MGM MIRAGE
Profiles: 11-20
WHY IT’S IN THE DIVERSITYINC TOP 50
A strong effort to create an inclusive work force,
including innovative diversity training and employee
councils, has propelled this gaming company back
on the list.
JIM MURREN
Chairman and CEO
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS
The company holds its senior executives responsible for diversity success. Property presidents must
include diversity objectives in their annual business
plans and are measured and rewarded for performance. The company has external and internal
diversity councils. Additionally, at the board level,
a Diversity Committee is chaired by former U.S.
Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman.
● SPECIALTY LIST: No. 7
in The DiversityInc Top 10
Companies for Supplier
Diversity
● INDUSTRY: Hospitality
● MAIN COMPETITORS:
Harrah’s Entertainment,
Las Vegas Sands, Trump
Resorts
● U.S. HEADQUARTERS:
Las Vegas
● NUMBER OF U.S.
EMPLOYEES: 60,000
● ANNUAL REVENUE:
$7 billion
● OF OPERATIONS
OUTSIDE U.S.: N/A
DEBRA NELSON
Vice President, Corporate
Diversity and
Community Affairs
MGM MIRAGE also has excellent diversity training.
Its Champions program was the first in-depth educational program of its kind in the gaming industry.
NOVARTIS
● SPECIALTY LISTS:
No. 9 in The DiversityInc
Top 10 Companies for
Recruitment & Retention;
No. 8 in The DiversityInc
Top 10 Global Diversity
Companies
● INDUSTRY:
Pharmaceuticals
● MAIN COMPETITORS:
Bristol-Myers Squibb,
Roche, Sanofi-Aventis
● U.S. HEADQUARTERS:
East Hanover, N.J.
● NUMBER OF U.S.
EMPLOYEES: 11,592
● ANNUAL REVENUE:
$8.6 billion
● OF OPERATIONS
OUTSIDE U.S.: N/A
PHARMACEUTICALS CORP.
WHY IT’S IN THE DIVERSITYINC TOP 50
From Chairman and CEO Dr. Daniel Vasella to
Head of Pharma, North America, and Novartis
Pharmaceuticals CEO Ludwig Hantson, the commitment to diversity and inclusion at Novartis
Pharmaceuticals Corp. is very clear.
DIVERSITY STRENGTHS
LUDWIG HANTSON
CEO, Novartis Pharmaceu-
ticals Corp., and Head of
Pharma, North America
CEO commitment clearly exists at Novartis. Michelle
Gadsden-Williams, vice president and global head of
diversity and inclusion, is a direct report to Joseph
Jimenez, CEO of Novartis Pharma AG.
Marilyn Priestley, vice president and head of diversity and inclusion, ensures that the corporation’s U.S.
facilities maintain a strong culture of inclusion.
MARILYN PRIESTLEY
Vice President, Head of
Diversity and Inclusion
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