Career: Strategic Planning Associates, 1985β1990, partner and consultant; Signet Banking Corporation, 1990β1994, eventually head of credit-card unit; Capital One Financial Corporation, 1994β, chairman and CEO.
Education: University of WisconsinβMadison, BBA, 1980, Stanford University, MS, 1988.
Career: Emerson Electric, 1981β2000, various positions, including manager of investor relations, vice president of corporate planning and development, and chief operating officer; 2000β, chief executive officer.
Education: University of Detroit, bachelor's in electrical engineering, 1965.
Career: Bosch Group, 1975β1976, trainee; 1976β1978, assistant in the Office of the Executive Management for Electrical and Electronic Engine Equipment Division; 1978β1980, director of Materials Planning and Logistics for Stuttgart-Feuerbach Alternator Plant; 1980β1982, commercial plant manager of Hildesheim Plant, GΓΆttingen Branch; 1982β1985, vice president of Planning and Controlling; 1985β1989, vice president and executive vice president of Finance and Administration; Robert Bosch Corporation, Automotive Group (USA), 1989β1994, executive vice president of Starters and Alternators Division; 1994β1996, president of Starters and Alternators Division; 1996β1997, executive vice president of Finance and Administration for Diesel Systems Division; 1997β1999, president of Diesel Systems Division; 1999β2003, member of board of management; 2003β, CEO.
Address: Foncière Euris, 83 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, 75008 Paris, France; http://www.fonciereeuris.fr.
Education: University of Maine, BS, 1964; University of New Haven, MBA, 1976.
β When Dominique Ferrero suddenly resigned his position as deputy chief executive of French banking giant CrΓ©dit Agricole in December 2003, the news shook the international banking world. Ferrero, former chief executive officer of CrΓ©dit Lyonnais, one of France's biggest banks, had been instrumental in arranging the huge merger between CrΓ©dit Lyonnais and CrΓ©dit Agricole.
Education: Stanford University, bachelor's degree, 1982; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1986.
Education: Princeton University, BA; Fordham University, LLD; Rutgers University, MBA.
Education: Stanford University, BA, 1976; Robert H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland, College Park, MBA, 1980; Sloan School of Business at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MS.
Career: Family sporting goods store, ?β1979; Reebok International, 1979β, chief executive officer.
Education: University of Pennsylvania, BA, 1974; University of Pennsylvania, MS, 1974.
Family: Son of William FitzGerald, a customs officer, and Doreen Chambers; married Monica Mary Cusack, 1970 (deceased); married name unknown; children: three (from first marriage), one (from second marriage).
Career: Stock-transfer company, 1972, account officer; Grey Advertising, 1972β1973, assistant buyer; Peters, Griffin, Woodward, 1973β1975, marketing representative; Blair Television, 1975β1977, marketing representative; TeleRep, 1977β1981, account executive, then program salesman; Viacom, 1981, director of sales and marketing; 1982, director of sales and marketing for WVIT-TV; Tribune Company, 1982β1984, director of sales; 1984β1985, station general manager of WGNO-TV; 1985β1987, vice president of operations for Tribune Broadcasting; 1987β1991, vice president and general manager of WGN-TV; 1992β1994, president of Tribune Broadcasting's Tribune Television Division; 1994β2003, executive vice president of Tribune Broadcasting; 2000, executive vice president; 2001β2003, president and COO; 2003β2004, CEO and president; 2004β, chairman, CEO, and president.
Education: Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, MSc, 1975.
Career: Brambles Industries, 1974β1982, accounting, operating, and senior management positions; 1982β1984, general manager of Transport Division; 1984β1986, commercial director; 1986β1988, managing director of CHEP Australia; 1988β1993, managing director of Brambles Australia; 1993β2001, CEO; Coles Myer, 2001β, managing director and CEO.
Education: U.S. Military Academy, BS, 1967; Seattle University, MBA, 1970; University of Washington School of Law, JD, 1974.
Education: Γcole Polytechnique and Γcole des Mines, engineering degree, 1971.
Family: Son of Joe T. Ford (retired Alltel CEO) and Jo Ellen Wilbourne Ford (daughter of Allied Telephone Company founder Hugh Randolph Wilbourne Jr.); married, 1984; children: three.
