Eula Adams
MBA 1976
Eula Adams worked at Touche Ross before attending HBS and returned there after graduation, becoming the first African American partner in the firm.
In 1988, Adams led the firm's audit function with a staff of over one hundred. When the firm merged with Deloitte, Adams assumed even greater responsibility as an executive committee member for the Atlanta office.
Adams later held senior executive roles at First Data Corporation, where he oversaw 11,000 employees in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, and revenues of $1.5 billion. Adams's corporate rise led him to be named one of the 50 most powerful Black executives by Fortune magazine in 2002.