Career: China National Petroleum Corporation, ?β1990, worked in oilfields, various positions; 1990β1996, deputy director, standing deputy director, and director of Shengli Petroleum Administration Bureau; 1996, assistant president; 1996β1998, vice president; 1997β1998, director of Daqing Petroleum Administration Bureau; 1998β2004, president; PetroChina, 1999β, chairman.
Family: Son of Charlie Machoul (mother's name unknown); married Christy (maiden name unknown); children: three.
Career: Fuji Bank, 1968β2000, director and general manager of Credit Planning Division, director and general manager of Corporate Planning Division, managing director of Public and Financial Institution Group, chief financial officer, and deputy president; 2000β2001, vice president; Mizuho Holdings Corporation, 2001, president and CEO.
Career: Victor Manufacturing, 1966β1967, management trainee; Dana Corporation, 1967β1975, management trainee in a number of sales, engineering, and manufacturing positions; Dana's Churubusco Distribution Center, 1975β1978, plant managerβservice-parts group; Dana-Spicer Clutch Division, 1978β1979, general manager; 1979β1980, vice president and general manager; Dana Engineering (part of Dana Europe), 1980, director of drive-train components; Dana Europe, 1980β1985, president; Dana North American Operations, 1985β1990, group vice president; 1990β1992, presidentβautomotive; 1992β1996, president; Dana Corporation, 1996β1997, president; 1997β1999, chief operating officer; 1999β2003, president and chief executive officer; 2000β2003, chairman of the board of directors.
Education: Brooklyn College, BS, 1969; Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, MSIA (master of science in industrial administration), 1974.
Career: Monsanto, 1962β1965(?), product development specialist; 1965β1967, marketing manager for new products; 1967β1971, marketing manager for bonding products and divisional sales director; 1971β1974, sales director for agricultural division; 1974β1975, international operations director for agricultural division; 1975, general manager of the overseas division of the agricultural division; 1975β1976, corporate vice president and managing director of Monsanto Agricultural Products; Monsanto Plastics and Resins, 1976β1977, group vice president and managing director; 1977β1980, executive vice president; 1980β1981, president; 1981β1983, chief operating officer; Monsanto Company, 1983β1986, president and chief executive officer; 1986β1995, chief executive officer and chairman.
Career: Cities Gas Company, ?β1984, refining, marketing, and transportation services; Williams Companies, 1984β1986, director of business development, Williams Natural Gas Company; 1986β1989, director of gas management, Williams Natural Gas Company; 1989β1993, vice president of gas management and supply; 1993β1994, senior vice president and general manager of the midcontinent region, Williams Field Services; 1994β1996, senior vice president and general manager of gathering and processing, Williams Field Services; 1996β1998, senior vice president and general manager, Midstream Gas and Liquids; 1998β2001, president and chief executive officer, Williams Energy Services; 2001β2002, president and chief operating officer; 2002β, chairman, president, and chief executive officer.
Family: Son of Alex Manoogian (founder, Masco Corporation); married; children: three.
Career: Touche Ross & Company, 1972β1980; Hanafiah Raslan and Mohamed, 1980β1989, partner; Petronas, 1989β1995, senior vice president (finance); Petronas Gas Berhad, 1991β, chairman; Petronas, 1995β, president and chief executive officer; Petronas Dagan Berhad, 1995β, chairman; Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad, 1997β, chairman; Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Berhad (Proton), 2000β2003, director and chairman.
Education: Middlebury College, BA, 1960; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1963.
Education: Oberlin College, BA, MA, 1973; Harvard University, MBA, ca. 1976.
Family: Son of John Willard (the founder of Hot Shoppes and its successor, Marriott Corporation) and Alice Sheets (a civic leader); married Donna Garff, 1955; children: four.
Education: University of Memphis, BA, 1976; Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, MBA, 1980.
Family: Married Tsitsi (maiden name unknown; director, Econet charitable trust); children: four.
Education: Yale University, BA, 1952; Harvard Law School, JD, 1955.
Education: Texas A&M University, BS, 1959; Harvard University, MBA, 1962.
