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Slma Shelbayah

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Communication Leader and Founder of Shelbayah Consulting. Adjunct Professor @claytonstateuniversity Former PR Director @SCAD. Former Producer/Writer at @CNN
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The 2026 Forbes World’s Most Influential CMOs List

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By Slma Shelbayah, Linda Boff
| Forbes Verified
Drive enterprise growth. Introduce a new product or revive sales for a stagnant one. Bolster confidence in a company across public and private markets. Become a talent magnet. And do it all in a world that grows more agentic by the day. Those are the expectations of today's chief marketing officers. CMOs need a quiver of sharp arrows to perform this multifarious job, and one of those arrows is the ability to drive influence.
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Introducing The 2026 Forbes CMO Hall Of Fame Inductees

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By Slma Shelbayah
| Forbes Verified
The 2026 Forbes CMO Hall of Fame marks our fifth annual class—a cohort defined not by the metrics of a single campaign or business cycle, but by an enduring influence that shapes the global practice of marketing itself. In its first year, the CMO Hall of Fame recognized those chief marketers who had appeared on the Forbes World’s Most Influential CMOs list a minimum of five times since its inception.
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Marketing Trends In Motion: How 2026’s Top CMOs Are Driving Influence

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By Slma Shelbayah
| Forbes Verified
Every year produces its own marketing lexicon: AI, creators, personalization, brand purpose, performance marketing, experiential everything. The question is which of these ideas actually move markets, shape behavior and create measurable influence. Forbes World’s Most Influential CMOs list reflects this.
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