Career: Tubacex, 1965–1980, board member; Banco Vizcaya, 1980–1983, director of planning; Banca Catalana, 1983–1988, managing director; Banco Vizcaya, 1988–1990, managing director; Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, 1990–1993, first vice president; Banco Español de Crédito (Banesto), 1993–2002, president; Banco Santander Central Hispano, 2002–, CEO.
Family: Daughter of Lee W. and Ann (Cherry) Jackson; married Nickolas F.
Education: DePauw University, BA, 1968; University of Michigan, MBA, 1970.
Education: Harvard University, BA, 1977; Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, MBA, 1979.
Education: Indian Institute of Technology, BS, 1975; University of California at Berkeley, MS, 1977, MBA, 1978.
Career: Mitsubishi Corporation, 1960–1966, engineer in machinery division; Mitsubishi International, 1966, manager; Mitsubishi Corporation, 1966–1971, manager; 1971–1977, heavy machinery department; Mitsubishi International Corporation, 1977–1979, head; 1979–1981, president; 1981–1985, heavy machinery department; 1985–1989, general manager, heavy machinery department; 1989–1991, general manager, ship and plant division; 1991–1993, executive vice president; 1993–1998, president and chief executive officer; Mitsubishi Corporation, 1994–1998, managing director; 1995–1998, managing director of administration; 1998–2004, president and chief executive officer; 2004–, chairman of the board.
Career: Chevron, 1969–1971, sales manager; Saint Gobain, 1973–1978, sales manager; 1978–1981, general delegate to Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; 1981–1984, CEO of Italian operations; 1984, director of Flat Glass division; Technit, 1985–1996, executive vice president; Pilkington, 1996–1997, president of Automotive Products; 1997–2002, CEO; Enel, 2002–, CEO.
Education: West Point Academy, BS, 1963; Xavier University, MBA, 1974.
Family: Son of David Schaeffer and Sarah Levin; married Pamela L. Sidford, 1968; children: two.
Education: Attended University of Würzburg; University of unich, JD, 1969.
Education: St. John's University, BS, 1967; graduate of the Amos Tuck School Executive Program, Dartmouth College.
Career: Landesbank Stuttgart, 1971–1974, manager; 1974–1986, member of the board of managing directors; 1986–1989, deputy chairman; Südwestdeutsche Landesbank, 1989–1999, chairman; Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, 1999–2001, chairman; Bayerische Landesbank Girozentrale, 2001–, CEO.
Career: SYSCO Corporation, 1982–1988, various positions for Hardin's Sysco operation including director of supplies and equipment, vice president of merchandising services, and executive vice president; 1988–1992, president and chief executive officer of Hardin's Sysco; 1992–1997, corporate senior vice president, merchandising services; 1997–1999, senior vice president, merchandising and multiunit sales; 1999–2000, executive vice president, food-service operations; 2000–2003, president and chief operating officer; 2003–, chairman and chief executive officer.
Family: Married Renate (maiden name unknown); married Lydia Deininger; children: three (first marriage, two; second marriage, one).
Family: Son of Fred Schultz and Elaine (maiden name unknown); married Sheri, an interior designer (maiden name unknown).
Career: Clausthal Technical University, 1967–1972, member of scientific staff and chief engineer; Thyssen Group, 1972–1984, technology manager; Thyssen Stahl, 1985–1986, deputy member of executive board; 1986–1988, member of executive board; 1988–1991, director; 1991, chairman; Thyssen, 1991–1998, member of executive board; 1998–1999, chairman; Thyssen Krupp Stahl, 1997–, chairman; Thyssen Krupp, 1999–2001, cochairman; 2001–, chairman.
Education: University of Manitoba, BC, 1962; University of Manitoba, LLB, 1966; Harvard University, MBA, 1970.
Education: Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (IEP), BA, 1968.
Career: Yellow Freight Systems, 1977–1979, terminal manager, Springdale, Arkansas; Wal-Mart, 1979–1995, assistant director of transportation, director of transportation, vice president of transportation, vice president of distribution, and senior vice president of logistics; 1995–1998, executive vice president of merchandising; Wal-Mart Stores division, 1998, president and chief executive officer; Wal-Mart, 1999, vice chairman and chief operating officer; 2000–, chief executive officer and president.
Family: Son of Gerald Scrushy (cash register salesman) and Grace (nurse); married Leslie (third wife); children: eight.