Education: Louisiana Tech University, BA, 1974; Pepperdine University, MBA, 1983.
Education: Missouri Valley College, BS, 1971; Southern Illinois University, MBA, 1974.
Career: The Rockey Company, 1983β1986, vice president; Washington Round Table, 1986β1988, vice president; U.S. Senator Slade Gorton, 1989β1991, chief of staff and campaign manager; The Gallatin Group, 1991β1992, partner; American Insurance Association, 1992β1995, director of Superfund Improvement Project; CNA, 1995β1996, vice president of New Ventures; 1996β1997, senior financial officer of Commercial Lines Group; 1997β2001, president and COO of Financial Corporation; Safeco Corporation, 2001β2003, president and CEO; 2003β, chairman, president, and CEO.
Education: Manhattan College, BS, 1963; Iona College, MBA, 1980; Harvard University, Advanced Diploma, 1989.
Career: National Advertising, copywriter; Mademoiselle, senior writer; Glamour, copy chief; Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment Company/MTV Networks Group, 1981β1987, copywriter, on-air promotions; 1987β1991, editorial director; 1991β1993, creative director; 1993β1994, copresident and creative director; 1994β2000, president, MTV and MTV2; 2000β2003, chairman, interactive music; 2000β, president.
Education: University of Texas at Austin, BA, 1970; University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, MD, 1974.
Family: Son of Hugh McKillop and Annie Wilson; married Elizabeth Kettle; children: three.
Education: University of British Columbia, BA, 1965; Stanford University Graduate School of Business, MBA, 1967; PhD, 1969.
Career: McKinsey & Company, 1973β1976, management consultant; Sara Lee Corporation, 1976β1979, president and CEO of Aqualux water-processing division; 1979β1982, president and CEO of Electrolux-Canada affiliate; 1982β1986, president and CEO of Electrolux; 1986β1990, senior vice president for strategy development; 1990β1993, head of packagedmeats, bakery, and food-service businesses; 1993β1997, head of packaged-meats, bakery, food-service, coffee, groceries, and household and body-care businesses; 1997β2001, chairman, president, and COO; 2001β, chairman, CEO, and president.
Family: Son of Raymond William McNealy (business executive) and Marmaline (maiden name unknown; homemaker); married Susan Ingemanson, 1994; children: four.
Family: Son of Walter James McNerney (professor of public health); married (first wife's name unknown; divorced); married Haity; children: three (first marriage), two (second marriage).
Career: General Electric, 1978, manufacturing management program; 1979β1995, positions in GE Aircraft Engine's supply-chain division, manufacturing, quality control, and materials and logistics; GE Engine Services, 1995β1998, various positions; 1998β2000, product-support manager; 2000β2002, general manager of U.S. and Asian service operations; GE Medical Systems (now GE Healthcare), 2002β, vice president and general manager of global-supply chain.
Education: Γcole Polytechnique, BS, 1976; attended Γcole Nationale d'Administration, 1980β1982.
Education: Γcole Polytech, 1968; Γcole Aviation Civile, 1971; Institute for Study of Politics; National School of Administration, 1978.
Family: Son of François Michelin (company president) and Bernadette Montagne; married; children: five.
Family: Son of Georges (savings-bank manager) and Fernande (maiden name unknown; homemaker). Married, 1964 (divorced, 1967); married Gisèle (maiden name unknown), 1969; children: two.
Education: Leningrad Institute for Finance and Economics, BA, 1984; PhD, 1989.
Education: Harvard University, BS, 1979; University of Miami, JD, 1982.
Career: Fuji Iron & Steel, 1963β1970; Nippon Steel Corporation, 1970β2000; 2000β2003, vice president; 2003β, president.
Career: Eni, 1957β1977, various positions, eventually became director of administration and finance for Lanerossi; 1977β1984, director of administration; 1984β1988, assistant to the chairman; 1989β1990, director of human resources; 1990β1993, chairman and CEO of Savio and chairman of Enichem Agricoltura; 1993β1995, deputy chairman and CEO of Enichem; 1996β1998, chairman of Enichem; 1998β, CEO.
