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Jessica Coacci

Top defense CEO says non-linear paths can take you to the top

Toni Townes Whitley (Credit: Leigh Vogel-Getty Images)

Toni Townes-Whitley didn’t follow a step-by-step blueprint to reach the top of the defense industry. The SAIC CEO’s path was non-linear, stretching horizontally and vertically before reaching the top of the $7.5 billion defense tech giant.

Speaking at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit last week, Townes-Whitley said that she made “about three or four key turns” in her career before becoming the second Black female CEO currently in the Fortune 500.

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