A-E

Career: Assicurazioni Generali, 1983–1989, insurance-operations department; 1989–1992, head of Swiss branch; 1992–1995, head of International Activity of Europe Assistance; 1995–1996, area manager for German-speaking countries and France; 1996–1998, assistant general manager and head of group-insurance operations; 1998–2002, deputy general manager; 2002–, co–chief executive officer.

Steve Ballmer 1956— Biography

Born: March 24, 1956, in Detroit, Michigan.

Jill Barad 1951— Biography

Born: May 23, 1951, in New York, New York.

Don H. Barden 1943— Biography

Born: December 20, 1943, in Detroit, Michigan.

Ned Barnholt 1943— Biography

Born: 1943, in New York City, New York.

Colleen Barrett 1944— Biography

Born: 1944, in Bellows Falls, Vermont.

Craig R. Barrett 1939— Biography

Born: August 29, 1939, in San Francisco, California.

Matthew William Barrett 1944— Biography

Born: September 20, 1944, in County Kerry, Ireland.

John M. Barth 1946— Biography

Career: Johnson Controls, 1969–?, industrial engineer; ?–1990, head of plastics group; 1990–1992, head of automotive business; 1992–1998, executive vice president; 1998–2002, president and COO; 2002–2004, CEO; 2004–, chairman and CEO.

Glen A. Barton 1939— Biography

Born: August 1939, in Alton, Missouri.

Richard Barton 1967— Biography

Education: Stanford University, B.S. (industrial engineering), 1989.

J. T. Battenberg III 1944— Biography

Education: Kettering University, BS, 1966; Columbia University, MBA, 1969.

Claude Bébéar 1935— Biography

Born: July 29, 1935, in Issac, France.

Pierre-Olivier Beckers 1960— Biography

Education: I.A.G, Univerite catholique de Louvain, bachelor's degree; Harvard Business School, MBA.

Jean-Louis Beffa 1941— Biography

Born: August 11, 1941, in Nice, France.

Alain Belda 1943— Biography

Born: June 23, 1943, in Meknes, Morocco.

Charles Bell 1960— Biography

Born: November 7, 1960, in Kingsford, Australia.

Luciano Benetton 1935— Biography

Born: May 13, 1935, in Treviso, Italy.

Robert H. Benmosche 1944— Biography

Born: May 29, 1944, in New York City, New York.

Silvio Berlusconi 1936— Biography

Born: September 29, 1936, in Milan, Italy.

Betsy Bernard 1955— Biography

Born: May 16, 1955, in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

Daniel Bernard 1946— Biography

Education: École des Hautes Études Commerciales.

David W. Bernauer 1944— Biography

Education: North Dakota State University, BS, 1967.

Wulf H. Bernotat 1948— Biography

Born: September 14, 1948, in Göttingen, Germany.

Gordon M. Bethune 1941— Biography

Education: Abilene Christian University, BS; Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program, 1992.

J. Robert Beyster 1925— Biography

Education: University of Michigan, BSE, MS, PhD (dates unknown).

Jeff Bezos 1964— Biography

Born: January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Pierre Bilger 1941— Biography

Family: Married (wife's name unknown); children: five.

Alwaleed Bin Talal 1957(?)— Biography

Born: July 9, 1957(?), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Dave Bing 1943— Biography

Born: November 29, 1943, in Washington, D.C.

Carole Black 1945— Biography

Education: Ohio State University, BA, 1965.

Cathleen Black 1944— Biography

Born: April 26, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois.

Jonathan Bloomer 1954— Biography

Career: Arthur Andersen, joined company in 1974; 1991–1995, senior partner of European Insurance Practice; Prudential Public Limited Company, 1995–1999, group finance director; Prudential Public Limited Company, 1999–2000, deputy group chief executive; Prudential Public Limited Company, 2000–, group chief executive.

Alan L. Boeckmann 1948— Biography

Education: University of Arizona, BS, 1973.