Born: December 10, 1946, in New York City, New York.
Career: Sears, Roebuck and Company, 1969–?, various positions; ?-1989, general manager of Detroit region retail stores; 1989-1994, national manager for women's apparel; Sears Canada, 1994-1997, president and chief executive officer; Western Auto Supply Company, 1997-1999, chairman and chief executive officer; Heilig-Meyers Company, 1999-2000, president and chief operating officer; 2000-2001, president and chief executive officer; Dollar General, 2001-2003, president and chief operating officer; 2002-2003, chief executive officer.
Education: U.S. Naval Academy, BS, 1970; MS, 1971; University of Pittsburgh, MBA, 1982.
Career: Coopers & Lybrand (now known as Pricewaterhouse Coopers), 1974–1993, held several positions, eventually becoming senior partner and vice chairman; Bank of Boston, 1993–1996, vice chairman and CFO; BankBoston (now merged into FleetBoston Financial Corporation), 1996–1998, vice chairman and CFO; DeMoulas Super Markets, 1998–1999, board chairman; View Tech, 1999–2000, CEO; Conseco, 2001–2002, president and COO; 2002–, CEO and president.
Career: Life Investors, 1970–1985, various positions; 1985–1989, executive vice president and chief operating officer; AEGON USA, 1989–1992, president and chief executive officer; 1992–2002, chairman, president, and chief executive officer; AEGON N.V., 2002–, chairman of the executive board.
Career: NKK Corporation, 1958–1981, various positions; 1981–1986, general manager of sales coordination in export and corporate planning departments; 1987–1989, general manager of corporate planning department; 1989–1991, managing director; 1991–1994, senior managing director, deputy director of steel division; 1994–1997, executive vice president, executive director of steel division; 1997–2002, president; JFE Holdings, 2002–, president.
Career: Hitachi, 1959–1982, power plant engineer at Hitachi Works; 1982–1985, deputy general manager of Hitachi Works; 1985–1987, general manager of Kokubu Works; 1987–1990, general manager of Tochigi Works; 1990–1991, general manager of Household Appliances Division; 1991–1993, general manager of Consumer Electronics Division; 1993–1994, executive managing director of Hitachi and group executive for Consumer Products Group; 1994–1995, executive managing director of Hitachi and group executive for Consumer Products & Information Media Systems Group; 1995–1997, senior executive managing director of Hitachi and group executive for Consumer Products & Information Media Systems Group; 1997–1999, executive vice president and representative director; 1999–2003, president and representative director; 2003–, president, chief executive officer, and representative director.
Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, BA, 1975; MBA, 1983; MS, 1983.
Born: August 1, 1940, in New York City, New York.
Family: Son of Daniel Simmons (public-school attendance supervisor), and Evelyn (maiden name unknown; recreation director); married Kimora Lee (fashion model); children: two.
Career: Fed-Mart Corporation, 1954–1979, bagger, then later executive vice president in charge of merchandising and operations; Price Company, 1979–1983; Costco Wholesale Corporation, 1983–, CEO and president.
Family: Son of a merchant and realtor (name unknown); widowed (wife's name unknown); children: six.
Education: Westminster College, BA, 1965; University of Kansas, MBA, 1967.
Family: Son of Frederick C. (businessman) and Sally (Wallace) Smith; married Linda Black Grisham, 1969 (divorced 1977); married Dianne Avis; children: ten (two from first marriage).
Family: Son of Lemuel Smith, a cotton farmer, and wife, name unknown; married Bonita Harris, 1972 (divorced); children: four.
Education: University of Pennsylvania, BA, 1982; University of California, Los Angeles, JD, 1985.
Career: Lika Corporation, 1972–1980, various management positions; Sanmina Corporation, 1980–1991, various management positions; 1991–2001, chairman and president; Sanmina-SCI Corporation, 2001–2002, cochairman and CEO; 2002–, chairman and CEO.
Education: London School of Economics, BS, 1952; Oxford University, DCL, 1990.
Education: Fordham University, BA, 1961; University of Washington, PhD, 1966.
Born: June 24, 1943, in New York City, New York.
Family: Son of Harold Steward (mechanic) and Dorothy (maiden name unknown; homemaker); married Thelma (maiden name unknown; nurse); children: two.
