Pamela Thomas-Graham Biography
Pamela Thomas-Graham is an American entrepreneur, executive, and author. Graham began her work at Goldman Sachs & Co. as a summer associate in the investment banking group while attending Harvard Business School.
Pamela Thomas-Graham Age
Pamela was born on 24 June 1963, in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America. She is 60 years old as of June 2023.
Pamela Thomas-Graham Education
In 1985, Graham received a B.A. in economics from Harvard University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa She earned her MBA from Harvard Business School in 1988 and her Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1989.
Pamela Thomas-Graham Family- Parents
Thomas-Graham grew up in Detroit, Michigan, with her older brother, Vincent, where her mother, Marian, was a social worker and her father, Albert, a Detroit city government employee, “worked in real estate” as the deputy head of the Buildings and Safety Engineering Department.
Pamela Thomas-Graham Husband
Thomas-Graham was married to her late husband, novelist and attorney Lawrence Otis Graham (1961-2021), had three children together and lived in New York City.
Pamela Thomas-Graham Career
In August 2016, the Clorox Company board of directors elected Thomas-Graham as the lead independent director. Previously, she was a senior executive at Credit Suisse and served on the bank’s 10-member executive board until October 2015. was a partner at McKinsey & Company, president and CEO of CNBC, and Group President of Liz Claiborne. Thomas-Graham began her work at Goldman Sachs & Co. as a summer associate in the investment banking group while attending Harvard Business School. In 1995, she became the first African American woman to be named a partner at McKinsey & Company, a multinational management consulting firm. Thomas-Graham joined NBC in 1999 as president of CNBC.com, and in 2001 she became CEO of the cable television network CNBC.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a Harvard Business School professor, wrote a case study based on her successful introduction of the network’s business website. In September 2005, she left CNBC to become president of Liz Claiborne, Inc. Thomas-Graham joined Credit Suisse’s executive board in January 2010 as Chief Talent, Branding, and Communications Officer. Clorox chose her as the board’s Lead Independent Director in August 2016. Thomas-Graham sits on the boards of the New York Philharmonic and Parsons School of Design. She is a member of the Economic Club of New York and the Council of Foreign Relations.
Thomas-Graham is the author of three book series titled “Ivy League Mysteries” published by Simon & Schuster: A Darker Shade Of Crimson (1998), Blue Blood (1999), and Orange Crushed (2004). Thomas-Graham founded and owns Dandelion Chandelier, a blog that explores the convergence of luxury, wellness, marketing, and technology.
Pamela Thomas-Graham Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 5 million dollars.