Career: Tubacex, 1965β1980, board member; Banco Vizcaya, 1980β1983, director of planning; Banca Catalana, 1983β1988, managing director; Banco Vizcaya, 1988β1990, managing director; Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, 1990β1993, first vice president; Banco EspaΓ±ol de CrΓ©dito (Banesto), 1993β2002, president; Banco Santander Central Hispano, 2002β, 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, 1960β1966, engineer in machinery division; Mitsubishi International, 1966, manager; Mitsubishi Corporation, 1966β1971, manager; 1971β1977, heavy machinery department; Mitsubishi International Corporation, 1977β1979, head; 1979β1981, president; 1981β1985, heavy machinery department; 1985β1989, general manager, heavy machinery department; 1989β1991, general manager, ship and plant division; 1991β1993, executive vice president; 1993β1998, president and chief executive officer; Mitsubishi Corporation, 1994β1998, managing director; 1995β1998, managing director of administration; 1998β2004, president and chief executive officer; 2004β, chairman of the board.
Career: Chevron, 1969β1971, sales manager; Saint Gobain, 1973β1978, sales manager; 1978β1981, general delegate to Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; 1981β1984, CEO of Italian operations; 1984, director of Flat Glass division; Technit, 1985β1996, executive vice president; Pilkington, 1996β1997, president of Automotive Products; 1997β2002, CEO; Enel, 2002β, 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 WΓΌrzburg; 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, 1971β1974, manager; 1974β1986, member of the board of managing directors; 1986β1989, deputy chairman; SΓΌdwestdeutsche Landesbank, 1989β1999, chairman; Landesbank Baden-WΓΌrttemberg, 1999β2001, chairman; Bayerische Landesbank Girozentrale, 2001β, CEO.
Career: SYSCO Corporation, 1982β1988, various positions for Hardin's Sysco operation including director of supplies and equipment, vice president of merchandising services, and executive vice president; 1988β1992, president and chief executive officer of Hardin's Sysco; 1992β1997, corporate senior vice president, merchandising services; 1997β1999, senior vice president, merchandising and multiunit sales; 1999β2000, executive vice president, food-service operations; 2000β2003, president and chief operating officer; 2003β, 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, 1967β1972, member of scientific staff and chief engineer; Thyssen Group, 1972β1984, technology manager; Thyssen Stahl, 1985β1986, deputy member of executive board; 1986β1988, member of executive board; 1988β1991, director; 1991, chairman; Thyssen, 1991β1998, member of executive board; 1998β1999, chairman; Thyssen Krupp Stahl, 1997β, chairman; Thyssen Krupp, 1999β2001, cochairman; 2001β, chairman.
Education: University of Manitoba, BC, 1962; University of Manitoba, LLB, 1966; Harvard University, MBA, 1970.
Education: Institut d'Γtudes Politiques de Paris (IEP), BA, 1968.
Career: Yellow Freight Systems, 1977β1979, terminal manager, Springdale, Arkansas; Wal-Mart, 1979β1995, assistant director of transportation, director of transportation, vice president of transportation, vice president of distribution, and senior vice president of logistics; 1995β1998, executive vice president of merchandising; Wal-Mart Stores division, 1998, president and chief executive officer; Wal-Mart, 1999, vice chairman and chief operating officer; 2000β, 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, 1969β?, 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), 1974β1993, held several positions, eventually becoming senior partner and vice chairman; Bank of Boston, 1993β1996, vice chairman and CFO; BankBoston (now merged into FleetBoston Financial Corporation), 1996β1998, vice chairman and CFO; DeMoulas Super Markets, 1998β1999, board chairman; View Tech, 1999β2000, CEO; Conseco, 2001β2002, president and COO; 2002β, CEO and president.
Career: Life Investors, 1970β1985, various positions; 1985β1989, executive vice president and chief operating officer; AEGON USA, 1989β1992, president and chief executive officer; 1992β2002, chairman, president, and chief executive officer; AEGON N.V., 2002β, chairman of the executive board.
Career: NKK Corporation, 1958β1981, various positions; 1981β1986, general manager of sales coordination in export and corporate planning departments; 1987β1989, general manager of corporate planning department; 1989β1991, managing director; 1991β1994, senior managing director, deputy director of steel division; 1994β1997, executive vice president, executive director of steel division; 1997β2002, president; JFE Holdings, 2002β, president.
