Julie Sweet vs Safra Catz

Julie Sweet

CEO of Accenture

BIO: Ms. Julie T. Spellman Sweet has been Group Chief Executive of North America/Chief Executive Officer of North America at Accenture Plc and Accenture Holdings plc (Alternate Name, Accenture SCA) since June 1, 2015. Ms. Sweet has been with Accenture for five years. She also has substantial experience representing underwriters in public and private financings and in executing spin-offs for corporate clients in public and private financings, advising on mergers and acquisitions and providing general corporate counsel, including spin-offs for Lucent Technologies and PricewaterhouseCoopers. She served as the Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel and Secretary at Accenture Plc from March 22, 2010 to June 1, 2015 and Accenture Holdings plc from April 2015 to June 2015. She served as a Partner in the Corporate department of the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP for 10 years, which she joined as an Associate in 1992. She serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees of Claremont McKenna College and the Board of Directors for the Drew Foundation. She was recognized as one of the 'Dealmakers of the Year' for 2006 by The American Lawyer for her work on the $5 billion initial global offering of KKR Private Equity Investors, L.P. She was also recognized by Lawdragon magazine as one of the top 500 leading lawyers and as one of the top 500 dealmakers in America in 2007 and in 2009, she was recognized by The Legal 500 for her work in equity offerings in the capital markets. She speaks Mandarin Chinese and has spent substantial time working in Hong Kong and mainland China. Ms. Sweet received a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College in 1989, where she was Phi Beta Kappa and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1992, where she was a Stone Scholar.

Safra Catz

CEO of Oracle

BIO: Safra A. Catz is the Chief Executive Officer of Oracle Corporation and a member of the company’s Board of Directors. At Oracle, she previously served as President, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, and Senior Vice President. She is also a lecturer on the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Oracle Education Foundation since its founding in 2000 and has served as Chair since 2004. Safra is on the Board of Trustees of In-Q-Tel. Previous to Oracle, she held various positions at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette including Managing Director in Investment Banking. Safra also served on the Board of Directors for HSBC Holdings and The Walt Disney Company.