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Emma Hinchliffe, Joseph Abrams

A CEO contender left Johnson & Johnson. Was she penalized for saying she wanted the job?

Johnson & Johnson exec Ashley McEvoy (Credit: Courtesy of Johnson & Johnson)

Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Taylor Swift is Time Magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year, another woman filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Sean "Diddy" Combs, and a J&J exec's departure raises familiar questions about women and ambition. Have a thoughtful Thursday.

- Executive ambition. A few months ago, I interviewed Ashley McEvoy, then Johnson & Johnson's EVP and worldwide chairman for medtech, a $27 billion business at the pharma giant. We discussed her journey from leading consumer brands like Tylenol and Listerine to running a complex business entrenched in the health care industry.

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