Education: Princeton University, BA, 1979; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA, 1984.
Career: Southwestern Bell, 1972β1987, positions in operations; AT&T, 1987β1989, vice president of service operations; Sprint, 1989β1991, general manager and vice president of government systems division; 1991β1993, president of government systems division and president of business services group; 1993β1994, senior vice president of staff operations for long-distance division; 1994β1995, interim chief executive officer of PCS (wireless) division; 1995β1997, president and chief operating officer of long-distance division; Global One, 1998β1999, president and chief executive officer; BellSouth Corporation, 1999β2000, executive vice president and chief staff officer; BellSouth International, 2000β2001, president; Cingular Wireless, 2001, chairman of the board; BellSouth, 2002, vice chairman of the board; Sprint, 2003β, chief executive officer and chairman of the board.
Education: North Carolina State University, BS, 1965; University of Southern California, MBA, 1969.
Career: Framingham Trust, vice president of operations; First Data Corporation (then owned by American Express), Omaha First Data Resources unit, 1975β1981, director of special projects; American Express Money Order Division, 1981β1985, vice president of finance and planning; American Express Travel Related Services' Data Based Services Group, 1985β1989, executive vice president; First Data Corporation, Integrated Payment Systems subsidiary, 1989β1991, president; 1991β1998, Payment Services businesses, 1997β1998, executive vice president, and Merchant Services businesses (additional responsibilities); First Data Corporation, 1998β2002, president, chief operating officer; January 2002β, chief executive officer; January 2003β, chairman of the board.
Career: Bossard & Michel, 1963β1972, engineering consultant; Bossard Consultants, 1972β1977, member, board of directors; Bossard Consultants, 1977β1986, chief operating officer; RhΓ΄ne-Poulenc, 1986β1999, chairman and chief executive officer; Aventis, 1999β2002, vice chairman of management board; 2002β, honorary chairman; Vivendi Universal, 2002β, chairman and chief executive officer; International Chamber of Commerce, 2003β, president.
Career: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, 1967β1970, various positions; Southern Company, 1970β1979, various engineering positions; Alabama Power, 1979β1981, assistant to executive vice president; 1981β1983, senior vice president; Southern Company Services, 1988β1994, president and CEO; Georgia Power, 1994β1999, president and CEO; Southern Company, 1999β2001, president and COO; 2001β2004, president, CEO, and chairman of the board.
Education: Received undergraduate degree from Saint Michael's College; New York University, MBA, 1970.
Career: Honda Motor Company, 1969β1979, engineer; Honda R&D Company, 1979β1982, chief engineer; Honda Racing Corporation, 1982β1983, chief engineer; 1983β1985, director; 1985β1987, executive vice president; Honda R&D Company, 1987β1988, managing director; Honda Racing Corporation, 1987β1988, president; Honda Motor Company, 1988β1990, director; Honda R&D Company, 1990β1991, senior managing director; Honda Motor Company, 1991β1992, general manager of Motorcycle Development; 1992β1994, general manager of Hamamatsu Factory, Motorcycle Operations; Honda of America Manufacturing, 1994β1996, executive vice president and director; Honda Motor Company, 1996β1998, managing director; Honda of America Manufacturing, 1996β1998, president and director; Honda R&D Company, 1998β2003, president; Honda Motor Company, 1999β2003, senior managing and representative director; 2003β, president and CEO.
Born: April 26, 1946, in New York City, New York.
Education: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, BS, 1983; Union College, MS, 1984.
Career: Toyota Tsusho Corporation, dates unknown, various positions including president.
Education: University of North CarolinaβChapel Hill, BA, 1980; Loyola College, MBA, 1987.
Education: Γcole des Hautes Γtudes Commerciales; Γcole Nationale d'Administration.
Education: Northwestern University, BS, 1973; J. L.
Family: Son of Roy Thomas Gardner (carpenter) and Iris Joan (maiden name unknown); married Carol Ann Barker, 1969; children: three.
Family: Son of William Henry Gates II (attorney) and Mary Maxwell (teacher); married Melinda French (Microsoft manager), January 1, 1994; children: three.