Career: Tudor, 1973β1984, group technical director; Campofrio, 1984β1987, vice chief executive officer; Endesa, 1987β1997, managing director; 1997β, chief executive officer.
Career: Canon Inc., 1961β1979?, accountant; 1979β1989, president and chief executive officer of Canon USA; 1989β1995, managing director; 1995β, president; 1997β, chief executive officer.
Education: Princeton University, BS, 1966; University of Michigan, MS, 1967.
Family: Son of Katsuji Miyazaki (aircraft-parts manufacturer); married Akemi Ota (animator); children: two.
Career: IKEA Group, 1970β1986, various positions; 1986β1999 president and chief executive officer; Home Depot, 1999β2002, president, international division; Royal Ahold, 2003β, chief executive officer.
Career: Block's, 1985β1987, executive management positions culminating in chief executive officer; L. S.
Family: Son of James B. Mooney (founder of Mooney Chemicals).
Education: Vanderbilt University, BS, 1971; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1978.
Career: Continental Bank, 1986β1987, assistant vice president; Jefferson Smurfit Corporation, 1987β1990, assistant treasurer; 1990β1993, treasurer; 1993β1998, vice president; 1994β1996, general manager, industrial packaging division; 1996β1998, chief financial officer; Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, 1998β2002, vice president and chief financial officer; 2002β, president and chief executive officer; 2003β, chairman of the board.
Career: Manuli Group, 1974β1980, cable engineer; Pirelli Group, 1980β1986, director of logistics; Pirelli Coordinamento Pneumatici, 1986β1989, vice president of operations for the tire sector; Pirelli Neumaticos, Spain, 1989β1992, chief executive officer and chairman of the board; Pirelli Tyre North America, 1992β1993, chief executive officer and chairman of the board; Pirelli Cavi S.p.A., 1993β1995, chief executive officer; Pirelli Cavi e Sistemi S.p.A., 1995β2001, chief executive officer and chairman of the board; Fiat Group, 2003β2004, chief executive officer.
Career: Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1964β1996, various positions; 1996β1997, vice president; 1997β, president.
Career: United Mortgagee Servicing Corporation, 1953β1968; Countrywide Financial Corporation (formerly Countrywide Credit Industries), 1969β, cofounder, chairman, and chief executive officer.
Career: Xerox, 1976β1991, field sales representative; 1992β1995, vice president, human resources; 1996β1997, vice president and staff officer, customer operations worldwide; 1998, senior vice president and chief staff officer; 1999β2000, president, general markets operations; 2000β2001, president and chief operating officer; 2001β2002, president and chief executive officer; 2002β, chairman and chief executive officer.
Family: Son of Leo (high school principal) and Alice (schoolteacher); married Leah Malmberg; children: two.
Career: Phillips Petroleum Company, 1973β1974, management trainee and treasurer; 1974β1976, assistant treasurer; 1976β1980, manager of foreign exchange and investment; 1980β1984, vice president and treasurer of Europe/Africa; 1984β1985, manager of corporate planning; 1985β1986, assistant treasurer; 1986β1988, treasurer; 1988β1990, vice president and treasurer; 1990β1999, chief financial officer; 1994β1999, president and chief operating officer; 1999, vice chairman; 1999β2002, chairman, president, and chief executive officer; ConocoPhillips, 2002β, president and chief executive officer.
Career: Du Pont MΓ©xico, ?β2000, various positions, eventually became president and general director; Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), 2000β, general director.
Family: Son of Rupert (businessman) and Anna Maria Torv Murdoch; married Kathryn Hufschmid (marketing executive); children: one.
Family: Son of Rupert Murdoch (chairman and chief executive of News Corporation) and Anna (Torv) Murdoch-Mann (author); married Sarah O'Hare (model).
Family: Son of Keith Arthur Lay (journalist) and Elisabeth Joy Greene (philanthropist); married Patricia Brooker (airline stewardess; divorced); children: one; married Anna Torv (journalist and novelist; divorced); children: three; married Wendi Deng (secretary); children: two.
