Richard D. ca. Fairbank 1950— Biography
Education: Stanford University, BA, 1972; MBA.
Thomas J. Falk 1958— Biography
Education: University of Wisconsin–Madison, BBA, 1980, Stanford University, MS, 1988.
David N. Farr 1955— Biography
Education: Wake Forest University, BS; Vanderbilt University, MBA, 1980.
Jim Farrell 1943— Biography
Education: University of Detroit, bachelor's in electrical engineering, 1965.
Franz Fehrenbach 1949— Biography
Born: July 1, 1949, in Kenzingen im Breisgau, Germany.
Pierre Féraud Biography
Career: Foncière Euris, president and director general.
E. James Ferland 1942— Biography
Born: March 19, 1942, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dominique Ferrero Biography
■ When Dominique Ferrero suddenly resigned his position as deputy chief executive of French banking giant Crédit Agricole in December 2003, the news shook the international banking world. Ferrero, former chief executive officer of Crédit Lyonnais, one of France's biggest banks, had been instrumental in arranging the huge merger between Crédit Lyonnais and Crédit Agricole.
Trevor Fetter 1960— Biography
Born: 1960, in San Diego, California.
John Finnegan 1949— Biography
Born: 1949, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Carly Fiorina 1954— Biography
Born: September 6, 1954, in Austin, Texas.
Paul Fireman 1944— Biography
Born: February 14, 1944, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Jay S. Fishman 1952— Biography
Born: November 4, 1952, in New York, New York.
Niall FitzGerald 1945— Biography
Born: September 13, 1945, in Sligo, Ireland.
Dennis J. FitzSimons 1950— Biography
Born: June 26, 1950, in Queens, New York.
Olav Fjell 1951— Biography
Born: June 28, 1951, in Tromso/, Norway.
John E. Fletcher 1952— Biography
Born: 1952, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
William P. Foley II 1944— Biography
Education: U.S. Military Academy, BS, 1967; Seattle University, MBA, 1970; University of Washington School of Law, JD, 1974.
Jean-Martin Folz 1947— Biography
Born: January 11, 1947, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France.
Scott T. Ford 1962— Biography
Education: University of Arkansas, BS, 1984.
William Clay Ford Jr. 1957— Biography
Born: May 3, 1957, in Dearborn, Michigan.
Gary D. Forsee 1950— Biography
Born: 1950, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Kent B. Foster 1944— Biography
Education: North Carolina State University, BS, 1965; University of Southern California, MBA, 1969.
Charlie Fote 1949— Biography
Education: Central Connecticut State University, BS, 1971.
Jean-René Fourtou 1939— Biography
Born: June 20, 1939, in Libourne, France.
H. Allen Franklin 1944— Biography
Education: University of Alabama, BS, MS.
Tom Freston 1945— Biography
Education: Received undergraduate degree from Saint Michael's College; New York University, MBA, 1970.
Takeo Fukui 1944— Biography
Born: November 28, 1944, in Tokyo, Japan.
Richard S. Fuld Jr. 1946— Biography
Born: April 26, 1946, in New York City, New York.
S. Marce Fuller 1960— Biography
Education: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, BS, 1983; Union College, MS, 1984.
Masaaki Furukawa Biography
Career: Toyota Tsusho Corporation, dates unknown, various positions including president.
Joseph Galli Jr. 1959— Biography
Education: University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, BA, 1980; Loyola College, MBA, 1987.
Louis Gallois 1944— Biography
Education: École des Hautes Études Commerciales; École Nationale d'Administration.
Christopher B. Galvin 1950— Biography
Born: March 21, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois.
Roy A. Gardner 1945— Biography
Born: August 20, 1945, in England.
Bill Gates 1955— Biography
Born: October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington.
David Geffen 1943— Biography
Born: February 21, 1943, in New York City, New York.
Jay M. ca. Gellert 1956— Biography
Born: ca. 1956, in New York City, New York.
Louis V. Gerstner Jr. 1942— Biography
Born: March 1, 1942, in Mineola, New York.
John E. Gherty 1945— Biography
Education: University of Wisconsin–Madison, BA, 1965.
Carlos Ghosn 1954— Biography
Born: March 9, 1954, in Brazil.
Charles K. Gifford 1942— Biography
Born: November 8, 1942, in Providence, Rhode Island.
Raymond V. Gilmartin 1941— Biography
Born: March 6, 1941, in Sayville, New York.
Larry C. Glasscock 1948— Biography
Born: April 4, 1948, in Cullman, Alabama.