Born: February 21, 1943, in New York City, New York.
Career: California Healthcare System, 1985β1988, senior vice president and chief operating officer; Bay Pacific Health Corporation, 1988β1991, president and chief executive officer; Shattuck Hammond Partners, 1991β1996; Health Systems International, 1996β1997, chairman of the board of directors, president, and chief operating officer; Foundation Health Systems (later renamed Health Net), 1997β1998, president and chief operating officer; 1998β, president and chief executive officer.
Education: Dartmouth College, BA, 1963; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1965.
Career: Land O'Lakes, 1970β1979, attorney; 1979β1981, assistant to the president; 1981β1989, group vice president and chief administration officer; 1989β, CEO and president.
Education: Γcole Polytechnique, 1974; Γcole des Mines de Paris, 1978.
Family: Son of Clarence H. (banker) and Priscilla Kilvert; married Anne Dewing, 1964; children: four.
Education: Union College, BS, 1963; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1968.
Family: Son of Oscar Claborn and Betty Lou Norman; married Lee Ann Roden; children: two.
Education: Manhattan College, BS, 1964; Long Island University, MS, 1967.
Career: FG Inversiones BursΓ‘tiles, 1987β1996, president; Argentaria, 1996β1999, chief executive officer; Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, 2000β, chief executive officer.
Education: Duke University, AB, 1962; Harvard Law School, JD, 1965.
Education: North Carolina State University, BS, 1965; MS, 1968; PhD, 1972.
Career: Rosyth Royal Dockyard, 1985β1987, contract manager; Touche Ross, dates unknown, partner; Bank of Credit and Commerce International, dates unknown, chief operating officer; National Australia Bank, dates unknown, chief executive officer and director; Royal Bank of Scotland, 1998β2000, group chief executive; 2000β, CEO.
Education: Yale University, BS, 1980; Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania, MBA, 1983.
Career: Ernst & Young, ?β1975; Schlumberger, 1975β1977, Internal Audit Paris; 1977β1979, controller, Schlumberger Instrument Velizy; 1979β1981, controller, FEA Wireline; 1981β1982, coltroller, Forex Neptune; 1982β1984, controller, Drilling & Production Services; 1984, vice president, Finance Dowell Schlumberger Houston; 1984β1985, treasurer, Atlantic Asia; 1985β1986, controller, Wireline & Testing; 1986β1990, treasurer, SL NY; 1990β1991, vice president operations, Sedco Forex; 1991β1993, president of Sedco Forex, 1993β1998, president of Wireline & Testing; 1998β1999, president of Oilfield Services Products; 1999β2002, executive vice president of Oilfield Services; 2002, president and COO; 2003β, chairman and CEO.
Education: St. Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas, BBA, 1960.
Family: Son of Dudley Keith Green and Dorothy Rosamund Mary Wickham; married Janian Joy, 1971; children: two.
Education: University of Miami, BA, 1948; New York Law School, LLB, 1950.
Education: Brown University, AB, 1973; Georgetown University Law School, JD, 1976.
Family: Son of Harry Greenberg (grocer) and Belle (maiden name unknown); married (wife's name unknown; divorced); children: six.
Career: MetLife Marketing Corporation, dates unknown, president and chief executive officer; Principal Financial Group, 1988β1991, agency vice president; 1991β1996, senior vice president of individual insurance; 1996β1998, executive vice president; 1998β2000, president; 2000β, president and CEO, 2002β, chairman.
Education: University of Utrecht, law degree; Manchester University Business School, DipBA, 1973.
Education: City College of New York, BS, 1960; University of California, Berkeley, PhD, 1963.
Career: White Weld Securities, 1970β1978, Eurobond trader; 1978β1985, CEO; CrΓ©dit Suisse First Boston, 1985β1986, corporate chairman and chairman of Futures Trading in Zurich and of Asia division; 1986β1987, member of the Nederlands Supervisory Board; 1987β1988, CEO of Hong Kong division; 1988β1991, deputy chairman and member of group executive committee; CrΓ©dit Suisse Group, 1991β2002, member of executive board; Credit Suisse First Boston, 1997β1998, member of the executive board and head of Global Trading; CrΓ©dit Suisse Financial Services, 1998β, CEO; CrΓ©dit Suisse Group, 2003β, co-CEO.