Career: Hitachi, 1959β1982, power plant engineer at Hitachi Works; 1982β1985, deputy general manager of Hitachi Works; 1985β1987, general manager of Kokubu Works; 1987β1990, general manager of Tochigi Works; 1990β1991, general manager of Household Appliances Division; 1991β1993, general manager of Consumer Electronics Division; 1993β1994, executive managing director of Hitachi and group executive for Consumer Products Group; 1994β1995, executive managing director of Hitachi and group executive for Consumer Products & Information Media Systems Group; 1995β1997, senior executive managing director of Hitachi and group executive for Consumer Products & Information Media Systems Group; 1997β1999, executive vice president and representative director; 1999β2003, president and representative director; 2003β, 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, 1954β1979, bagger, then later executive vice president in charge of merchandising and operations; Price Company, 1979β1983; Costco Wholesale Corporation, 1983β, 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, 1972β1980, various management positions; Sanmina Corporation, 1980β1991, various management positions; 1991β2001, chairman and president; Sanmina-SCI Corporation, 2001β2002, cochairman and CEO; 2002β, 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, 1955β1959, laboratory technician; General Electric, Evendale Aircraft Engine division, 1962β1979, program engineer; 1979β1984, general manager; 1984β1987, head of division; Sundstrand, 1987, executive vice president; 1987β1994, president; 1989β1994, chief executive officer; 1991β1994, chairman; McDonnell Douglas, 1994β1997, president and chief executive officer; Boeing Company, 1997β2001, president and chief operating officer; 2001β2002, vice chairman; 2003β, president and chief executive officer.
Career: Swedish Embassy (Washington, D.C.), assistant to the technical attachΓ©; Electrolux, 1983β1987, floor-care division manager; 1987β1995, global head of dishwasher and laundry engineering; 1995β1998, head of production and development of North American white-goods operations; 1998β2001, executive vice president of floor care and light appliances; 2001β2002, chief operating officer; 2002β, 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: LinkΓΆping Institute of Technology, MS, 1977; Uppsala University, BS, 1983.
Career: Raytheon Company, 1972β2002, 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; 2002β2003, president; 2003β2004, CEO and president; 2004β, 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: Γcole des Hautes Γtudes 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., 1975β1987, production engineer and various engineering, technical, and supervisory assignments; 1987β1989, business development manager in the natural gas department; Exxon central production division, 1989β1992, general manager; 1992β1995, production adviser; Exxon Yemen and Esso Exploration and Production Khorat, 1995β1998, president; Exxon Ventures and Exxon Neftegas, 1998β1999, president; ExxonMobil Development Company, 1999β2001, executive vice president; ExxonMobil Corporation, 2001β2004, senior vice president; 2004β, president.
Career: Lowe's Companies, 1962β1994, entry level office manager trainee, executive vice president, chief operating officer, executive vice president of merchandising, and senior vice president of merchandising and marketing; 1994β1996, CEO, 1996β, president and CEO; 1998β, chairman.
Career: Texaco, 1970, sales trainee; 1970β1978, marketing; 1978β1979, assistant to the vice president for the Northeastern Region; 1979β1981, marketing manager of Philadelphia division; 1981β1983, staff coordinator in Corporate Planning and Economics Department; 1983β1984, assistant general manager for sales of Texaco Europe; 1984β1987, general manager for marketing of Texaco Europe; 1987β1988, vice president for marketing of Texaco USA; 1988β1989, president of Texaco Refining and Marketing; 1989β1991, vice president; 1991β1992, chairman of Texaco Ltd.; 1992β1994, president of Texaco Europe; 1994β1995, president of Texaco USA; 1995β1997, senior vice president; 1997β2001, president of Global Business Unit; 2001, chairman and CEO; ChevronTexaco, 2001β2002, vice chairman; UAL Corporation and United Airlines, 2002β, 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, 1986β1988, managing partner; SociΓ©tΓ© Internationale Pirelli, 1988β1992, CEO and general manager; 1991β1992, general manager of finance and administration; 1992β1996, CEO and executive vice chairman; 1995β1999, chairman; Telecom Italia, 2001β, chairman.
Born: June 14, 1946, in New York City, New York.