Education: University of Mysore, BTech, 1967; Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, MTech, 1969.
Education: California State University at Fullerton, BA, 1964; California State University at Long Beach, MBA, 1972.
Career: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, 1962β1965, various posts; 1985β1989, director of Tokyo Special Sales Office, Corporate Consumer Sales Division; Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company (U.S.), 1989β1992, president; Panasonic UK, 1992β1993, president; Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, 1993β1996, president, director, chairman of the board, and director of the Corporate Management Division for the Americas; 1996β1997, managing director; AVC Company, 1997β2000, senior managing director and president; Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, 2000β, president and CEO.
Education: Western Illinois University, BS, 1971; University of Louisville, MBA, 1975.
Family: Son of Abdo Nasser (independent businessman); married Jennifer (homemaker and philanthropist; maiden name unknown), 1970 (divorced 2000); children: four.
Education: Idaho State University, BA, 1968; Stanford University Executive Program, 1984.
Career: Sumitomo Bank, 1997β2001, president; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, 2001β, president; Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, 2002β, president and chief executive officer.
Career: Nissho Iwai Corporation, 1965β2003, eventually CEO and president of American subsidiary, then president; Nissho Iwai-Nichimen Holdings Corporation, 2003β2004, co-CEO and president; Sojitz Holdings Corporation, 2004β, CEO and president.
Career: Itochu Corporation, 1966β1998, various positions; 1998β, president; 2004β, chairman.
Family: Son of Melbourne Nixon and Elizabeth (maiden name unknown); married Janet (maiden name unknown); children: three.
Career: Supervalu, 1976β1982, director of retail operations, merchandising director, and vice president of marketing, JM Jones division; 1982β1985, president, Fargo and Miami divisions; 1985β1988, corporate vice president, merchandising; 1988β1992, senior vice president, marketing; 1992β1995, corporate executive vice president and president; 1995β2000, chief operating officer, Distribution Food Companies; 2000β2001, president and chief operating officer; 2001β2002, president and chief executive officer; 2002β, chairman, president, and chief executive officer.
Education: Kyoto University, postgraduate studies, 1965; Osaka University, M.S., 1975, PhD, 1978.
Education: Madras Christian College, BS, 1976; Indian Institute of Management, MBA, 1978; Yale University, master of public and private management, 1980.
Career: Nordstrom, Incorporated, 1974β1983, stockperson, then salesman in the women's shoe division; 1983β1987, buyer; 1987β1988, merchandise manager for women's shoes for Nordstrom Rack, the Place Two division, and the Alaska stores; 1988β1991, merchandise manager for women's shoes for stores in Washington and Alaska; 1991β1995, vice president and general manager of the Washington and Alaska region, overseeing operations for eight full-line stores, two Nordstrom Rack stores, and the Place Two division; 1995β2000, copresident (along with five brothers and cousins) with responsibilities including operations, the shoe division, and Nordstrom Rack; FebruaryβAugust 2000, president of Nordstrom Rack; August 2000β, corporate president.
Career: Wisconsin Bell, 1969β1983, in marketing and operations; Ameritech Communications, 1983β1986, vice president of marketing and operations; Ameritech Mobile Communications, 1986β1989, president; Indiana Bell Telephone Company, 1989β1992, president; Ameritech Services, 1992, president; Ameritech Corporation, 1993, president, chief operating officer, and vice chairman of the board; 1994β1999, president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board; Tellabs, 2000β2002, president and chief executive officer; Qwest Communications International, 2002β, chief executive officer and chairman of the board.
Career: Tracey-Locke BBDO, ?β1986, various positions leading up to executive vice president; PepsiCo, 1986β1990, senior vice president of marketing for Pizza Hut; 1990β1992, executive vice president of marketing and national sales for Pepsi-Cola; 1992β1994, COO of Pepsi-Cola North America; 1994β1996, president and CEO of KFC North America; 1996β1997, group president and CEO of KFC and Pizza Hut; Tricon Global Restaurants, 1997β1999, vice chairman and president; 1999β2001, CEO and president; 2001β2002, chairman, CEO, and president; Yum! Brands, 2002β, chairman, CEO, and president.
