CEOI MEMBER SINCE 2019

Tory Burch is executive chairman and chief creative officer at Tory Burch LLC, an American lifestyle brand. Ms. Burch launched the company in 2004 with a boutique in New York and an e-commerce site. The brand has since grown into a global business, with 370 stores, e-commerce, and wholesale distribution. Empowering women is Ms. Burch’s guiding principle, expressed through her collections and her work at the Tory Burch Foundation. Established in 2009, the foundation provides women entrepreneurs in the U.S. with access to capital, education, and community. In addition to its own initiatives and signature Fellows Program, the foundation partners with Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Fearless Fund to empower women entrepreneurs through grants and low-interest loans. Ms. Burch serves on several boards, including the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the Jay H. Baker Retailing Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She is a founding advisory council member of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a trustee at the Barnes Foundation. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.