Career: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Public Corporation, 1970β1992, engineer; NTT DoCoMo, 1992β2004, company director; 1996β1998, senior vice president; 1998β2001, executive vice president; 2001β2004, senior executive vice president; 2002β2004, managing director of the Global Business Division.
Education: University of Tokyo, BS, 1966; University of Tokyo, MS, 1968.
Career: RCA Corporation, 1970β1986, systems programmer, followed by several other positions; Unisys Corporation, 1986β1990, president of U.S. Information Systems; Wang Global, 1990β1993, executive vice president of operations; 1993β1999, chairman and CEO; Getronics, 1999, deputy CEO; EMC Corporation, 2000, president; 2000β2001, president and COO; 2001β, 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, 1967β; 2000β2002, senior executive managing officer; 2002β, president and chief executive officer.
Career: Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation: 1991β1993, director; 1993β1995, managing director; 1995β1998, senior managing director; 1998β1999, deputy president; 1999β, president; Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group: 2001β2004, director, chairman, and coβchief executive officer; 2004β, director.
Career: Radio Products, 1971β1972, sales; Cramer, 1972β1977, field salesman, inside sales manager, operations manager, branch manager; Hamilton/Avnet, 1977, field sales representative; 1977β1989, systems manager, systems business manager, general sales manager, general manager of the San Diego branch, regional director of Southwest; 1989β1990, vice president; Hamilton/Avnet Computer, 1990β1991, president; Avnet, Inc., 1991β1992, senior vice president, director worldwide electronics operations; 1992β1998, president, chief operating officer, vice chairman; 1998β, 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, 1975β1983, manager of public relations; 1983β1988, executive vice president and director of operations; Koninklijke PTT Nederland, 1988β1997, president and managing director of PTT Telecom; Lucent Technologies, 1997β1999, executive vice president of international operations; 1999, chief operating officer; 1999β2001, vice chairman of the management board; BT Group, 2002β, CEO.
Education: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, JD, 1968; diploma in economics, 1969.
Career: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, 1964β1985, series of management positions; Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, 1985β1992, series of management positions; 1992β1996, senior vice president and general manager of Tohoku Regional Communications Sector; 1996β1997, executive vice president and senior executive manager of Affiliated Business Development Headquarters; 1997β1998, executive vice president and senior executive manager of Affiliated Business Development Headquarters; 1998β1998, 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; 1999β2002, senior executive vice president; 2002β, president and chief executive officer.
Career: General Motors Corporation: 1977β1981, various positions in GM's Treasurer's Office; 1981β1984, treasurer of General Motors do Brasil (GMB); 1984β1987, executive director of GMB; 1987β1988, vice president and finance manager of GM of Canada; 1988β1989, group director, strategic business planning, Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada Group; 1989β1991, vice president, finance, for GM Europe; 1991β1992, president and managing director of GMB; 1992β1994, executive vice president and chief financial officer; 1994β1998, executive vice president of GM and president of North American Operations; 1998β2000, president and chief operating officer; 2000β2003, president and chief executive officer; 2003β, chairman and chief executive officer.
Family: Son of Norman Waitt Sr. (cattle broker); Married Joan (maiden name unknown); children: four.
Career: Grand Metropolitan, 1982β1986, financial planning and accounts manager for Watney, Mann and Truman Brewers; 1986, finance director; 1987β1988, CFO of Inter-Continental Hotels; 1989β1992, CFO of food division; 1992β2000, CEO of Pillsbury; Diageo, 2000β2001, CEO of Guinness UDV and COO; 2001β, CEO.
Education: Ohio State University, BS, 1967; Harvard University, MBA, 1970.
Career: Bridgestone Corporation, 1965β1983, various positions; Bridgestone/Firestone, 1983β1988, technical advisor; Bridgestone/Firestone Europe, 1988β2001, various positions; Bridgestone Corporation, 2001β, chairman, president, and chief executive officer.
Career: Nippon Oil, 1960β1995, marketer; 1995β1998, marketing director; 1998β1999, vice president; Nippon Mitsubishi Oil, 1999β2000, vice president; Nippon Oil Corporation, 2000β, 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'Γ©tudes politiques, law degree, 1971; Γcole nationale d'administration, 1974β1976.
Career: BASF, 1979β1993, various finance-related positions; Bunge, 1993β1999, CFO; 1999β2001, CEO; 2001β, chairman and CEO.