Education: Texas A&M University, BS, 1959; Southern Methodist University, JD, 1965.
Career: Ashland Chemical Company, 1976β1992, management positions of increasing responsibility in Foundry, Specialty Polymers, and General Polymers; 1992β1994, executive assistant to the chairman and CEO; Ashland Petroleum Company, 1994β1995, vice president and general manager of branded marketing; Ashland Inc., 1995β2001, president of Valvoline and vice president of Distribution and Specialty; 2001β2002, senior vice president and group operating officer; 2002, president and COO; 2002β, chairman and CEO.
Career: Pulte Homes, 1984β1997, employee; 1997β1998, COO; 1998β2002, president; 2002β, CEO and president.
Born: May 16, 1943, in New York City, New York.
Career: Quaker Oatmeal Cereals, 1995β1996, general manager of U.S. Food Division; Sara Lee Corporation, 1996β1998, senior vice president of snacks division; 1997β1998, president of bakery foods service division; Tops Markets, 1998β2000, CEO and president; Ahold USA, 2000β2001, COO; AutoZone, 2001β, chairman, CEO, and president.
Education: Oxford University, BA, 1976; Harvard University, MBA, 1978; LLB, 1979.
Family: Sokichi Ohnishi and Mitsu (maiden name unknown); married Yaeko Yui, 1951; children: two.
Career: Sumitomo Corporation, circa 1998β2001, managing director; 2001β, CEO and president.
Education: University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, 1962; University of Wisconsin, MBA, 1973.
Education: Atlantic College; University of Helsinki, MS, 1976; London School of Economics, MS, 1978; Helsinki University of Technology, MS, 1981.
Family: Son of a customs inspector and a nurse; married Mary Alice Lucey; children: four.
Education: Kettering University, BS, 1974; Harvard University, MBA, Finance, 1978.
Family: Son of a menswear buyer for department store and a homemaker (first names unknown); married Joan Gariepy (a nurse), 1970; children: two.
Family: Son of railroad worker and maid (names unknown); married (wife's name unknown); children: three.
Career: Swiss Bank Corporation, 1977β1980, member of Department of Planning and Marketing; SBC International, 1980β1984, member of capital markets division; Merrill Lynch Capital Markets, 1984β1987, managing director; Swiss Bank Corporation, 1987β1995, director of securities trading and sales; 1995β1996, chief executive officer; 1996β1998, president and group chief executive officer; United Bank of Switzerland, 1998β2001, group chief executive officer; 2001β, chairman of the board and director.
Education: University of San Francisco, BA, 1972; University of California, Berkeley, MBA, 1974.
Career: Japan National Railways, 1965β1987, various positions; East Japan National Railway Company (JR East), 1987β1997, managing director; 1997β2000, vice president; 2000β, president and chief executive officer.
Family: Son of an engineer and professor; married; children: one.
Career: Bank of Korea, 1969β1976, junior economist in research department; 1973β1975, assistant advisor on economic policy in the office of the president; Samsung Corporation, 1976β1983, manager, planning department; Samsung Pacific International, 1983, president; Samsung America, 1983β1987, president; Samsung Electronics, 1988β1990, senior executive managing director, sales and marketing, semiconductor division; Samsung Group, 1991β1993, vice president, chairman's office; Joong-ang Daily News, 1994β1998, executive vice president; Cheil Communications, 1998β2001, president and chief executive officer; Samsung Corporation, 2001β, president and chief executive officer.
Career: International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), 1973β1989, sales representative; 1989β1991, executive assistant to chief executive officer John Akers; IBM Japan, 1991β1993, senior managing director, operations; Integrated Systems Solutions Corporation, January 1993β1996, president; October 1993β1996, CEO; 1995β1997, head of strategic outsourcing; Personal Computer Company, 1996β1997, managing director; Personal Systems Group, 1997β1998, senior vice president; IBM Global Services, 1998β1999, corporate senior vice president and manager; Enterprise Systems Group, 1999β2000, senior vice president; IBM Corporation, 2000β2002, president and chief operating officer; 2002β, president and CEO; 2003β, chairman of the board.
