Walgreens names Starbucks’ Rosalind Brewer as new CEO

Walgreens Boots Alliance has hired Starbucks Chief Operating Officer Rosalind Brewer to be its CEO, replacing Stefano Pessina. Brewer, who was CEO of Walmart-owned Sam’s Club for five years before signing on at Starbucks, will be the only Black woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company when she takes the reins on March 15.