Family: Daughter of Edward Kostyra (pharmaceutical salesman) and Martha Ruszkowski (elementary school teacher); married Andrew Stewart (attorney and publisher; divorced, 1989); children: one.
Family: Son of an FBI agent (name unknown) and Carolyn Stokes; married AnnaKristine (maiden name unknown); children: three.
Career: General Motors, Allison Division, 1955–1959, laboratory technician; General Electric, Evendale Aircraft Engine division, 1962–1979, program engineer; 1979–1984, general manager; 1984–1987, head of division; Sundstrand, 1987, executive vice president; 1987–1994, president; 1989–1994, chief executive officer; 1991–1994, chairman; McDonnell Douglas, 1994–1997, president and chief executive officer; Boeing Company, 1997–2001, president and chief operating officer; 2001–2002, vice chairman; 2003–, president and chief executive officer.
Career: Swedish Embassy (Washington, D.C.), assistant to the technical attaché; Electrolux, 1983–1987, floor-care division manager; 1987–1995, global head of dishwasher and laundry engineering; 1995–1998, head of production and development of North American white-goods operations; 1998–2001, executive vice president of floor care and light appliances; 2001–2002, chief operating officer; 2002–, president and chief executive officer.
Family: Daughter of Frank Stronach (founder and chairman of Magna International) and Elfrieda (maiden name unknown); married Donald Walker (named CEO of Magna International in 1994), 1990 (divorced 1995); married Johann Olav Koss (Olympic-champion speed skater), 1999 (divorced 2002); children (first marriage): two.
Education: University of California, Los Angeles, BS, 1968; MS, 1969; PhD, 1971.
Family: Son of Shunzo and Toshiki S. Matsuda; married Shoko Suzuki; children: three.
Career: Worked in a publishing sales company until 1963, when he joined Ito-Yokado Co.; first president of its subsidiary, Seven-Eleven Japan, in 1973; has remained with Ito-Yokado group through 2004.
Education: Linköping Institute of Technology, MS, 1977; Uppsala University, BS, 1983.
Career: Raytheon Company, 1972–2002, various positions, including manufacturing manager of equipment division, chairman and CEO of Raytheon Systems Company, senior vice president and general manager of missile systems division, executive vice president, and president of Electronic Systems; 2002–2003, president; 2003–2004, CEO and president; 2004–, chairman, CEO, and president.
Education: Tokyo University, bachelor's degree, 1962; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA, 1978; Tokyo University, PhD, 1981.
Family: Son of Naval Tata and Simone (maiden name unknown); married Aloo Mistry.
Education: École des Hautes Études Commerciales, 1969; Columbia University, MBA, 1971.
Education: Technical University of Aachen, mechanical engineering and economics; PhD.
Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA, 1973; Wake Forest University, MBA, 1975.
Career: Exxon Company, U.S.A., 1975–1987, production engineer and various engineering, technical, and supervisory assignments; 1987–1989, business development manager in the natural gas department; Exxon central production division, 1989–1992, general manager; 1992–1995, production adviser; Exxon Yemen and Esso Exploration and Production Khorat, 1995–1998, president; Exxon Ventures and Exxon Neftegas, 1998–1999, president; ExxonMobil Development Company, 1999–2001, executive vice president; ExxonMobil Corporation, 2001–2004, senior vice president; 2004–, president.
Career: Lowe's Companies, 1962–1994, entry level office manager trainee, executive vice president, chief operating officer, executive vice president of merchandising, and senior vice president of merchandising and marketing; 1994–1996, CEO, 1996–, president and CEO; 1998–, chairman.
Career: Texaco, 1970, sales trainee; 1970–1978, marketing; 1978–1979, assistant to the vice president for the Northeastern Region; 1979–1981, marketing manager of Philadelphia division; 1981–1983, staff coordinator in Corporate Planning and Economics Department; 1983–1984, assistant general manager for sales of Texaco Europe; 1984–1987, general manager for marketing of Texaco Europe; 1987–1988, vice president for marketing of Texaco USA; 1988–1989, president of Texaco Refining and Marketing; 1989–1991, vice president; 1991–1992, chairman of Texaco Ltd.; 1992–1994, president of Texaco Europe; 1994–1995, president of Texaco USA; 1995–1997, senior vice president; 1997–2001, president of Global Business Unit; 2001, chairman and CEO; ChevronTexaco, 2001–2002, vice chairman; UAL Corporation and United Airlines, 2002–, chairman, CEO, and president.