Robert D. Glynn Jr. 1942— Biography
Born: 1942, in Orange, New Jersey.
Francisco González Rodríguez 1944— Biography
Born: October 19, 1944, in Chantada, Lugo, Spain.
David R. Goode 1941— Biography
Born: January 13, 1941, in Vinton, Virginia.
Jim Goodnight 1943— Biography
Born: January 1943, in Salisbury, North Carolina.
Fred A. Goodwin 1959— Biography
Born: 1959, in Paisley, United Kingdom.
Chip W. Goodyear 1958— Biography
Born: January 18, 1958, in Hartford, Connecticut.
Andrew Gould 1946— Biography
Born: December 17, 1946, in United Kingdom.
William E. Greehey 1936— Biography
Born: 1936, in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Stephen K. Green 1948— Biography
Born: November 7, 1948, in England.
Hank Greenberg 1925— Biography
Born: May 4, 1925, in New York, New York.
Jeffrey W. Greenberg 1951— Biography
Education: Brown University, AB, 1973; Georgetown University Law School, JD, 1976.
Robert Greenberg 1940— Biography
Family: Son of Harry Greenberg (grocer) and Belle (maiden name unknown); married (wife's name unknown; divorced); children: six.
J. Barry ca. Griswell 1949— Biography
Born: ca. 1949, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Rijkman W. J. Groenink 1949— Biography
Education: University of Utrecht, law degree; Manchester University Business School, DipBA, 1973.
Andy Grove 1936— Biography
Born: September 2, 1936, in Budapest, Hungary.
Oswald J. Grübel 1943— Biography
Born: November 13, 1943, in Germany.
Jerry A. Grundhofer 1945— Biography
Education: Loyola Marymount University, BA, 1967.
Rajiv L. Gupta 1945— Biography
Born: December 23, 1945, in Muzzafarnager, India.
Carlos M. Gutierrez 1953— Biography
Born: November 4, 1953, in Havana, Cuba.
Robert Haas 1942— Biography
Born: 1942, in San Francisco, California.
David D. Halbert 1956— Biography
Education: Abilene Christian University, BS, 1978.
Hiroshi Hamada 1933— Biography
Born: April 28, 1933, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Toru Hambayashi Biography
Career: Nichimen Corporation, 1997–1998, COO of Chemicals, Plastics, and Energy Group; 1998–1999, COO of Consumer and General Products Group; 1999, executive vice president and chief information officer; 2000–2001, head of Net Commerce Business Team; 2001–2003, president; Nissho Iwai–Nichimen Holdings Corporation, 2003–2004, chairman and co-CEO.
Jürgen Hambrecht 1946— Biography
Education: University of Tübingen, PhD, 1975.
John H. Hammergren 1959— Biography
Born: 1959, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
H. Edward Hanway 1951— Biography
Education: Loyola College of Baltimore, BA, 1974; Widener University, MBA, 1984.
George J. Harad 1944— Biography
Born: April 24, 1944, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
William B. Harrison Jr. 1943— Biography
Born: August 12, 1943, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
Richard Harvey 1950— Biography
Born: 1950, in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
William Haseltine 1944— Biography
Born: October 17, 1944, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Andy Haste 1962— Biography
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, 1999–2003, chief executive officer and director of AXA UK; Royal & SunAlliance, 2003–, chief executive officer.
Lewis Hay III Biography
Education: Lehigh University, bachelor's degree; Carnegie Mellon University, MBA.
William F. Hecht 1943— Biography
Born: March 18, 1943, in New York, New York.
Bert Heemskerk 1943— Biography
Born: April 13, 1943, in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.
Rainer Hertrich 1949— Biography
Born: December 6, 1949, in Ottengrün, Germany.
John B. Hess 1954— Biography
Education: Harvard College, BA, 1975; Harvard University, MBA, 1977.
Laurence E. Hirsch 1946— Biography
Born: 1946, in New York, New York.
Betsy Holden 1955— Biography
Born: October 19, 1955, in Lubbock, Texas.
Chad Holliday 1948— Biography
Education: University of Tennessee, BS, 1970.
Katsuhiko Honda Biography
Career: Japan Tobacco, 1994–1995, executive director, personnel and labor relations; 1995–1996, executive director, tobacco headquarters; 1996–1998, executive vice president; 1998–2000, senior executive vice president; 2000–, president and chief executive officer; 2001–, representative director.
van B. Honeycutt 1945— Biography
Family: Married Diana (maiden name unknown); children: one.
Kazutomo Robert Hori 1965— Biography
Born: 1965, in Washington, D.C.