Education: University of MassachusettsβAmherst, BS, 1957; University of IllinoisβChampaign, 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, 1966β1996, various positions; 1996-1997, head of Corporate Planning and Controlling; 1997-2001, chairman of board of management committee for finance; 2001β, chairman of board and CEO.
Career: Crown Zellerbach Corporation, 1973β1983, vice president and general manager of Office Products group; ACCO World Corp., 1983β1987, vice president of corporate development; 1987β1990, president and COO; 1990β1997, president and CEO; Home & Office, 1997β1999, president and CEO; Fortune Brands, 1999, president and COO; 1999β2001, 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. 1959β1986, various positions including president of Ford Credit and vice president and head of corporate strategy; Ford Europe, 1986β1988, chairman and chief executive officer; Ford Motor Company, 1988β1999, executive vice president and president of Ford Financial Services Group; Ford Credit, 1997β1999, chairman and chief executive officer; CMS Energy and Consumers Energy, 2002β, 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, 1980β1984, management consultant; Abbott Laboratories, 1984β1994, sales manager in medical diagnostics, then various management positions; 1994β1998, senior vice president of diagnostic operations; 1998β1999, executive vice president; 1999β, chairman and CEO.
Born: August 4, 1956, in Cold Spring Harbor, New York.
Career: Whirlpool Corporation, 1968β1975, marketing management team; 1975β1977, general manager of sales, Southern California division; 1977β1979, merchandise manager of ranges; 1979β1980, director of builder marketing; 1980β1983 vice president of builder marketing; 1983β1985, vice president of Whirlpool sales; 1985β1987 vice chairman and chief marketing officer; 1987β1999, chairman, president, and chief executive officer; 1999β2004, 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, 1966β1997, various positions; 1997β2000, managing director; 2000β2001, vice president; 2001β, president.
Education: United States Air Force Academy, BS, 1969; University of California at Los Angeles, MBA, 1970.
Career: Warner & Swasey Co., ?β1971, started as machinist, eventually graduating to junior management positions in production; Rockwell Automation, 1971β1976, production and inventory control manager of the Industrial Control Group (ICG) of the division Allen-Bradley; 1976β1979, manufacturing manager; 1979β1982, manufacturing director; 1982β1990, vice president of ICG operations; 1990β1994, senior vice president of ICG; 1994β1997, president of Heavy Vehicle Systems for Rockwell Automotive; 1997, president of Rockwell Automotive; Meritor Automotive, 1997β2000, president and CEO; ArvinMeritor Inc., 2000β, chairman and CEO.
Career: Samsung Group, 1966β1969, entry-level positions; Samsung Electronics Company, 1969β1977, Television Business Division, Video Business Division; 1977β1980, branch-office manager; 1980β1981, director of Television Business Division; 1981β1985, director of Video Business Division; 1985β1988, director of Research and Development Division; 1988β1990, vice president of Electronics Group; 1990β1992, vice president and representative director of Consumer Electronics Business Group; 1992, president and representative director of Consumer Electronics Business Group; Samsung Electro-Mechanics Company, 1992β1993, president and CEO; 1993β1995, head of Display Devices Division; Samsung Japan, 1995β1996, president and CEO; Samsung Electronics, 1996β, president and CEO; Samsung Group, 1996β1999, president.
Education: Γcole Nationale SupΓ©rieure d'Electrotechnique, d'Electronique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique, et des TΓ©lΓ©communications (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, 1964β1984, various positions; China Investment Bank, 1984β1985, deputy general manager; China Construction Bank, 1986β1987, deputy general manager; 1987β1999, general manager; 1999β2000, deputy president; 2000β2002, first deputy president; 2002β, president.
Career: Beijing Telecommunication Administration, 1994β1998; China Telecommunications Corporation, 1998β1999, director general; State Post and Telecommunications Bureau of People's Republic of China, 1999β2000, director; China Telecommunications Corporation, 2000, president; China Mobile Communications Corporation, 2000β.
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, 2000β, president, chairman, and chief executive.
Born: April 23, 1970, in New York City, New York.
Education: University of WisconsinβMilwaukee, bachelor's and master's degrees.
Education: University of MΓΌnster, business degree, 1969; Wharton School of Business of University of Pennsylvania, MBA, 1971; University of MΓΌnster, PhD, 1973.