Cathy Engelbert

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Catherine M. Engelbert (born November 14, 1964) is an American businesswoman who has served as the commissioner of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) since 2019. She previously served as the first female CEO of Deloitte. Engelbert worked for Deloitte for 33 years and was elected as its CEO in 2015, becoming the first woman to lead a Big Four accounting firm. In 2019, she was named the commissioner of the WNBA and made headlines in the following year for creating the Wubble amid the COVID-19 pandemic and supporting player activism. Engelbert has led the league to rapid commercial growth, historic popularity, and its most significant expansion in history, but has faced criticism over player compensation and league decisions. She has been ranked among the most powerful businesswomen in the world by Fortune magazine for her roles in the WNBA and Deloitte.

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