Education: Cornell University, BA, 1975; Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, MBA, 1976.
Education: Kenyon College, BA, 1969; Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania, MPA, 1974.
Family: Married Edmund (chief information officer, Colgate-Palmolive); children: two.
Education: Westminster College, BA, 1970; Western Illinois University, MBA, 1975.
Family: Son of Kiichiro Toyoda (founder, Toyota Motor Corporation) and Hatako (maiden name unknown); married Hiroko Mitsui, 1952; children, two.
Education: University of the Witwatersrand, St. John's College, BC, 1970.
Career: Pirelli, 1986–1988, managing partner; Société Internationale Pirelli, 1988–1992, CEO and general manager; 1991–1992, general manager of finance and administration; 1992–1996, CEO and executive vice chairman; 1995–1999, chairman; Telecom Italia, 2001–, chairman.
Born: June 14, 1946, in New York City, New York.
Career: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Public Corporation, 1970–1992, engineer; NTT DoCoMo, 1992–2004, company director; 1996–1998, senior vice president; 1998–2001, executive vice president; 2001–2004, senior executive vice president; 2002–2004, managing director of the Global Business Division.
Education: University of Tokyo, BS, 1966; University of Tokyo, MS, 1968.
Career: RCA Corporation, 1970–1986, systems programmer, followed by several other positions; Unisys Corporation, 1986–1990, president of U.S. Information Systems; Wang Global, 1990–1993, executive vice president of operations; 1993–1999, chairman and CEO; Getronics, 1999, deputy CEO; EMC Corporation, 2000, president; 2000–2001, president and COO; 2001–, CEO and president.
Family: Son of Robert Edward Turner Jr. and Florence (Rooney) Turner; married Judy Gale Nye, 1960 (divorced, 1962); married Jane Shirley Smith, 1964 (divorced, 1988); married Jane Fonda, 1991 (divorced, 2001); children: five (first marriage, two; second marriage, three).
Family: Son of Donald John Tyson (a food company executive) and Twilla Jean Womochil; married Kimberly McCoy; children: two.
Family: Son of a 3M executive (name unknown); married (wife's name unknown; divorced); children: two.
Education: University of Pittsburgh, BS, 1964; MS, 1965; PhD, 1971.
Career: Mitsui & Company, 1967–; 2000–2002, senior executive managing officer; 2002–, president and chief executive officer.
Career: Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation: 1991–1993, director; 1993–1995, managing director; 1995–1998, senior managing director; 1998–1999, deputy president; 1999–, president; Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group: 2001–2004, director, chairman, and co–chief executive officer; 2004–, director.
Career: Radio Products, 1971–1972, sales; Cramer, 1972–1977, field salesman, inside sales manager, operations manager, branch manager; Hamilton/Avnet, 1977, field sales representative; 1977–1989, systems manager, systems business manager, general sales manager, general manager of the San Diego branch, regional director of Southwest; 1989–1990, vice president; Hamilton/Avnet Computer, 1990–1991, president; Avnet, Inc., 1991–1992, senior vice president, director worldwide electronics operations; 1992–1998, president, chief operating officer, vice chairman; 1998–, chairman, chief executive officer.
Education: Attended Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (date of graduation unknown).
Family: Son of Henry (an owner of a small commercial waste collection company) and name unknown.
Family: Married Anne-Laurence (trustee, Foundation Switzerland di Cardiologia); children: three.
Education: Catholic University of Leuven, BS; LLD; University of Chicago, MA.
Career: ITT Nederland, 1975–1983, manager of public relations; 1983–1988, executive vice president and director of operations; Koninklijke PTT Nederland, 1988–1997, president and managing director of PTT Telecom; Lucent Technologies, 1997–1999, executive vice president of international operations; 1999, chief operating officer; 1999–2001, vice chairman of the management board; BT Group, 2002–, CEO.
Education: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, JD, 1968; diploma in economics, 1969.
Career: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, 1964–1985, series of management positions; Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, 1985–1992, series of management positions; 1992–1996, senior vice president and general manager of Tohoku Regional Communications Sector; 1996–1997, executive vice president and senior executive manager of Affiliated Business Development Headquarters; 1997–1998, executive vice president and senior executive manager of Affiliated Business Development Headquarters; 1998–1998, executive vice president, senior executive manager of Affiliated Business Development Headquarters, and executive manager of NTT Holding Organizational Office; 1999, executive vice president and senior executive manager of NTT Holding Organizational Headquarters; 1999–2002, senior executive vice president; 2002–, president and chief executive officer.
