Barbara Martin Coppola

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Barbara Martin Coppola
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NationalityFrench, Spanish and American
Education Polytechnic University of Madrid
Télécom Paris
INSEAD (MBA)
Occupation Chief Executive Officer of Decathlon Group
Awards Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite (2023)

Barbara Martin Coppola, is a business executive of French, Spanish and American nationality. She is currently the chief executive officer of the Decathlon Group.

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Biography

Barbara Martin Coppola graduated from Polytechnic University of Madrid and Télécom Paris in 1999. [1] She also holds an MBA from INSEAD. [2] [3]

She has worked in more than nine countries. Accordingly, Barbara Martin Coppola now has more than 20 years of international experience. [4]

Career

Early career

After her studies, Barbara Martin Coppola started her career at Texas Instruments, where she worked as a business development manager from 1999 to 2004. [1] Later, from 2005 to 2008, she was the Chief Digital Officer at Samsung in Seoul. [1] In 2008, she worked at Google in France. [1] [5] She also has previous work experience as a global product marketing manager at YouTube and a Chief Marketing Officer at the Chicago-based meal delivery specialist GrubHub. [6] [4]

Ikea

In April 2018, Barbara Martin Coppola became the Chief Digital Officer of the Group Ikea. [7] [8]

Decathlon

In January 2022, Barbara Martin Coppola became the chief executive officer of the Group Decathlon. [4] [6] She is the first woman to run the Group and the first female manager to be recruited from outside the Group Decathlon. [1] [7]

Awards

In September 2023, she won the Women's Excellence Award from the Spanish Women's Leaders Club. [9] [10] She was ranked 61st on Fortune 's list of Most Powerful Women in 2023. [11]

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References

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