Family: Son of a bartender and a house cleaner; married (wife's name unknown).
Education: Indian Institute of Technology, BS, 1967; Cornell University, MS, 1969; Drexel University, MBA, 1971.
Family: Son of Pedro (pineapple plantation owner) and Olga (Fernandez) Gutierrez; married Edilia Cabrera, c. 1975; children: three.
Education: University of California, Berkeley, BS, 1964; Harvard Graduate School of Business, MBA, 1968.
Family: Son of a physician; married (wife's name unknown).
Career: Ricoh Company, 1957β1975, various positions; 1975β1983, director; 1983β1996, president; 1996β2003, chairman and chief executive officer; 2003β, chairman.
Career: Nichimen Corporation, 1997β1998, COO of Chemicals, Plastics, and Energy Group; 1998β1999, COO of Consumer and General Products Group; 1999, executive vice president and chief information officer; 2000β2001, head of Net Commerce Business Team; 2001β2003, president; Nissho IwaiβNichimen Holdings Corporation, 2003β2004, chairman and co-CEO.
Career: BASF, 1976β1985, chemist; Lacke und Farben, 1985β1990, head of research and purchasing; 1990β1995, president of Engineering Plastics Division; BASF, 1995β2002, president of East Asia Division; 2002β, chairman.
Education: University of Minnesota, BBA, 1981; Xavier University, MBA, 1987.
Education: Loyola College of Baltimore, BA, 1974; Widener University, MBA, 1984.
Education: Franklin and Marshall College, BA, 1965; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1971.
Education: University of North CarolinaβChapel Hill, BA, 1966; completed Harvard Business School International Senior Management Programme, 1967.
Career: Phoenix Assurance, trainee; Sun Alliance, various positions until 1986; 1987β1990, general manager, New Zealand operations; Norwich Union, 1992β1993, regional chief executive officer, New Zealand; 1993β1994, general manager, finance department, UK; 1995β1997, finance director; 1998β1999, chief executive officer; CGNU (renamed Aviva in 2002), 2000, deputy chief executive officer; 2001β, chief executive officer; Association of British Insurers, 2003β, chairman.
Education: University of California, Berkeley, BA, 1966; Harvard University, PhD, 1973.
Career: National Westminster Bank, dates unknown, president of U.S. consumer credit retail banking; GE Capital UK, dates unknown, president and chief executive officer of Global Consumer Finance Europe; AXA Sun Life, 1999β2003, chief executive officer and director of AXA UK; Royal & SunAlliance, 2003β, chief executive officer.
Education: Lehigh University, bachelor's degree; Carnegie Mellon University, MBA.
Career: Pennsylvania Power & Light (PPL), 1964β1968, project engineer; 1968β1972, senior project engineer; 1972β1975, manager, distribution planning; 1975β1976, executive director, Corporate Energy Planning Council; 1976β1978, manager, systems planning; 1978β1984, vice president, system power; 1984β1987, vice president, marketing and economic development; 1987β1990, vice president, power production and engineering; senior vice president, system power and engineering; 1990β1991, executive vice president of operations; 1991β, president, 1993β, chairman and chief executive officer.
Education: Wolfgang Goethe UniversitΓ€t, bachelor's degree, 1965; UniversitΓ© Catholique de Paris, master's degree, 1966; Karls Eberhard UniversitΓ€t, PhD, 1969; Nederlands Economische Hogeschool, bachelor's degree, 1972.
Career: Siemens, 1969β1971, apprentice; 1977, Messerschmitt-BΓΆlkow-Blohm, information processing supervisor, military aircraft division; 1979β1983, head, service division controlling department; 1983β1984, CFO, service division; 1984β1987, head, controlling and finance department; 1987β1990, CFO, marine and special products division; Deutsche Aerospace, 1990β1991, vice president, corporate controlling; DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, 1991β1996, senior vice president, corporate controlling; 1996β2000, head, aeroengines business unit; Motorenund Turbinen-Union MΓΌnchen, 1996β2000, president and CEO; DASA, 1996β2000, executive committee member; DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG, 2000, president and CEO; European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS), 2000β Co-CEO, chairman of executive committee, and member of board of management.
