Career: China National Petroleum Corporation, ?–1990, worked in oilfields, various positions; 1990–1996, deputy director, standing deputy director, and director of Shengli Petroleum Administration Bureau; 1996, assistant president; 1996–1998, vice president; 1997–1998, director of Daqing Petroleum Administration Bureau; 1998–2004, president; PetroChina, 1999–, chairman.
Born: November 17, 1944, in Mooresville, North Carolina.
Born: January 2, 1945, in Japan.
Born: 1942, in River Forest, Illinois.
Born: 1949, in Brooklyn, New York.
Born: January 30, 1934, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Born: September 1948, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Family: Son of Alex Manoogian (founder, Masco Corporation); married; children: three.
Born: October 18, 1952, in Sungai Petani, Malyasia.
Born: January 21, 1939, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Education: Oberlin College, BA, MA, 1973; Harvard University, MBA, ca. 1976.
Born: March 25, 1932, in Washington, D.C.
Education: University of Memphis, BA, 1976; Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, MBA, 1980.
Education: University of Wales, BS, 1983.
Born: May 16, 1930, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Born: July 24, 1935, in Houston, Texas.
Born: May 27, 1952, in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Education: Missouri Valley College, BS, 1971; Southern Illinois University, MBA, 1974.
Education: University of Washington, BA, 1983.
Born: 1942, in Yonkers, New York.
Born: July 2, 1954, in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Born: 1948, in Troy, New York.
Born: March 19, 1943, in Ayrshire, Scotland.
Born: February 23, 1943, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Education: Auburn University, BS; Harvard Business School, MBA.
Born: November 13, 1954, in Columbus, Indiana.
Born: August 22, 1949, in Providence, Rhode Island.
Education: University of Massachusetts, BS, 1978.
Born: December 13, 1956, in Grenoble, France.
Born: April 1, 1949, in Paris, France.
Born: August 13, 1963, in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Born: February 20, 1943, in Sète, France.
Born: January 31, 1962, in Leningrad, Soviet Union.
Education: Harvard University, BS, 1979; University of Miami, JD, 1982.
Born: November 2, 1940, in Japan.
Career: Eni, 1957–1977, various positions, eventually became director of administration and finance for Lanerossi; 1977–1984, director of administration; 1984–1988, assistant to the chairman; 1989–1990, director of human resources; 1990–1993, chairman and CEO of Savio and chairman of Enichem Agricoltura; 1993–1995, deputy chairman and CEO of Enichem; 1996–1998, chairman of Enichem; 1998–, CEO.
Education: Comillas University, BS, 1973; E.O.I., MS.
Born: September 23, 1935, in Kamae, Oita (Kyushu), Japan.
Born: March 13, 1944, in Los Angeles, California.
Born: January 5, 1941, in Tokyo, Japan.
Family: Married (wife's name unknown); children: three.
Career: Block's, 1985–1987, executive management positions culminating in chief executive officer; L. S.
Born: December 19, 1947, in Berea, Ohio.
Education: Vanderbilt University, BS, 1971; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1978.
Born: September 7, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois.
Born: November 20, 1947, in Rapallo, Genoa, Italy.
Family: Married (spouse's name unknown).
Born: 1939, in New York, New York.
Born: October 21, 1952, in Rockville Centre, New York.
Born: January 26, 1943, in Maynard, Massachusetts.
Born: June 19, 1946, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Education: Attended Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
Born: December 13, 1972, in London, United Kingdom.
Nationality: British, but considers himself Australian.
Born: March 11, 1931, in Melbourne, Australia.
Born: August 20, 1946, in Karnataka, India.
Born: May 20, 1940, in Long Beach, California.
Born: July 5, 1939, in Shiga, Japan.
Born: May 17, 1948, in Old Forge, Pennsylvania.
Born: December 27, 1947, in Amyoun, Lebanon.
Education: Idaho State University, BA, 1968; Stanford University Executive Program, 1984.
Career: Sumitomo Bank, 1997–2001, president; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, 2001–, president; Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, 2002–, president and chief executive officer.
Career: Nissho Iwai Corporation, 1965–2003, eventually CEO and president of American subsidiary, then president; Nissho Iwai-Nichimen Holdings Corporation, 2003–2004, co-CEO and president; Sojitz Holdings Corporation, 2004–, CEO and president.
Education: Nagoya University, law degree, 1962.
Born: June 25, 1957, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Education: University of Iowa, BA, 1969.
Born: November 18, 1940, in Kagoshima, Japan.
Born: October 28, 1955, in Madras, India.
Family: Son of Bruce Nordstrom (chairman of Nordstrom, Incorporated).
Born: 1947, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Education: University of Missouri–Columbia, BA, 1974.