Career: General Motors Corporation: 1977–1981, various positions in GM's Treasurer's Office; 1981–1984, treasurer of General Motors do Brasil (GMB); 1984–1987, executive director of GMB; 1987–1988, vice president and finance manager of GM of Canada; 1988–1989, group director, strategic business planning, Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada Group; 1989–1991, vice president, finance, for GM Europe; 1991–1992, president and managing director of GMB; 1992–1994, executive vice president and chief financial officer; 1994–1998, executive vice president of GM and president of North American Operations; 1998–2000, president and chief operating officer; 2000–2003, president and chief executive officer; 2003–, chairman and chief executive officer.
Family: Son of Norman Waitt Sr. (cattle broker); Married Joan (maiden name unknown); children: four.
Career: Grand Metropolitan, 1982–1986, financial planning and accounts manager for Watney, Mann and Truman Brewers; 1986, finance director; 1987–1988, CFO of Inter-Continental Hotels; 1989–1992, CFO of food division; 1992–2000, CEO of Pillsbury; Diageo, 2000–2001, CEO of Guinness UDV and COO; 2001–, CEO.
Education: Ohio State University, BS, 1967; Harvard University, MBA, 1970.
Career: Bridgestone Corporation, 1965–1983, various positions; Bridgestone/Firestone, 1983–1988, technical advisor; Bridgestone/Firestone Europe, 1988–2001, various positions; Bridgestone Corporation, 2001–, chairman, president, and chief executive officer.
Career: Nippon Oil, 1960–1995, marketer; 1995–1998, marketing director; 1998–1999, vice president; Nippon Mitsubishi Oil, 1999–2000, vice president; Nippon Oil Corporation, 2000–, president.
Family: Son of hosiery factory worker; married Janet (maiden name unknown); children: two.
Education: Stuttgart Technical University, BS, 1965; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA, 1980.
Family: Son of Max Weill (a dressmaking-business owner) and Etta Kalika; married Joan Mosher (1955); children: two.
Education: University of Paris, Institut d'études politiques, law degree, 1971; École nationale d'administration, 1974–1976.
Career: BASF, 1979–1993, various finance-related positions; Bunge, 1993–1999, CFO; 1999–2001, CEO; 2001–, chairman and CEO.
Education: University of Massachusetts–Amherst, BS, 1957; University of Illinois–Champaign, MA, 1958; PhD, 1960.
Family: Son of a Broadway stagehand (father) and a theater costume seamstress (mother); married Barbara Dearborn, 1969; children: two.
Career: Bayer AG, 1966–1996, various positions; 1996-1997, head of Corporate Planning and Controlling; 1997-2001, chairman of board of management committee for finance; 2001–, chairman of board and CEO.
Career: Crown Zellerbach Corporation, 1973–1983, vice president and general manager of Office Products group; ACCO World Corp., 1983–1987, vice president of corporate development; 1987–1990, president and COO; 1990–1997, president and CEO; Home & Office, 1997–1999, president and CEO; Fortune Brands, 1999, president and COO; 1999–2001, chairman and CEO.
Family: Son of Willard Garfield Weston and Reta Lila Howard; married Hilary Mary Frayne, 1966; children: two.
Family: Son of Harry L. Wexner, a budget clothing-store manager, and Bella Cabakoff, a department-store buyer and philanthropist; married Abigail Koppel, formerly a corporate attorney, 1993; children: three.
Career: Ford Motor Company, ca. 1959–1986, various positions including president of Ford Credit and vice president and head of corporate strategy; Ford Europe, 1986–1988, chairman and chief executive officer; Ford Motor Company, 1988–1999, executive vice president and president of Ford Financial Services Group; Ford Credit, 1997–1999, chairman and chief executive officer; CMS Energy and Consumers Energy, 2002–, chairman and chief executive officer; Glenlore Enterprises, chief executive officer.
Family: Son of a railroad engineer and wife, names unknown; married Linda, a university regent (maiden name unknown); children: two.
Career: McKinsey and Company, 1980–1984, management consultant; Abbott Laboratories, 1984–1994, sales manager in medical diagnostics, then various management positions; 1994–1998, senior vice president of diagnostic operations; 1998–1999, executive vice president; 1999–, chairman and CEO.