Born: August 31, 1946, in Storkow, Kreis FΓΌrstenwalde, Germany.
Career: Credit Suisse First Boston, 1987β?, managing director; BlackRock Financial Management, partner; Salomon Brothers, ?β1996, managing director; Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), 1996β2003, senior vice president and chief investment officer; chief executive officer, 2003β.
Born: April 4, 1948, in New York City, New York.
Education: Bocconi University, BA; Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, MBA.
Education: Dartmouth College, BA, 1968; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1970.
Family: Brother of French financier Georges Pébereau; married Agnès (maiden name unknown).
Family: Son of Jay (vice president of metal fabrication company) and Martha (housewife and community volunteer); married Kathryn; children: five.
Family: Son of a winemaker (name unknown); married and divorced twice; married (third wife's name unknown); children: three.
Family: Son of Peter Pestillo and Ruth Hayes; married Betty Ann Barraclough, 1959; children: three.
Education: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, BS, 1971; Dartmouth College, MBA, 1973.
Education: Syracuse University, BS; Maxwell School of Public Administration, Syracuse University, master's degree.
Education: University of Notre Dame, BBA, 1961; University of Chicago, MBA, 1963; PhD, 1966.
Education: Flint Mott College, AS, 1962; Western Michigan University, BS, 1964; University of Michigan; MSW, 1965; Ohio State University, PhD, 1971.
Career: American Family Insurance, 1963β1990, various positions including agent, district sales manager, state director, regional vice president, and executive vice president of field operations; 1990β1998, president and chief operating officer; 1998β, chairman and chief executive officer.
Family: Son of Charles McGee Pigott (CEO of PACCAR Inc. until 1997) and Yvonne Flood.
Career: Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW), 1973β1975, production planning engineer; 1975β1977, head of operations control department; 1978β1981, head of work preparation division of the Dingolfing factory; BMW South Africa, 1982β1985, director of production, development, purchasing, and logistics; 1985β1987, head of quality assurance; 1987β1990, head of technical planning; 1990β1993, department member, board of management and production; 1993β1999, chairman of the board and CEO; Rover Group Holdings, 1994β1995, chairman of the board; Volkswagen, 2000β2003, chairman-elect; 2003β, chief executive officer.
Career: Peace Corps, 1967β1969, volunteer; Allied Corporation, 1969β1977, financial analyst; 1977β1985, general manager of Home Furnishings division; AlliedSignal, 1985β1986, president of Plastics and Engineered Materials division; 1986β1988, president of Fibers division; 1988β1998, executive vice president of company and president of Engineered Materials division; 1998β1999, president and chief operating officer; American Standard Companies, January 2000β, chief executive officer and chairman.
Education: Fordham University, BA; Sloan Fellows Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA.
Family: Daughter of a restaurant owner and a social worker; married; children: two.
Education: State University of New York at Oneonta, BA, 1978.
Career: Genuine Parts Company, 1958β1977, stock clerk and various other positions; vice president and then group vice president, 1977β1983; executive vice president, 1983β1986; president and chief operating officer, 1986β1990; chief executive officer, 1989β, chairman, 1990β.
Education: West Virginia Institute of Technology, BS, 1969; Princeton University, MS, 1973; University of Michigan, 1982, graduate utility executive program; Harvard University, 1991, graduate advanced management program.
Career: Banco Lariano, 1976β1987, branch clerk and manager, then director; McKinsey and Company, 1987β1989, consultant; Bain, Cuneo, and Associates, 1989β1991, consultant; Riunione Adriatica di Sicurta, 1991β1994, general manager of banking; Credito Italiano, 1994, deputy general manager for planning; 1995β1997, deputy CEO; 1997β1998, CEO; UniCredito Italiano, 1998β, CEO.
