Compared to her former job as Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice must feel like she's now got all the time in the world in her new post as Stanford professor. Lately, at least, it feels like she's been everywhere -- this weekend at the women's Final Four, today in Newsday regarding female membership into the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews (Rice was one of the first female members at Augusta National, site of the Masters), and today again, after Dropbox announced her as their newest board member, Wired reported.
Before today's announcement, Dropbox had hired Rice's consulting firm, RiceHadleyGates for "management issues" according to Bloomberg News. Given Rice's experience with handling highly sensitive information during her days with the government, she'll also help strengthen the storage service's security. As NBC pointed out, Rice is just one of four directors on the board so she'll have a chance to make a significant impact on a company that's yet to declare a public offering. As of January of 2014, Dropbox was valued at $10 billion.
"As a country, we are having a great national conversation and debate about exactly how to manage privacy concerns," Rice told Bloomberg. "I look forward to helping Dropbox navigate it."
Dropbox decided to deliver its major news in threes today. They launched a slew of new products (Carousel, a photo service, and Dropbox for Business) at an event in San Francisco and announced a new CFO and COO. Wired also identified a fourth bit of news: Pearl Jam intends to invest in the company.