Janice Bryant Howroyd 1952— Biography
Born: September 1, 1952, in Tarboro, North Carolina.
Ancle Hsu 1961— Biography
Family: Married (wife's name unknown); children: two.
Günther Hülse 1942— Biography
Born: November 21, 1942, in Krefeld, Germany.
L. Phillip Humann 1946— Biography
Education: Auburn University, BS, 1967; MS, 1969.
Franz B. Humer 1946— Biography
Education: University of Innsbruck, Doctor of Law; INSEAD, MBA.
Nobuyuki Idei 1937— Biography
Born: November 22, 1937, in Tokyo, Japan.
Robert Iger 1951— Biography
Born: February 10, 1951, in New York, New York.
Jeffrey R. Immelt 1956— Biography
Born: February 19, 1956, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ray R. Irani 1935— Biography
Born: January 13, 1935, in Beirut, Lebanon.
Michael J. Jackson 1949— Biography
Education: Saint Joseph's College, BA, 1971.
Tony James 1951— Biography
Born: February 3, 1951, in Wyandotte, Michigan.
Charles H. Jenkins Jr. 1944— Biography
Education: Emory University, BBA, 1964; MBA, 1965; Harvard, PhD, 1969.
David Ji 1952— Biography
Family: Married (wife's name unknown); children: one.
Jiang Jianqing Biography
Education: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, BS; Shanghai Jiaotong University, MS.
Steve Jobs 1955— Biography
Born: February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California.
Jeffrey A. Joerres 1960— Biography
Career: IBM Corporation, 1983–1987, various management positions; ARI Network Services, 1987–1993, vice president of sales and marketing; Manpower, 1993–1995, vice president of marketing, 1995–1998, senior vice president of Major Account Development, 1998–1999, senior vice president of European Operations, 1999–2001, CEO and president, 2001–, chairman, CEO, and president.
Leif Johansson 1951— Biography
Born: August 30, 1951, in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Abby Johnson 1961— Biography
Born: December 19, 1961, in Boston, Massachusetts.
John D. Johnson 1949— Biography
Born: September 24, 1949, in Rhame, North Dakota.
John H. Johnson 1918— Biography
Born: January 18, 1918, in Arkansas City, Arkansas.
Robert L. Johnson 1946— Biography
Born: April 8, 1946, in Hickory, Mississippi.
William R. Johnson 1949— Biography
Education: University of California–Los Angeles, BA, 1971; University of Texas–Austin, MBA, 1974.
Lawrence R. Johnston 1949— Biography
Career: General Electric (GE), 1972, management trainee; 1972–1978, retail-sales management in GE Appliances (GEA); 1979–1983, marketing manager; 1983–1989, 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; 1989–1997, vice president of sales and distribution for GEA and corporate vice president; 1997–1999, president and CEO of GE Medical Systems, Europe; 1999–2000, president and CEO of GEA and corporate senior vice president; Albertsons, 2001–, chairman and CEO.
Jeff Jordan 1959— Biography
Education: Amherst College, BA; Stanford University, MBA, 1987.
Michael H. Jordan 1936— Biography
Born: June 13, 1936, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Abdallah Jum'ah 1941— Biography
Born: 1941, in al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Andrea Jung 1959— Biography
Born: 1959, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
William G. Jurgensen 1952— Biography
Education: Creighton University, BBA, 1973; MBA, 1976.
Eugene S. Kahn Biography
Education: City College of New York, BA, 1971.
Akinobu Kanasugi 1941— Biography
Born: 1941, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Isao Kaneko 1938— Biography
Born: March 1, 1938, in Japan.
Ryotaro Kaneko 1939— Biography
Career: Meiji Life Insurance Company, 1994, managing director, 1994–1998, senior managing director; 1998–2004, president; Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, 2001–, director; auditor with Japanese Institute for Overseas Investment; Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, 2004–, president.
Mel Karmazin 1943— Biography
Born: August 24, 1943, in New York, New York.
Karen Katen 1948— Biography
Born: 1948, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Jeffrey Katzenberg 1950— Biography
Born: December 21, 1950, in New York, New York.
Jim Kavanaugh 1963— Biography
Born: 1963, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Robert Keegan 1947— Biography
Born: 1947, in Rochester, New York.
Herb Kelleher 1931— Biography
Born: March 12, 1931, in Camden, New Jersey.
Edmund F. Kelly 1946— Biography
Education: Queen's University, Belfast, bachelor's degree; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky 1963— Biography
Born: June 26, 1963, in Moscow, USSR.
Naina Lal Kidwai 1957— Biography
Education: Delhi University, BS, 1977; Harvard University, MBA, 1982.