Born: August 4, 1956, in Cold Spring Harbor, New York.
Career: Whirlpool Corporation, 1968–1975, marketing management team; 1975–1977, general manager of sales, Southern California division; 1977–1979, merchandise manager of ranges; 1979–1980, director of builder marketing; 1980–1983 vice president of builder marketing; 1983–1985, vice president of Whirlpool sales; 1985–1987 vice chairman and chief marketing officer; 1987–1999, chairman, president, and chief executive officer; 1999–2004, chairman and chief executive officer.
Education: University of Groningen, MA, 1976; Erasmus University of Rotterdam, PhD, 1982.
Education: University of Tulsa, BS, 1972; University of Dallas, MBA, 1982.
Education: University of Montana, BS, 1981; University of Houston, MBA, 1995.
Education: University of Utah, MS, 1973; University of Texas at Austin, PhD, 1978.
Family: Married Bonnie (maiden name unknown, divorced); married Michele (maiden name unknown); children (from first marriage): four.
Family: Daughter of Vernon Winfrey (sailor and barber) and Vernita Lee (maid and dietician).
Education: Penn State University, BS, 1974; completed Columbia University's International Executive Development Program, 1994.
Career: Sumitomo Life Insurance Company, 1966–1997, various positions; 1997–2000, managing director; 2000–2001, vice president; 2001–, president.
Education: United States Air Force Academy, BS, 1969; University of California at Los Angeles, MBA, 1970.
Career: Warner & Swasey Co., ?–1971, started as machinist, eventually graduating to junior management positions in production; Rockwell Automation, 1971–1976, production and inventory control manager of the Industrial Control Group (ICG) of the division Allen-Bradley; 1976–1979, manufacturing manager; 1979–1982, manufacturing director; 1982–1990, vice president of ICG operations; 1990–1994, senior vice president of ICG; 1994–1997, president of Heavy Vehicle Systems for Rockwell Automotive; 1997, president of Rockwell Automotive; Meritor Automotive, 1997–2000, president and CEO; ArvinMeritor Inc., 2000–, chairman and CEO.
Career: Samsung Group, 1966–1969, entry-level positions; Samsung Electronics Company, 1969–1977, Television Business Division, Video Business Division; 1977–1980, branch-office manager; 1980–1981, director of Television Business Division; 1981–1985, director of Video Business Division; 1985–1988, director of Research and Development Division; 1988–1990, vice president of Electronics Group; 1990–1992, vice president and representative director of Consumer Electronics Business Group; 1992, president and representative director of Consumer Electronics Business Group; Samsung Electro-Mechanics Company, 1992–1993, president and CEO; 1993–1995, head of Display Devices Division; Samsung Japan, 1995–1996, president and CEO; Samsung Electronics, 1996–, president and CEO; Samsung Group, 1996–1999, president.
Education: École Nationale Supérieure d'Electrotechnique, d'Electronique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique, et des Télécommunications (ENSEEIHT), BS.
Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, BS, 1968; Boston University, MBA, 1975.
Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, BS, 1969; Harvard University, JD, 1972.
Education: University of Karlsruhe, MS, 1976; Technical University of Paderborn, PhD, 1982.
Career: China Construction Bank, 1964–1984, various positions; China Investment Bank, 1984–1985, deputy general manager; China Construction Bank, 1986–1987, deputy general manager; 1987–1999, general manager; 1999–2000, deputy president; 2000–2002, first deputy president; 2002–, president.
Career: Beijing Telecommunication Administration, 1994–1998; China Telecommunications Corporation, 1998–1999, director general; State Post and Telecommunications Bureau of People's Republic of China, 1999–2000, director; China Telecommunications Corporation, 2000, president; China Mobile Communications Corporation, 2000–.
Career: Beijing Long Distance Telephone Bureau, deputy chief engineer; Anhui Posts and Telecommunications Administration, deputy director general, director general; Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications; Ministry of Information Industry, vice minister; China Telecom, 2000–, president, chairman, and chief executive.
Born: April 23, 1970, in New York City, New York.
Education: University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, bachelor's and master's degrees.
Education: University of Münster, business degree, 1969; Wharton School of Business of University of Pennsylvania, MBA, 1971; University of Münster, PhD, 1973.