Daniel Bouton 1950— Biography

Born: April 10, 1950, in Paris, France.

Martin Bouygues 1952— Biography

Education: Attended University of Paris, Dauphine.

Jack O. Bovender Jr. 1945— Biography

Education: Duke University, BA, 1967; MHA, 1969.

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe 1944— Biography

Born: November 13, 1944, in Villach, Austria.

Richard Branson 1950— Biography

Born: July 18, 1950, in Shamley Green, Surrey, England.

Edward D. Breen 1956— Biography

Education: Grove City College, BS, 1978.

Thierry Breton 1955— Biography

Born: January 15, 1955, in Paris, France.

Ulrich Brixner 1941— Biography

Born: January 6, 1941, in Munich, Germany.

John Browne 1948— Biography

Born: February 20, 1948, in Hamburg, Germany.

Wayne Brunetti 1942— Biography

Born: October 13, 1942, in Cleveland, Ohio.

John E. Bryson 1943— Biography

Born: July 24, 1943, in New York, New York.

Warren E. Buffett 1930— Biography

Born: August 30, 1930, in Omaha, Nebraska.

Steven A. Burd 1949— Biography

Born: 1949, in Valley City, North Dakota.

H. Peter Burg 1946—2004 Biography

Education: University of Akron, BS, MBA.

Antony Burgmans 1947— Biography

Born: February 13, 1947, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

James Burke 1925— Biography

Born: February 28, 1925, in Rutland, Vermont.

Ursula Burns 1958— Biography

Born: September 20, 1958, in New York, New York.

Louis C. Camilleri 1957— Biography

Education: University of Lausanne, Switzerland, degree in economics and business administration, 1976.

Lewis B. Campbell 1946— Biography

Family: Married Mary (maiden name unknown); children: three.

Philippe Camus 1948— Biography

Born: June 28, 1948, in Paris, France.

Michael R. Cannon 1953— Biography

Education: Michigan State University, BS; Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program.

Jim Cantalupo 1943—2004 Biography

Born: November 14, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois.

Thomas E. Capps 1935— Biography

Born: October 31, 1935, in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Daniel A. Carp 1948— Biography

Born: May 4, 1948, in Wytheville, Virginia.

Peter Cartwright 1930— Biography

Born: January 1930, in New York.

Steve Case 1958— Biography

Born: August 21, 1958, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Cássio Casseb Lima 1955— Biography

Born: August 8, 1955, in Sāo Paulo, Brazil.

Robert B. Catell 1937— Biography

Born: February 1, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York.

William Cavanaugh III 1939— Biography

Born: 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Charles M. Cawley 1941— Biography

Education: Georgetown University, earned degree, 1962.

Clarence P. Cazalot Jr. 1951— Biography

Born: 1951, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Nicholas D. Chabraja 1942— Biography

Born: November 6, 1942, in Gary, Indiana.

John T. Chambers 1949— Biography

Born: August 23, 1949, in Cleveland, Ohio.

J. Harold Chandler 1949— Biography

Born: 1949, in Belton, South Carolina.

Morris Chang 1931— Biography

Born: July 10, 1931, in Shanghai, China.

Chen Tonghai 1948— Biography

Born: September 1948, in Huimin, Shandong, China.

Kenneth I. Chenault 1951— Biography

Born: June 2, 1951, in New York, New York.

Fujio Cho 1937— Biography

Education: Tokyo University, law degree, 1960.

Chung Ju-yung 1915—2001 Biography

Born: November 25, 1915, in Asan-ri, North Korea.

Carla Cico 1961— Biography

Born: February 21, 1961, in Verona, Italy.

Philippe Citerne 1949— Biography

Education: Ecole Centrale de Paris, undergraduate degree in economics, graduate degree in mathematics.

Jim Clark 1944— Biography

Education: University of New Orleans, MA, 1971; University of Utah, PhD, 1974.

Vance D. Coffman 1944— Biography

Born: April 3, 1944, in Kinross, Kansas.