Family: Son of Leon Hess (business executive) and Norma (maiden name unknown); married Susan Elizabeth Kessler.
Education: University of Pennsylvania, BS, 1967; Villanova University School of Law, JD, 1971.
Education: Duke University, BA, 1977; Northwestern University, MA, 1978; MBA (Master's of Management and Finance in marketing), 1982.
Family: Son of Charles O. Holliday Sr.
Career: Japan Tobacco, 1994β1995, executive director, personnel and labor relations; 1995β1996, executive director, tobacco headquarters; 1996β1998, executive vice president; 1998β2000, senior executive vice president; 2000β, president and chief executive officer; 2001β, representative director.
Career: Computer Sciences Corporation, 1975β1983, regional marketing director for time-sharing and value-added network; CSC Credit Services, 1983β1987, president; CSC Industry Services Group, 1987β1993, president; Computer Sciences Corporation, 1987β1993, corporate vice president; 1993β2003, president; 1993β1995, chief operating officer; 1995β, chief executive officer and chairman of the board.
Career: Paradise Web Company, 1994, cofounder, president, and chief executive officer; Cybird Company, 1998β, founder, president, and chief executive officer.
Education: North Carolina A&T State University, English degree; University of Maryland, master's degree; North Carolina State University, PhD.
Address: 2919 East Philadelphia Street, Ontario, California 91761; www.apexdigitalinc.com.
Career: State of North RhineβWestphalia, fiscal administrator; Franz Haniel & Cie, 1982β2001, head, tax department; chairman of board, 2001β.
Career: Trust Company of Georgia (later renamed SunTrust), 1969β?; Trust Company Bank, 1985β1989, chairman and chief executive officer; SunTrust Banks, 1989β, president and chief executive officer.
Career: ICME Zurich, 1971β1973; Schering Plough Corporation, 1973β1981, assistant to the vice president (Europe, Africa, Middle East), general manager (Ecuador, UK, Portugal); Glaxo Wellcome, 1981β1995, area controller, head of group product licensing, director of marketing development and product licensing, managing director of Glaxo Pharmaceutical Limited, director of Glaxo Holding, chief operating director of Glaxo Holding; Roche Group, 1995β, member of the corporate executive committee, head of the pharmaceuticals division; 1996β1998, COO; 1998β, CEO; 2001β, chairman of the board of directors.
Family: Father was international economics professor at Waseda University; married Teruyo; children: one.
Family: Married Susan (maiden name unknown; divorced 1994); married Willow Bay (TV news anchor), 1995; children: four (first marriage, two; second marriage, two).
Family: Son of Joseph Immelt (manager of General Electric Aircraft Engines Division) and Donna (schoolteacher; maiden name unknown); married Andrea Allen (General Electric customer-service representative), 1986; children: one.
Education: American Institute of Beirut, BS, 1953; University of Southern California, PhD, 1957.
Career: Mercedes-Benz North America, 1974β1979, technical specialist and, later, job in marketing; Euro Motorcars, 1979β1990, managing partner; Mercedes-Benz North America, 1990β1997, variety of marketing positions, including executive vice president, marketing; Mercedes-Benz USA, 1997β1999, president and, later, CEO; AutoNation, 1999, CEO and director; 2003β, CEO, director, and chairman.
Education: Harvard College, BA, 1973; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1975.
Education: Emory University, BBA, 1964; MBA, 1965; Harvard, PhD, 1969.
Address: 2919 East Philadelphia Street, Ontario, California 91761; http://www.apexdigitalinc.com.
Education: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, BS; Shanghai Jiaotong University, MS.
Family: Adopted son of Paul (bill collector) and Clara (accountant) Jobs; married Laurene Powell; children: four.
Career: IBM Corporation, 1983β1987, various management positions; ARI Network Services, 1987β1993, vice president of sales and marketing; Manpower, 1993β1995, vice president of marketing, 1995β1998, senior vice president of Major Account Development, 1998β1999, senior vice president of European Operations, 1999β2001, CEO and president, 2001β, chairman, CEO, and president.