Kerry K. Killinger 1949— Biography
Born: June 6, 1949, in Des Moines, Iowa.
James M. Kilts 1948— Biography
Born: February 10, 1948, in Chicago, Illinois.
Eric Kim 1954— Biography
Education: Harvey Mudd College, BS; University of California–Los Angeles, MS; Harvard, MBA.
Kim Jung-tae 1947— Biography
Born: August 15, 1947, in South Chohlla, Korea.
Ewald Kist 1944— Biography
Born: January 22, 1944, in Wassenaar, Netherlands.
Gerard J. Kleisterlee 1946— Biography
Education: Eindhoven Technical University, degree in electronic engineering.
Lowry F. Kline 1940— Biography
Education: University of Tennessee, BA, 1962; JD, 1965.
Philip H. Knight 1938— Biography
Born: February 24, 1938, in Portland, Oregon.
Charles Koch 1935— Biography
Born: November 1, 1935, in Wichita, Kansas.
Richard Jay Kogan 1941— Biography
Born: June 6, 1941, in Bronx, New York.
John Koo 1946— Biography
Born: December 11, 1946, in Jinjoo, Kyongsang Nambo province, Korea.
Timothy Koogle 1951— Biography
Education: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, BS, 1973; Stanford University, MS, 1975, PhD, 1977.
Hans-Joachim Körber 1946— Biography
Born: July 9, 1946, in Brunswick, Germany.
Richard M. Kovacevich 1943— Biography
Born: October 30, 1943, in Tacoma, Washington.
Dennis Kozlowski 1946— Biography
Born: November 16, 1946, in Newark, New Jersey.
Sallie Krawcheck 1965— Biography
Born: 1965, in Charleston, South Carolina.
Ronald L. Kuehn Jr. 1935— Biography
Born: April 6, 1935, in New York City, New York.
Ken Kutaragi 1950— Biography
Born: August 2, 1950, in Tokyo, Japan.
Alan J. Lacy 1953— Biography
Born: October 19, 1953, in Cleveland, Tennessee.
A. G. Lafley 1947— Biography
Born: June 13, 1947, in Keene, New Hampshire.
Igor Landau 1944— Biography
Born: July 13, 1944, in Saint-Flour-Cantal, France.
Robert W. Lane 1949— Biography
Born: November 14, 1949, in Washington, D.C.
Sherry Lansing 1944— Biography
Born: July 31, 1944, in Chicago, Illinois.
Jean Laurent 1944— Biography
Education: École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique; Wichita State University, MS.
Kase L. Lawal 1954— Biography
Education: Texas Southern University, BS, 1976; Prairie View A&M, MBA, 1978.
Rob Lawes 1967— Biography
Career: Video Arts Television, 1986–1989, runner, chief accountant; HIT Entertainment, 1989–, various positions, including director of finance, director of corporate development, commercial director, and chief executive officer.
Ken Lay 1942— Biography
Born: April 15, 1942, in Tyrone, Missouri.
Shelly Lazarus 1947— Biography
Education: Smith College, BA, 1968; Columbia University, MBA, 1970.
Terry Leahy 1956— Biography
Born: February 28, 1956, in Liverpool, England.
Lee Yong-kyung 1943— Biography
Born: June 11, 1943, in Anyang, South Korea.
David J. Lesar 1954— Biography
Education: University of Wisconsin, BS, 1975, MBA, 1978.
R. Steve ca. Letbetter 1959— Biography
Born: ca. 1959, in San Saba, Texas.
Gerald Levin 1939— Biography
Born: May 1939, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Arthur Levinson 1950— Biography
Born: March 31, 1950, in Seattle, Washington.
Kenneth D. Lewis 1947— Biography
Born: April 9, 1947, in Meridian, Mississippi.
Victor Li 1964— Biography
Born: 1964, in Hong Kong, China.
Li Ka-shing 1928— Biography
Born: June 13, 1928, in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China.
Alfred C. Liggins III 1965— Biography
Education: Attended University of California, Los Angeles, and University of the District of Columbia; University of Pennsylvania, MBA, 1995.
Liu Chuanzhi 1944— Biography
Born: April 29, 1944, in Shanghai, China.
J. Bruce Llewellyn 1927— Biography
Born: July 16, 1927, in New York, New York.
Lu Weiding Biography
Career: Wanxiang Group Corporation, 2003–, president.
Iain Lumsden 1946— Biography
Born: June 6, 1946, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
Terry J. Lundgren 1952— Biography
Education: University of Arizona, BA, 1974.