Susan Arnold is a bit of an enigma. Little is written about her personal life anywhere. Her corporate biography shows that she went directly from college at University of Pennsylvania to pursue her MBA at University of Pittsburgh. From there, she promptly joined Procter and Gamble in September of 1980 and has been there ever since. A career in a single company is a rarity these days, but it is more common among the women who break through. Susan was the first woman to achieve the title of President at Procter and Gamble.

Along the way, she managed to have two children, a daughter Sarah, born in 1995 and a son Mark, born in 1992. Of her children she says “Having children made me set priorities, leaders who don’t set priorities can burn out their organizations.” Surely her success was attributable to more than that.