Michelle Peluso
Investor and Board Member
Michelle Peluso is the Global Consumer Chief Marketing and Internet
Officer for Citigroup. She is passionate about ensuring the
Citibank brand shines for consumers around the world, and that the
company continues to make strides to lead in a digital world.
In February of 2009, Michelle left Travelocity where she had been CEO
since 2003, after serving as the company's chief operating officer
and senior vice president of product strategy and distribution for
several years prior. Under her leadership, Travelocity experienced
a dramatic turnaround in both growth of revenue and profitability.
In her role as CEO, she launched Travelocity's innovative net rate
hotel and dynamic packaging programs, which catapulted Travelocity
back to growth and profitability. Peluso also spearheaded Travelocity's emergence as a global player with the acquisition of lastminute.com and the organic growth of ZUJI.
Peluso joined Travelocity following the company's acquisition of
Site59, a travel site she created and launched in 2000. Site59
became the leader in the US "last minute deals" arena and won
numerous honors for innovation. Prior to leading Site59, Peluso served as
a White House Fellow and Senior Advisor to Labor Secretary Alexis
Herman and worked as a case leader for The Boston Consulting Group
in New York and London.
Peluso has been tapped as an executive to watch by Forbes, The Wall
Street Journal and has been featured in several "40 under 40" lists.
She received the Stevie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Business;
she has been recognized by the National Italian American Foundation
with the Special Achievement Award in Business; Fast Company
Magazine named her a "customer-centered leader"; and she is a noted
speaker as well. She serves on the Board of Directors for Gilt Groupe and Open Table.
Peluso received her master's degree in economics, philosophy and
politics from Pembroke College at Oxford University where she was a Thoroun Scholar, and her bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. She lives in New York with her husband, Marc, and their two children, Auden Grace and Cole Hudson.