May 23rd 2024.
Bozoma Saint John, the former chief marketing officer of Netflix, is making a big change in her career, from working behind the camera to being in front of it. She has joined the newest full-time cast of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," as announced by Bravo on May 22.
Saint John will be joining returning housewives Garcelle Beauvais, Erika Jayne, Dorit Kemsley, Kyle Richards, and Sutton Stracke, as well as socialite and businesswoman Kathy Hilton, who is returning as a "friend of" the housewives. Actress Jennifer Tilly will also be joining the cast.
After years of working in the executive side of television, including her role as Netflix's CMO from 2020 to 2022 and at Endeavor before that, Saint John is now making the shift to reality TV. Her impressive resume includes leadership roles at companies like Pepsi, Uber, and Apple, where she joined after the tech giant acquired Beats Music, founded by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine.
Following the announcement from Bravo, Saint John took to Instagram to share her excitement with her followers. She posted a photo of herself looking glamorous in a photoshoot taken in Beverly Hills, captioning it with "There's a BADASS in the HOUSE!"
Originally from Connecticut, Saint John's journey to the RHOBH cast has been a personal one. In her recently released memoir, "The Urgent Life: My Story of Love, Loss and Survival," she shares how she learned to live life with urgency after the passing of her husband Peter Saint John from cancer in 2013. She is also a mother to her daughter Lael, who she welcomed with Peter after the loss of their first daughter, Eve.
Not only does Saint John have a powerful personal story to share, but she is also recognized for her business prowess. In May 2021, she was named one of the Top 50 Most Influential Female Leaders in Africa in the corporate and business industry by Leading Ladies Africa. Saint John has lived in various countries in Africa, including Ghana, Nairobi, and Kenya, before returning to the United States, where she has lived in Connecticut, Washington, D.C., and Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The 13th season of RHOBH wrapped up in March, and it was announced that full-time housewife Crystal Kung-Minkoff will not be returning for the next season. While most of the cast members over the years have come from the entertainment world, Saint John is the first to come from the executive side of the industry. She is also only the second Black full-time housewife in the franchise, following Beauvais, who joined the show in Season 10 in April 2020.
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