Carol Meyrowitz is the president

President

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, Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

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, and director

Board of directors

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 of TJX Companies

TJX Companies

The TJX Companies, Incorporated , is the largest international apparel and home fashions off-price department store chain in the United States. Based in Framingham, Massachusetts, the company originally evolved from the Zayre discount department store chain, founded in 1956, which opened its first...

, the leading off-price retailer in the United States

United States

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.

History with TJX

Meyrowitz joined TJX Companies in 1983. In 2001, she became Executive Vice President of the company, as well as the President of Marmaxx, the largest division of the company. She rose to Senior Executive Vice President in March 2004, which she maintained until January 2005. In January 2005, she left her positions and became an advisor for TJX and Berkshire Partners

Berkshire Partners

Berkshire Partners, the Boston-based private equity firm, has invested in leading mid-sized companies for over twenty-five years through eight investment funds with aggregate capital of $11 billion. Berkshire has developed specific industry experience in several areas including retailing, consumer...

. Her plan was to leave the advisory role in September of that year to "pursue new opportunities and challenges" outside of TJX.

However, Meyrowitz became president on October 17, 2005; additionally, she became a member of the board of directors on September 7, 2006. She was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company on January 28, 2007, replacing acting CEO Bernard Cammarata, the Chairman of the Board

Chair (official)

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 for TJX.

Media recognition

In 2009, Forbes

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 ranked her 24th in their list of the 100 Most Powerful Women. She ranked 26th on CNN

CNN

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's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business 2006.

External links

• Reuters.com Brief biography of Carol Meyrowitz
• tjx.com TJX Companies home page