Ariel Investments president and co-CEO Mellody Hobson and Ariel Investments ‘Project Level’ managing partner Jason Wright ...

Ariel Investments, a Chicago-based firm that manages $13.8 billion, is starting a new fund to buy up holdings in women’s ...

Chicago-based Ariel pegged 2024 women’s sports revenue at $1.28 billion globally, up 300% in three years. Hobson said the ...

Chicago businesswoman Mellody Hobson will step down from her position as lead independent director of Starbucks’ board of directors, the coffee giant said in a statement on its website. Hobson serves ...

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Ariel Investments is “diving into the world of women’s sports” with a fund “dedicated to investments in the fast-growing sector,” according to Mark Weinraub of CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS. A memo from ...

The Project Level fund will make one of its first investments in a National Women’s Soccer League’s expansion team in Denver, Ariel Co-Chief Executive Officer Mellody Hobson said in a letter ...

The club’s alternate governor Mellody Hobson declared Thursday’s launch as further evidence that “women’s sports are at a ...

Mellody Hobson’s resignation as lead independent director of the Starbucks Corporation Board marks the end of an era for the company ...