Family: Son of Lennart (business executive and industrialist) and Inger Hedberg Johansson; married Eva Birgitta Fjellman; children: five.
Education: Hobart and William Smith College, BA, 1984; Harvard University, MBA, 1988.
Career: Western Electric, 1970β1974, production supervisor; ConAgra, 1974β1976, feed salesman; Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association, 1976β1981, feed consultant; 1981β1986, regional sales manager; 1986β1989, director of sales; 1989β1992, vice president and general manager, GTA Feeds; Harvest States Cooperatives, 1992β1994, vice president, farm marketing and supply division; 1994β1998, president and chief executive officer; Cenex Harvest States Cooperatives (later CHS), 1998β2000, president and general manager; 2000β, president and chief executive officer.
Family: Son of Leroy Johnson (sawmill worker and laborer) and Gertrude Johnson Williams (domestic); married Eunice Walker; children: two.
Education: University of Illinois, BA, 1968; Princeton University, MPA, 1972.
Education: University of CaliforniaβLos Angeles, BA, 1971; University of TexasβAustin, MBA, 1974.
Career: General Electric (GE), 1972, management trainee; 1972β1978, retail-sales management in GE Appliances (GEA); 1979β1983, marketing manager; 1983β1989, merchandising manager for Washington, D.C., then Cleveland, Ohio, regions, then manager of GEA's Eastern Sales and Distribution, president of International GE Puerto Rico, general manager of Domestic Sales Operations; 1989β1997, vice president of sales and distribution for GEA and corporate vice president; 1997β1999, president and CEO of GE Medical Systems, Europe; 1999β2000, president and CEO of GEA and corporate senior vice president; Albertsons, 2001β, chairman and CEO.
Career: Boston Consulting Group, 1987β1990, consultant; Walt Disney Company, 1990β1998, various positions, senior vice president and chief financial officer, The Disney Store; Hollywood Entertainment Corporation, 1998β1999, chief financial officer, president, Reel.com; eBay Inc., 1999β2000, vice president, regionals and services; 2000β, senior vice president, U.S. business.
Education: Yale University, BS, 1957; Princeton University, MS, 1959; U.S. Navy Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, certificate in nuclear engineering, 1960.
Education: Attended American University of Cairo; American University of Beirut, BA, 1968; attended Harvard Business School, Program for Management Development, 1976; attended King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.
Family: Daughter of Hong Kongβborn father (architect) and Shanghai-born mother (pianist and chemical engineer); married Michael Gould (CEO of Bloomingdale's; separated); children: two.
Career: Norwest Corporation, 1973β1990, eventually executive vice president; First Chicago NBD Corporation, 1990β1998, chief financial officer and executive vice president; Bank One Corporation, 1998β2000, executive vice president of corporate banking; Nationwide Financial Services and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, 2000β, chief executive officer.
Career: Gimbel's East, 1971β1973, assistant buyer; 1973β1976, buyer; Bamberger's Department Store, 1976β1984, buyer, then held various merchandising positions; 1984β1988, senior vice president and general merchandise manager; Macy's Northeast, 1988β1989, group senior vice president; Macy's South/Bullock's, 1989β1990, group senior vice president; May Department Stores Company, 1990β1992, president and CEO of G. Fox division; 1992β1996, president and CEO of Filene's division; 1996β1997, vice chairman; 1997β1998, executive vice chairman; 1998β, president, CEO and chairman.
Education: Keio University, BS, 1964; University of California, Los Angeles, MBA, 1967.
Career: Japan Airlines Company, 1958β1998, industrial relations and human resources; 1998β2002, president; Japan Airlines Systems Company, 2002β2004, CEO; Japan Airlines International Company, 2004β, chairman and CEO.
Career: Meiji Life Insurance Company, 1994, managing director, 1994β1998, senior managing director; 1998β2004, president; Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, 2001β, director; auditor with Japanese Institute for Overseas Investment; Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, 2004β, president.
Family: Married (wife's name unknown; divorced 1996); children: two.