Douglas R. ca. Conant 1952— Biography

Born: ca. 1952, in Chicago, Illinois.

Phil Condit 1941— Biography

Born: August 2, 1941, in Berkeley, California.

Terence Conran 1931— Biography

Born: August 4, 1931, in London, England.

John W. Conway 1945— Biography

Education: University of Virginia, BA; Columbia Law School, JD.

John R. Coomber 1949— Biography

Born: February 7, 1949, in England.

Roger Corbett 1942— Biography

Born: 1942, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Alston D. Correll 1941— Biography

Born: April 28, 1941, in Brunswick, Georgia.

Alfonso Cortina de Alcocer 1944— Biography

Born: March 13, 1944, in Madrid, Spain.

David M. Cote 1952— Biography

Education: University of New Hampshire, BS, 1976.

Robert Crandall 1935— Biography

Born: December 6, 1935, in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Mac Crawford 1949— Biography

Family: Married Linda (maiden name unknown); children: two.

Carlos Criado-Perez 1952— Biography

Born: 1952, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

James R. Crosby 1956— Biography

Education: Attended Brasenose College, Oxford, 1977–1980.

Adam Crozier 1964— Biography

Born: January 26, 1964, in Falkirk, Isle of Bute, Scotland.

Alexander M. Cutler 1951— Biography

Born: May 28, 1951, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Márcio A. Cypriano 1943— Biography

Career: Banco da Bahia, 1967–1973, bank clerk; Banco Bradesco, 1973–1984, branch manager; 1984–1986, department manager; 1986–1988, associate executive officer; 1988–1995, managing director; 1995–1999, executive vice president; 1999–, president.

David F. D'Alessandro 1951— Biography

Born: January 6, 1951, in Utica, New York.

Eric Daniels 1951— Biography

Education: Cornell University, BA, 1973; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MSc, 1975.

George David 1942— Biography

Born: April 7, 1942, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Richard K. Davidson 1942— Biography

Born: January 9, 1942, in Allen, Kansas.

Julian C. Day 1952— Biography

Born: May 14, 1952, in Scarborough, England.

Henri de Castries 1954— Biography

Born: August 15, 1954, in Bayonne, France.

Michael S. Dell 1965— Biography

Born: February 23, 1965, in Houston, Texas.

Guerrino de Luca 1952— Biography

Born: September 1952, in Lanciano, Abruzzo, Italy.

Hebert Demel 1953— Biography

Education: Technical University of Vienna, 1971–1978; PhD, 1981.

Roger Deromedi 1953— Biography

Education: Vanderbilt University, BA, 1975; Stanford Graduate School of Business, MBA, 1977.

Thierry Desmarest 1945— Biography

Born: December 15, 1945, in Paris, France.

Michael Diekmann 1954— Biography

Born: December 23, 1954, in Bielefeld, Germany.

William Dillard II 1945— Biography

Education: University of Arkansas, BSBA, 1966; Harvard University, MBA, 1968.

Barry Diller 1942— Biography

Born: February 2, 1942, in San Francisco, California.

John T. Dillon 1938— Biography

Born: September 7, 1938, in Schroon Lake, New York.

Jamie Dimon 1956— Biography

Born: March 13, 1956, in New York City, New York.

Peter R. Dolan 1956— Biography

Born: January 6, 1956, in Salem, Massachusetts.

Guy Dollé 1942— Biography

Career: Irsid Steel Research Center, 1966–1980; Usinor, 1980–1984, head of plates and tubes division; 1985, chair of GTS Industries; 1986, executive vice president of Unisor Aciers; 1987–1993, vice president of industrial affairs for Solca; 1993–1995, chairman and CEO of Unimetal; 1995–1997, executive vice president of strategy, planning, and international affairs; 1997–1999, head of stainless-steel and alloys division; 1999–2001, senior executive vice president; Arcelor, 2002–, chairman and CEO.

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