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Fascinating. Kathleen Wilson-Thompson is a senior manager at a huge American company, still there doesn't seem to be a Wikipedia article about her.

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Lazlo Bock, who held a similar position at Google (head of HR) doesn’t seem to have had his own Wikipedia page until the publication of his book in 2015 (the coincidental timing suggests either people didn’t take note of him until the book, or his PR people helped get the Wikipedia article going).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:History/Laszlo_Bock

Only three of the nine execs of Walgreen Boots Alliance have wikipedia pages.

http://www.walgreensbootsalliance.com/about/senior-managemen...

I think the issue with these kinds of things is generally coming up with enough citable facts to create a full article. This seems easier with actors and musicians than with executives.

"Senior manager" isn't a remarkable achievement. It's just a role or position in a company that needs to be filled in. She happened to be the one who got picked (for various reasons). If she founded a company with $1B profits a year, it would be a different story.

This was downvoted, perhaps because people read your comment as being dismissive or contemptuous of her achievements, which I don't think you really meant to do.

I think the point you meant to make is that being a senior manager at a big company doesn't rate highly enough to warrant a dedicated Wikipedia page - which is more a comment on Wikipedia's notability criteria.

Let's agree that it is impressive and commendable for her to have achieved such a level of seniority at Walgreen's.

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