Women in Business: Q&A with Jan Swartz, President of Princess Cruises
By Laura Dunn
This article originally appeared on Huffington Post.
As president of Princess Cruises, Jan Swartz heads one of the best-known brands in the cruise industry, overseeing a worldwide cruise and tour company featuring a fleet of 17 modern ships that carry approximately 1.7 million passengers a year. The third largest cruise line in the industry, Princess has more than 25,000 employees, and operations in more than 60 countries around the globe. Princess Cruises is part of Carnival Corporation & plc, one of the world's largest leisure travel companies.
How has your life experience made you the leader you are today?
Travel has long been a personal and professional passion of mine. I believe that as citizens of the world, we share much in common and can learn from one another. Diversity of perspective leads organizations to better answers. This philosophy serves me well as I am honored to lead an organization with 22,000 employees from more than 70 countries and 1.7M passengers from more than 180 countries.
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