Deborah Platt Majoras

Majoras was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Westminster College in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude. She then attended the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was an editor of the Virginia Law Review. She graduated in 1989 with Order of the Coif honors.{{cite web |url= https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/biographies/deborah-platt-majoras |title=Federal Trade Commission: Deborah Majoras |website= FTC website|date=18 July 2013 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.concurrences.com/en/auteur/Deborah-Platt-Majoras|title=Deborah Platt Majoras - Concurrences|date=30 November 2012 }}

She joined the Justice Department in 2001, as Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. In her tenure, she oversaw matters involving numerous industries including software, financial networks, defense, health care, media and entertainment, banking and industrial equipment. Previously, she was a partner in the antitrust division at Jones Day.{{cite web |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=42204873&privcapId=33328 |title=Executive Biography: Deborah Majoras |website= Bloomberg}}

Majoras was appointed as chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission by President George W. Bush in 2004.{{cite web |url= http://www.nlada.org/node/14756 |title= Deborah Majoras, Exemplar Award Honoree |website= National Legal Aid & Defender Association |access-date= 2018-08-06 |archive-date= 2018-08-06 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180806210840/http://www.nlada.org/node/14756 |url-status= dead }} Majoras' tenure as FTC Chairperson was marked by the commission's strong efforts to protect and enhance consumer welfare. She focused on ensuring data security and protecting consumers from emerging frauds, such as identity theft, spyware and deceptive spam.

In May 2006, she was appointed by President George W. Bush to be co-chair of the Identity Theft Task Force. Majoras focused on increasing the efficiency and transparency of the merger review process, implementing sound antitrust policy regarding intellectual property, increasing efforts to prevent anticompetitive government policies and strengthening cooperation with consumer and competition agencies around the world.

In 2007, consumer groups urged Majoras to recuse herself from the FTC's probe of Google's DoubleClick.{{Cite web |date=2007-12-13 |title=FTC head is asked to recuse herself from Google case |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/business/article/ftc-head-is-asked-to-recuse-herself-from-google-1258599.php |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=CTInsider |publisher=Associated Press}} The groups noted that her husband, John Majoras, worked as an antitrust lawyer for Jones Day, which represented DoubleClick; the complaint noted that Deborah Majoras was previously employed at Jones Day.{{Cite magazine |last=Singel |first=Ryan |title=FTC Head Should Recuse Herself Over Google-DoubleClick Ties, Rights Groups Say -- UPDATED |url=https://www.wired.com/2007/12/ftc-head-should/ |access-date=2024-09-12 |magazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}} In response, the FTC's spokesperson stated they were reviewing the petition for recusal with the agency's chief ethics officer. On December 17, the FTC rebuffed the recusal, with Majoras stating that she did not have a conflict of interest as her husband no longer owned equity in the firm.{{Cite web |date=2007-12-15 |title=Regulator Won't Step Aside in Google Review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/15/technology/15google.html |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=The New York Times}}

She left the FTC in 2008 to join Procter & Gamble as senior vice president and general counsel. Since 2010 she has been chief legal officer and secretary of P&G.{{cite web |url=https://deloitte.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2018/03/26/strengthening-ties-with-the-business-and-board-deborah-majoras-clo-procter-gamble/ |title=Strengthening Ties with the Business and Board: Deborah Majoras, CLO, Procter & Gamble |website= Wall Street Journal}} She retired from Procter & Gamble in 2022.{{Cite web |last=Wyatt |first=Melissa Castro |date=2022-09-27 |title=Plotting Her 'Rewirement' |url=https://www.law.virginia.edu/news/202209/plotting-her-rewirement |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=UVA Law News}}

Majoras is a member of the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law. She also served as a non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN) and was named by President Bush to serve on the Antitrust Modernization Commission. She is a frequent speaker on competition and consumer protection policy issues to national and international audiences.{{cite web |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=42204873&privcapId=33328 |title=Executive Biography: Deborah Majoras |website= Bloomberg}}

Majoras is married to John Majoras, co-chair of the litigation practice at law firm Jones Day.{{Cite web |date=2018-01-11 |title=Deborah Majoras, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Procter & Gamble |url=https://www.law.com/international-edition/2018/01/11/deborah-p-majoras-chief-legal-officer-and-secretary-of-the-procter-gamble-co/?slreturn=20240812155908 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Law.com International |language=en-gb}}

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