Advaithi says she\u2019s committed to rebuilding the facility in some form to make sure that \u201cawesome team in Ukraine gets a chance.\u201d (It was responsible for 1% of Flex\u2019s revenue, producing consumer and lifestyle products). <\/p>\n
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Flex CEO Revathi Advaithi speaks at Fortune Brainstorm Tech. <\/p>\n
Maeve Reiss\/Fortune<\/p>\n
For Advaithi, it was just another day as a global CEO. She was ranked No. 62<\/a> on Fortune\u2018s Most Powerful Women list this year, due to her success repositioning Flex in the manufacturing marketplace. \u201cThis is the role of every CEO, right? You never know what\u2019s going to come in the next minute and the next day,\u201d she says. \u201cYou have to go with the flow as these things happen.\u201d <\/p>\n Not every day involves a missile strike\u2014but there are plenty of other challenges on Advaithi\u2019s plate. She got Flex into the forward-looking power business, building power cooling and compute for data centers. She\u2019s thinking about reskilling the global workforce, as a CEO responsible for more than 100,000 workers around the world, many of whom work manufacturing jobs. She\u2019s got a viewpoint on President Trump\u2019s efforts to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. (cell phones will never be made here, she argues) and wants those jobs to be higher-skilled. <\/p>\n Meanwhile, Advaithi battled breast cancer, as she recently revealed<\/a>. She wants more women to enter the manufacturing workforce, too. \u201cIt\u2019s going to take a lot of work,\u201d she says\u2014and it won\u2019t come solely from a C-suite mandate. <\/p>\n Emma Hinchliffe The Most Powerful Women Daily newsletter is Fortune\u2019s daily briefing for and about the women leading the business world. Subscribe here<\/a>.<\/p>\n ALSO IN THE HEADLINES<\/p>\n Almost $10 million worth of birth control pills and IUDs designated by USAID for people in low-income countries have been destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration. <\/strong>Other organizations including the Gates Foundation had offered to buy or receive donations of the contraceptives from the federal government, which declined the offers.\u00a0New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n Ivanka Trump is working with the CEO of Chobani on a food waste initiative.\u00a0<\/strong>The pair wrote an op-ed for\u00a0Fortune\u00a0about how to limit food waste and repurpose existing harvests.\u00a0Fortune<\/a><\/p>\n Eight centers supporting refugees returning to Afghanistan shut down.\u00a0<\/strong>Because the Taliban wouldn’t permit female aid workers to staff the facilities.\u00a0Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n The Golden State Valkyries are finishing their first season, and they could already be on the way to becoming the first $1 billion women’s basketball franchise.\u00a0<\/strong>The team has had one of the most successful debuts for a sports franchise, ever, thanks to good timing, a strong local fan base in the Bay Area, and smart marketing moves.\u00a0Bloomberg<\/a><\/p>\n ON MY RADAR<\/p>\n The defiance of Olivia Munn\u00a0Bustle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Won’t someone think of the men?\u00a0The Cut<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n With\u00a0I Love LA, Rachel Sennott keeps her cool\u00a0New York Times<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n PARTING WORDS<\/p>\n “I want people to realize that you\u2019re not your mistakes. People will always judge you off your worst moments, but you don\u2019t have to pay attention to that. You\u2019re allowed to grow.”<\/b><\/p>\n \u2014 Minnesota Lynx star Courtney Williams on her path to the WNBA<\/a><\/p>\n
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