Career: Compagnie GΓ©nΓ©rale des Eaux, 1972β1990, various management positions; Compagnie GΓ©nΓ©rale d'Entreprises Automobiles, 1990β1991, chairman and chief executive officer; Compagnie GΓ©nΓ©rale des Eaux, 1991β1997, director; 1997β1999, deputy managing director; Vivendi Universal, 1999β2000, managing director delegate, chairman of Compagnie GΓ©nΓ©rale des Eaux, director and executive managing director of Vivendi Water, chairman of Compagnie GΓ©nΓ©rale d'Entreprises Automobiles; Vivendi Environnement, 2000β2003, chief executive officer; Veolia Environnement, 2003β, chairman and chief executive officer.
Career: Sun Alliance and London Assurance Company, 1965β1969, actuary; Hoare Govett & Company, 1969β1973, stockbroker; National Coal Board Superannuation Investments Department, 1973β1981, responsible for stock market activities; CIN Industrial Investments, 1981β1985, managing director for venture capital activities; CIN Investment Management Company, 1985β1988, chief executive responsible for pension fund assets; Legal and General Group, 1988β1991, group director; 1991, deputy chief executive; 1991β, group chief executive and director.
Education: University of Notre Dame, BBA, 1964; University of Chicago, MBA, 1966; London School of Economics, MS, 1967.
Career: Abraham & Straus, 1965β1973, began as executive trainee, became division merchandise manager; Bullock's, 1973β1974, vice president and general merchandise manager of the home store; 1974β1977, senior vice president and general merchandise manager for all stores; Federated Department Stores, 1977β1978, executive vice president of Bullocks Division; 1978β1980, president of Rich's Division; 1980β1984, chairman and CEO of Rich's Division; 1984β1988, chairman and CEO of Bullock's/Bullocks Wilshire Division; 1987β1988, corporate executive vice president; 1988β1990, corporate vice chairman; Neiman Marcus Group Inc., 1988β1990, president and CEO, based in Dallas; Federated Department Stores, 1990β1997, chairman and CEO; Barneys New York, 1999β2000, chairman, president, and CEO; J. C.
Education: Harvard College, BA, 1971; Oxford University, 1971β1973; Harvard Law School, JD, 1976.
Career: Indian Oil Corporation, 1969β?, management trainee; 2001β2002, director of planning and business development; 2002β, chairman; government of India, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, executive director of Oil Coordination Committee; IBP Company and Chennai Petroleum Corporation, chairman; Indian Oiltanking, head.
Career: Societe de Banque Suisse, 1969β1970, collections and foreign-trade finance, Geneva; Bayerische Vereinsbank, 1971β1973, foreign trade and commodity finance, Munich; 1974β1980, senior lending officer, North America Corporation and Credit Department, New York; 1981β1982, senior lending officer, Nordrhein-Wesfalia, DΓΌsseldorf; BHF-Bank, 1983β1984, head of U.S. corporations in Europe and corporations in Belgium and Holland; 1984β1987, senior vice president and manager, New York branch; 1988β1992, general manager, export and trade finance, Frankfurt; 1993β1995, general manager, Corporation Finance, Frankfurt, and member of the board of managing directors; Bayerische Vereinsbank, 1995β1998, member of the board of managing directors; Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank (HVB Group), 1998β2002, member of the board of managing directors; 2003β, managing director and chief executive officer.
Education: University of Wisconsin, BS, 1960; University of Minnesota, PhD, 1963.
Education: University of Oregon, BS, 1978; Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, MBA, 1980.
Education: Harvard University, BA, 1944; Harvard Law School, LLB, 1947.
Career: Conoco, 1975β1979, pipeline engineer; 1979β1990, executive assistant to the chairman, along with other positions including president and managing director of Conoco Ireland; DuPont Company, 1990β1994, vice president and general manager of titanium-dioxide business; 1994β1995, vice president and general manager of specialty-chemicals business; 1996β1997, vice president and general manager of Lycra business; 1997β1999, executive vice president; 1999β2000, COO; Praxair, 2000β, president, CEO, and chairman.
Born: April 6, 1948, in New York City, New York.
Born: April 2, 1953, in Midsund, MΓΈre og Romsdal, Norway.