Career: Pfizer, 1974β1983, marketing associate in Roerig Division, then marketing and general-management positions; 1983β1986, vice president of marketing; 1986β1991, vice president and director of operations; 1991β1993, vice president and general manager; 1993β, executive vice president of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group; 1995β, president of Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals and corporate executive vice president.
Family: Son of a stockbroker and a tapestry artist (names unknown); married Marilyn Siegel (schoolteacher); children: two.
Career: Major Indoor Soccer League, 1986β1987, player; Future Electronics, 1988β1990, sales manager; World Wide Technology, 1990β1999, president; Telcobuy.com, 1999β2002, CEO; World Wide Technology, 2002β, CEO.
Education: Le Moyne College, BS, c. 1969; University of Rochester, MBA, 1972.
Education: Wesleyan University, BA, 1953; New York University, LLB, 1956.
Education: Queen's University, Belfast, bachelor's degree; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD.
Family: Son of a construction worker and a production engineer; married twice; children: four.
Family: Daughter of an insurance company CEO; married Rashid K. Kidwai (managing director); children: two.
Career: Bankers Life Insurance Company of Nebraska, 1972β1975, investment analyst; Murphey Favre, 1976β1982, securities analyst, then executive vice president; Washington Mutual, 1983β1986, executive vice president of financial management, investor relations, and corporate marketing; 1986β1988, senior vice president; 1988β1990, director; 1990β1991, president and chief executive officer; 1991β, chairman, president, and chief executive officer.
Education: Knox College, BA, 1970; University of Chicago, MBA, 1974.
Education: Harvey Mudd College, BS; University of CaliforniaβLos Angeles, MS; Harvard, MBA.
Career: Cho Hung Bank, 1974β1976, research clerk; Daishin Securities Company, 1976β1982, eventually executive director; Dongwon Securities, 1982β1997, eventually vice president of Dongwon Venture Capital; 1997β1998, CEO; Housing & Commercial Bank, 1998β2001, CEO and president; Kookmin Bank, 2001β, CEO and president.
Family: Son of a Netherlands Supreme Court justice; married Ammy (a lawyer); children: five.
Career: Royal Philips Electronics, 1974β1981, manufacturing management in Medical Systems; 1981β1986, general manager of Professional Audio Systems; 1986β1994, general manager of Display Components Europe; 1994β1996, managing director of Display Components Worldwide; 1996β1999, president in Taiwan; 1996β1999, regional manager of Components in Asia Pacific; 1999β2000, president and CEO of Components; 2000β2001, executive vice president and COO; 2001β, chair of management board and president.
Family: Son of James Franklin Kline; married Jane (maiden name unknown); children: three.
Education: University of Oregon, BBA, 1959; Stanford University, MBA, 1962.
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BA, 1957; MA, 1958; MA, 1959.
Education: City College of the City University of New York, BA, 1963; Stern School of Business at New York University, MBA, 1968.
Born: December 11, 1946, in Jinjoo, Kyongsang Nambo province, Korea.
Education: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, BS, 1973; Stanford University, MS, 1975, PhD, 1977.
Career: R. A.
Career: General Mills, planner; GM, mergers and acquisitions; division manager; Citicorp Group, executive; Norwest, 1986β1989, vice chairman and head of banking group; 1986β1993, chief operations officer; 1989β1993, president; 1993β1998, chief executive officer; 1995β1998, chairman; Wells Fargo & Company, 1998β2001, president; 1998β, chief executive officer; 2001β, chairman.
Family: Son of Leo Kelly (investigator) and Agnes (Kozell; school crossing guard) Kozlowski; married Angeles Suarez (divorced); married Karen Lee Mayo (waitress), 2000; children: two (first marriage).
Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA, 1987; Columbia University, MBA, 1992.
Born: April 6, 1935, in New York City, New York.
Family: Son of the owners of family printing business (names unknown).
Education: Georgia Institute of Technology, BS, 1975; Emory University, MBA, 1977.
Education: Hamilton College, BA, 1969; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1977.
