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

3. I'd like to rewrite the career info to be a bit more encyclopedic, chronologically ordered, and less repetitive. Starting with the second paragraph of the Education and career section (you'll have to view source to see the references, due to a bug in the TextDiff template.):

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Gass is a Starbucks veteran who took the chain in a new direction in 1996. She "helped make 'frappuccino' a household word" which became Starbucks' $2 billion brand in 2011.

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She joined consumer goods company [[Procter and Gamble]] in 1990, where she worked in product development, before moving to [[Starbucks]] in 1996 as manager of its [[Frappuccino]] blended iced coffee brand. At Starbucks, she was credited with turning Frappuccino into a $2 billion business, and her other company work included growing the company's [[Seattle's Best]] brand, now owned by [[Nestlé]], and later led the retailer's expansion in Europe as Starbucks' [[EMEA]] president.

 Done STEMinfo (talk) 18:03, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
4. The third paragraph could be rewritten as follows:

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Before joining Kohl's, Gass worked at [[Procter & Gamble]] and at [[Starbucks]]. She started with Kohls in 2013 as their first chief customer officer. She led the creation of Kohl's Greatness Agenda in 2014, was named chief merchandising officer in 2015, and was promoted to be the CEO-elect in 2017. With a compensation of $12.34 million, she was ranked as 71st on the "100 Most Overpaid CEOs 2020," a report by [[As You Sow]]. Gass has been a member of the board of directors of [[PepsiCo]] since March 2019.

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In 2013, Gass joined department store Kohl's as chief customer officer, and in 2015 became the company's chief merchandising and customer officer. In 2017, she was promoted to be the CEO-elect. In May 2018, Gass officially became Kohl's CEO. In 2018, Gass was named to Fortune magazine's list of most powerful women. She was also named to Fortune's 2018 Businesssperson of the Year list. In 2019, the [[National Retail Federation]] named Gass as the recipient of its Visionary 2020 award, awarded to the nation's top retail executive.

The NRF award is more significant than the Kohl's Greatness mention, and the Fortune recognition is notable. The other thing that's not self-explanatory with item #4 is why I'm requesting the removal of the item about being an overpaid CEO. There are 100 CEOs on the list, which comes out every year, but there's no indication that being on the list is noteworthy. There's no media coverage of anyone making the list, or of the publishing organization, As You Sow. As You Sow has a Wikipedia article but it's poorly sourced, with no independent in-depth coverage. It seems including this info meets the conditions of WP:UNDUE, and is out of place in a bio.

 Done STEMinfo (talk) 18:22, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
5. Please add this next, which has a proper source and replaces the existing Pepsi board info:

In 2019, Gass was elected to the board of directors of PepsiCo. 

 Done STEMinfo (talk) 18:26, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

6. At the end of the November 2022 section, I'd like to revise the info to make it moire concise, and to remove unnecessary erxtra references per WP:OVERCITE.  Then please add the line on the right with a source in their place.

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In November 2022, it was announced that Gass would be stepping down as Kohl's CEO by early December and become the CEO-in-waiting for [[Levi Strauss & Co.|Levi Strauss & Co]]. She officially became the President and CEO-in-waiting in January 2023.

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In November 2022, it was announced that Gass would be stepping down as Kohl's CEO by early December to become the CEO-in-waiting for Levi Strauss & Co. After serving for a year as President of the Levi’s brand, she became the CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. in early 2024.

 Done STEMinfo (talk) 18:29, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

7. Please replace the last sentence of the Personal life section with:  

They have two children.

The source is a dead link, but even so, it's not necessary to include unsourced children's names in bios, for privacy reasons.  Done STEMinfo (talk) 18:33, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Thanks in advance for reviewing my request. ~~~~

References

Amandadekker85 (talk) 21:02, 1 April 2024 (UTC)