Education: University of Canterbury (New Zealand), BA; University of Florida, MS.
Education: University of Southern California, BA, 1980; Northwestern University, MBA, 1987.
Education: Attended University of Dijon, BS; Ecole Polytechnque, master's in engineering; Ecole Nationale des Ponts et ChaussΓ©es, and University of Pennsylvania; attended Columbia University, 1966β1967.
Family: Son of Helmut Ricke (former chairman of Deutsche Telekom).
Family: Son of Steve Riggio (semiprofessional boxer and cab driver); married (spouse's name unknown); children: three.
Career: WBZ-TV, 1969β1972, assistant producer, then managing news editor; Continental Cablevision of Ohio and Montachusett Cable Television, 1972β1979, various management positions; Viacom Communications, 1979β1983, vice president and general manager for Viacom Cable of Long Island, then senior vice president of operations; Cox Communications, 1983β1984, vice president of New York City operations; 1984β1985, senior vice president of Atlanta and New Orleans operations; 1985β, president; 1995β, president and chief executive officer.
Family: Son of Ralph Roberts (founder of Comcast); married Aileen Kennedy; children: three.
Career: Shell, 1971β1996, petroleum engineer; various positions in exploration and production; senior petroleum engineer, Turkey and Norway; technical manager, Norske Shell; director, corporate development, Shell Internationale Petroleum Maatschappij, The Hague; manager, Offshore Business Division, Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij; area coordinator, numerous Latin American countries, Shell International Petroleum Company, London; 1996β1998, regional business director, Middle East and Africa, Shell International Exploration and Production, The Hague; 1998β1999, general manager, Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij; 1999β2002, member, board of management, Shell Nederland; group managing director, Royal Dutch/Shell Group; RWE, 2003β, president and chief executive officer.
Career: St. Regis Paper Company, 1965β1970; St.
Family: Son of James E. Rogers and Margaret (Whatley) Rogers; married Robyn McGill (divorced); married Mary Anne Boldrick; children: three (first marriage).
Family: Married (wife's name unknown; divorced); married Sandra (maiden name unknown); children: five (from second marriage).
Education: University of Notre Dame, BA, 1970; Ohio State University, MBA, 1972.
Career: Burlington Northern Railroad, 1994β1995, vice president, vehicles and machinery; Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, 1995β1996, vice president, chemicals; 1996β1997, senior vice president, merchandise business unit; 1997β1999, chief operations officer; 1999β2000, president and chief operating officer; 2000β2002, president and chief executive officer; 2002β, chairman, president, and chief executive officer.
Career: Lear Siegler, 1971β1998, sales; Lear Corporation, 1988β2000, president and chief operating officer; 2000β2003, president and chief executive officer; 2003β, chairman and chief executive officer.
Career: Moltex, 1975β1978, production manager; Genius Group, 1978β1985, designer; Diesel, 1978β1985, designer and partner; 1985β, owner, chief executive officer, and designer; La Maison Martin Margiela, 2002β, majority owner and investor.
Education: Canisius College, BS, 1966; University of Rochester School of Medicine, MD, 1970.
Career: Miller's Supermarket, 1963β1970, store manager; Albertsons, 1971β1996, held various positions, eventually becoming senior vice president; Smith's Food and Drug Centers, 1996β1997, president and chief executive officer; Winn-Dixie Stores, 1999β2003, president, chief executive officer, and director.
Education: Georgetown University, BS; Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program, 1989.
Education: Illinois Wesleyan University, bachelor's degree, 1972; Southern Methodist University, MBA, 1975, and JD.
Family: Married Patricia (maiden name unknown; community activist); children: four.
Career: Penn Mutual, dates unknown, life insurance agent; worked at father's Ford dealership; Ryan Corporation (became Ryan Group), dates unknown, owner; Aon (merged company), 1982β, chief executive officer; 1990β, chairman of the board.
Career: CVS Corporation, 1975, pharmacist; 1975β1988, various positions; 1988β1990, senior vice president of pharmacy; 1990β1998, executive vice president of stores; 1998β, president and chief executive officer; 1999β, chairman.