Fran Horowitz

Fran Horowitz-Bonadies is an American businesswoman. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Abercrombie & Fitch Co., a position she holds since her appointment in February, 2017.^[1] Horowitz joined the company in October, 2014 as President of the Hollister brand and served in this capacity for 13 months where she built upon marketing, merchandising and store operation changes put in motion years prior. ^[2] She was promoted to President and Chief Merchandising Officer of Abercrombie & Fitch Co., a new corporate role, in December 2015.^[3] She served in this capacity for 13 months prior to being named CEO and member of the board of directors. Her 2017 annual compensation was $10.3M, nearly 3400 times an average (part-time) employee. ^[4] Her cash compensation was $3.2M, with $1.1M in salary and $2.1 in bonus, and stock equity grant was $6.8M. ^[5] Her employee approval rating is 64 out of 100, placing her in the bottom 40% of comparably sized companies and ranked 5th out of 6 competitors. ^[6]

Horowitz has many years of retail experience, briefly serving for 9 months as President of Ann Taylor Loft and in various corporate roles at Express, Inc. She also worked at Bloomingdale's for 13 years in various merchandising roles. She began her career in buying positions at Bergdorf Goodman, Bonwit Teller, and Saks Fifth Avenue.^[7]

Horowitz is a graduate of Lafayette College and received her MBA from Fordham University.^[8]

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