Phebe Novakovic

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Phebe Nevenka Novakovic
BornNovember 1957 (age 68) [1]
Education Smith College (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
Spouses
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    (m. 1985,divorced)​
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  • David Morrison
Children3

Phebe Novakovic (born 1957) is an American businesswoman and former intelligence officer. She has been the chairwoman and chief executive officer of General Dynamics since 2013.

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She was ranked 21st on Fortune's list of Most Powerful Women in 2023. [3] She was also listed as the world's 29th most powerful woman by Forbes the same year. [4]

Early life

Novakovic is of Serbian descent. [5] She graduated from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1979 and received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1988. [6] [7] [8] She was previously married to Michael G. Vickers, former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, Special Forces soldier, and CIA paramilitary officer. [2] [9] She has three daughters. [2]

Career

She worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. [6] From 1997 to 2001, she worked for the United States Department of Defense. [6] [7]

She joined General Dynamics in 2001. [7] She became president and chief operations officer in 2012. [7] She has been the chairman and chief executive officer since January 2013. [6] [7] [10] [11]

She has sat on the board of directors of Abbott Laboratories since 2010. [10] As of 2018, she was listed as the 25th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes, [12] rising from 56th in 2015 and 65th in 2014. In 2020 she was appointed a director of J. P. Morgan Chase. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "PHEBE NEVENKA NOVAKOVIC" . Retrieved 2021-10-16. PHEBE NEVENKA NOVAKOVIC is a Company Director ... born in November 1957
  2. 1 2 3 Robbins, Carla Anne (September 11, 2015). "The Spy in General Dynamics' Corner Office". Fortune.com. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  3. ↑ "Most Powerful Women". Fortune .
  4. ↑ "The World's Most Powerful Women 2023". Forbes. December 5, 2023. Archived from the original on January 18, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Phebe Novakovic provided plane take Saric Podgorica" . Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Phebe Novakovic". Forbes. Retrieved Oct 28, 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bloomberg BusinessWeek". Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved Oct 28, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Outstanding Alumnae Named 2016 Smith Medalists". Smith College. Retrieved Oct 28, 2020.
  9. ↑ Bobrow, Emily (June 25, 2021). "General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic Believes in Patriotism and Resilience". WSJ.com. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  10. 1 2 Abbott Laboratories Board of Directors Archived 2013-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ "General Dynamics | Home". www.gd.com. Retrieved Oct 28, 2020.
  12. ↑ Valet, Vicky. "The World's Most Powerful Women In Business 2018: Driving Change From The Corner Office". Forbes. Retrieved Oct 28, 2020.


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