Career: La Compagnie du Roneo, 1968β1970, president; McKinsey & Company, 1971β1975, consultant; RhΓ΄ne-Poulenc Group, 1975β1977, deputy to the president in health division; 1977β1980, executive vice president in health division; 1980β1992, president of health division; 1992β1998, president; Aventis, 1998β2002, president of pharmaceutical division, board member; 2002β2004, chairman and CEO; Sanofi-Aventis, 2004β, board member.
Education: Wheaton College, BBA, 1972; University of Chicago, MBA, 1974.
Family: Daughter of Norton and Margo L. Heimann; married William Friedkin (film director), 1991; children: two.
Education: Γcole Nationale SupΓ©rieure de l'AΓ©ronautique; Wichita State University, MS.
Education: Texas Southern University, BS, 1976; Prairie View A&M, MBA, 1978.
Career: Video Arts Television, 1986β1989, runner, chief accountant; HIT Entertainment, 1989β, various positions, including director of finance, director of corporate development, commercial director, and chief executive officer.
Education: University of Missouri, BA, 1964; MA, 1965; University of Houston, PhD, 1970.
Family: Daughter of Lewis Braff (a certified public accountant) and Sylvia; married George Lazarus (pediatrician), 1970; children: three.
Education: University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, BS.
Education: Seoul National University, BS, 1964; University of Oklahoma, MS, 1969; University of California, Berkeley, PhD, 1975.
Career: Arthur Andersen Company, 1978β1993, commercial group director and partner; Halliburton Energy Services, 1993β1995, executive vice president of finance and administration; Halliburton Company, 1995β1996, executive vice president and chief financial officer; Brown and Root, 1996β1997, president and chief executive officer; Halliburton Company, 1997β2000, president and chief operating officer; 2000β, chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer.
Career: Haskins & Sells, ?β1977, certified public accountant; Houston Light & Power, 1974β1977, assistant secretary and assistant treasurer; 1977β1978, assistant comptroller; 1978β1983, comptroller; 1981β1983, vice president; 1983β1988, vice president, regulatory relations; 1988β1993, group vice president, finance and regulatory relations; 1993β1997, president and chief executive officer; Houston Industries, 1997β2000, president and chief operating officer; Reliant Energy, 1999β2000, president; 2000β2002, chairman, president, and chief executive officer; Reliant Resources, 2002β2003, chairman and chief executive officer.
Education: Haverford College, BA, 1960; University of Pennsylvania, LLB, 1963.
Education: University of Washington, BS, 1972; Princeton University, PhD, 1977.
Education: Georgia State University, BS, 1969; Stanford University, graduate of Executive Program.
Career: Husky Energy Incorporated, 1987β2001, director; 2001β, cochairman; Hopewell Holdings, 1991β2002, director; Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings, Limited, 1996β, chairman; Cheung Kong Life Sciences International, 1996β chairman; Hutchison Whampoa Limited, 1995β, executive director; 1999β, deputy chairman and director.
Family: Son of Li Yunjing (primary school head); married Amy Li Ching Yuiet-ming (founding director of Cheung Kong Holdings; deceased 1990); children: two.
Education: Attended University of California, Los Angeles, and University of the District of Columbia; University of Pennsylvania, MBA, 1995.
Career: Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1966β1968, researcher; state-owned rice farm, 1968β1970, laborer; Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1970β1984, engineer-administrator; 1984β2004, Legend Group Holdings Company, chairman; 1984β, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Computer Technology Research Institute, director; 2004β, Lenovo Group, chairman.
Education: City University of New York, BS; New York Law School, JD, 1960; Columbia University, MBA; New York University, MPA.
Address: Ninwei Town, Xiaoshan, Zhejiang, China 311215; http://www.wanxiang.com/group.html.
Family: Son of John Alexander Lumsden (insurance broker) and Helen (maiden name unknown); married Rosemary Hoey, 1970; children: two.
Career: Federated Department Stores, Bullock's division, 1975β1987; Bullocks Wilshire, 1987, president; Neiman Marcus, 1988β1994, chairman and CEO; Federated Merchandising Group, 1994β1996, head; 1997β2001, chief merchandising officer; 1997β, president; 2002, COO; 2003β, CEO; 2004β, chairman.