Born: June 1938, in Fort Worth, Texas.
Education: Ohio State University, BBA, 1976.
Career: Pulte Homes, 1984–1997, employee; 1997–1998, COO; 1998–2002, president; 2002–, CEO and president.
Born: May 16, 1943, in New York City, New York.
Education: University of Notre Dame, BA; Northwestern University, MA.
Education: Oxford University, BA, 1976; Harvard University, MBA, 1978; LLB, 1979.
Born: October 28, 1925, in Japan.
Career: Sumitomo Corporation, circa 1998–2001, managing director; 2001–, CEO and president.
Born: July 26, 1938, in Tokyo, Japan.
Born: August 15, 1950, in Seinājoki, Finland.
Family: Son of a customs inspector and a nurse; married Mary Alice Lucey; children: four.
Born: October 7, 1951, in Roanoke, Alabama.
Nationality: Irish (became naturalized American citizen in 1973).
Born: March 1936, in León, Spain.
Born: February 8, 1950, in Basel, Switzerland.
Born: October 12, 1950, in San Francisco, California.
Born: January 5, 1932, in Beijing, China.
Born: March 17, 1946, in Wallasey, Wales.
Education: Seoul National University, BA, 1965.
Education: Johns Hopkins University, BA, 1973.
Born: August 31, 1946, in Storkow, Kreis Fürstenwalde, Germany.
Born: ca. 1961, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Born: April 4, 1948, in New York City, New York.
Born: December 30, 1954, in Como, Italy.
Born: March 28, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois.
Born: January 23, 1942, in Paris, France.
Born: February 20, 1937, in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Education: University of California, Los Angeles, BA, 1954.
Born: March 22, 1938, in Bristol, Connecticut.
Education: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, BS, 1971; Dartmouth College, MBA, 1973.
Education: Syracuse University, BS; Maxwell School of Public Administration, Syracuse University, master's degree.
Born: October 2, 1939, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Born: January 28, 1941, in La Grange, Georgia.
Family: Married Delores (maiden name unknown); children: four.
Education: Stanford University, BS, 1976; MS, 1984; BA, 1998.
Born: February 15, 1948, in Munich, Germany.
Born: 1942, in Yonkers, New York.
Born: 1956, in New York City, New York.
Education: University of Chicago, AB, 1980.
Education: State University of New York at Oneonta, BA, 1978.
Career: Genuine Parts Company, 1958–1977, stock clerk and various other positions; vice president and then group vice president, 1977–1983; executive vice president, 1983–1986; president and chief operating officer, 1986–1990; chief executive officer, 1989–, chairman, 1990–.
Born: May 15, 1946, in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Born: February 17, 1957, in Genoa, Italy.
Born: June 29, 1949, in Antibes, France.
Born: March 26, 1944, in Wales.
Born: September 5, 1943, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Born: April 13, 1941, in Newton, Massachusetts.
Born: January 14, 1949, in Seattle, Washington.
Education: College of Engineering, Guindy (India).
Born: September 5, 1947, in Munich, Germany.
Born: August 13, 1938, in Watertown, South Dakota.
Born: November 16, 1955, in Van Nuys, California.
Born: May 27, 1923, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Born: 1953, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Born: April 6, 1948, in New York City, New York.
Born: April 2, 1953, in Midsund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
Born: May 22, 1955, in New Zealand.
Born: May 22, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois.
Born: March 9, 1941, in Dijon, France.
Born: August 1961, in Krefeld, Germany.
Born: 1954, in New York City, New York.
Education: University of Pennsylvania, BA; Harvard University, MBA.
Born: June 28, 1959, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Born: July 26, 1948, in Netherlands.
Born: October 25, 1942, in Ritzville, Washington.
Born: September 20, 1947, in Birmingham, Alabama.
Born: December 17, 1948, in Sidney, Nebraska.
Born: October 18, 1948, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Education: University of Missouri, BS, 1981.
Born: February 15, 1946, in Detroit, Michigan.
Education: Graduated from an Italian textiles school, 1975.
Education: Canisius College, BS, 1966; University of Rochester School of Medicine, MD, 1970.
Career: Miller's Supermarket, 1963–1970, store manager; Albertsons, 1971–1996, held various positions, eventually becoming senior vice president; Smith's Food and Drug Centers, 1996–1997, president and chief executive officer; Winn-Dixie Stores, 1999–2003, president, chief executive officer, and director.
Born: 1953, in Trenton, New Jersey.
Born: August 3, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois.
Born: 1942, in Brooklyn, New York.
Family: Married Shirley (maiden name unknown); children: three.
Education: University of Rhode Island, BS, 1975.