 Warren Buffett AKA Warren Edward Buffett
 Born: 30-Aug 1930
Birthplace: Omaha, NE
 Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
 Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Billionaire in Omaha

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Peter Drucker AKA Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Born: 19-Nov 1909
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 11-Nov 2005
Location of death: Claremont, CA
Cause of death: Natural Causes
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Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business, Author, Economist
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Management guru
Father: Adolph Bertram Drucker
Mother: Caroline Bond Drucker
Wife: Doris Schmitz (m. 1937, 4 children)
 General Motors consultant 1943-45
The Wall Street Journal Columnist 1975-95
Presidential Medal of Freedom 9-Jul-2002
Naturalized U.S. Citizen 1943
 Official Website: http://www.peter-drucker.com/

Bill Gates
AKA William Henry Gates III
Born: 28-Oct 1955
Birthplace: Seattle, WA
Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business, Computer Programmer , Philanthropist
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Cofounder, Microsoft Corporation
Father: William H. Gates II
Mother: Mary Maxwell (d. 1994)
Sister: Kristanne (b. 1953)
Sister: Libby (b. 1964)
Wife: Melinda Gates (m. 1-Jan-1994)
Daughter: Jennifer Katherine (b. 26-Apr-1996)
Son: Rory John Gates (b. 23-May-1999)
Daughter: Phoebe Adele Gates (b. 2002)
High School: Lakeside School, Seattle, WA
University: Harvard University (dropped out)
Microsoft
Member of the Board of Berkshire Hathaway Dec-2004
Knight of the British Empire 2-Mar-2005 (honorary)
Movers and Shakers
Time 100 Billionaire Philanthropist
National Medal of Technology 1992
Driving without a License Phoenix, AZ (29-Apr-1975)
Pied Brussels, Belgium 4-Feb-1998

Peter Munk
Born: 8-Nov 1927
Birthplace: Hungary
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Executive summary: Founder of Barrick Gold
Daughter: Nina Munk (author and journalist)
University: BS Electrical Engineering, University of
Toronto (1952)
Barrick Gold Founder, CEO
Trizec Properties Chairman
Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship

Charles E. Merrill
AKA Charles Edward Merrill
Born: 19-Oct 1885
Birthplace: Green Cove Springs, FL
Died: 6-Oct 1956
Location of death: Southampton, NY
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of Merrill Lynch
Co-Founded stockbroking firm Merrill Lynch with
Edmund C. Lynch.
Father: Charles M. Merrill (physician)
Mother: Octavia Wilson
Wife: Helen Ingram Merrill
Son: James Merrill (poet)
Merrill Lynch Founder, 1914-56

Arthur C. Nielsen
AKA Arthur Charles Neilson
Born: 5-Sep 1897
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Died: 1-Jun 1980
Location of death: Chicago, IL
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of A.C. Nielsen ratings company

Henry C. Carey
AKA Henry Charles Carey
Born: 15-Dec 1793
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Died: 13-Oct 1879
Location of death: Philadelphia, PA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Economist
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Principles of Social
Science

William C. Durant
AKA William Crapo Durant
Born: 8-Dec 1861
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Died: 18-Mar 1947
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Executive summary: Founder of General
Motors
High School: (dropout)
General Motors Founder
Bankruptcy $914,231 in debts, 1936

Heinz C. Prechter
AKA Heinz C Prechter
Born: 1942
Birthplace: Kleinhöbing,
Germany
Died: 6-Jul 2001
Location of death: Grosse Ile, MI
Cause of death: Suicide
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Executive summary: The sunroof king

Joseph F. Cullman III
AKA Joseph Frederick Cullman III
Born: 9-Apr 1912
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 30-Apr 2004
Location of death: Manhattan, NY
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Philip Morris 1957-78

AKA G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
Born: 9-Feb 1953
Birthplace: Wilmington, DE
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Chairman, CEO of General Motors

Ben F. Love
AKA Ben F Love
Born: c. 1924
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Texas Commerce Bank
Military service: USAF

AKA Kenneth D Lewis
Born: 9-Apr 1947
Birthplace: Meridian, MS
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of
Bank of America

Joseph Pulitzer
Born: 10-Apr 1847
Birthplace: Makó, Hungary
Died: 29-Oct 1911
Location of death: Charleston, SC
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Woodlawn Cemetery,
Bronx, NY
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Established the
Pulitzer Prize
Founded the Pulitzer Prize in his will.

J. Paul Getty, Sr.
AKA Jean Paul Getty, Sr.
Born: 15-Dec 1892
Birthplace: Minneapolis, MN
Died: 6-Jun 1976
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of Getty
Oil Company

Akio Morita
Born: 26-Jan 1921
Birthplace: Nagoya, Japan
Died: 3-Oct 1999
Location of death: Tokyo, Japan
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: Japan
Executive summary: Co-Founder of Sony
Military service: Japanese Navy (Lt., WWII, 1944-45)

Henry J. Heinz
AKA Henry John Heinz
Born: 11-Oct 1844
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA
Died: 14-May 1919
Location of death: Pittsburgh, PA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of Heinz
Foods
Father: John Henry Heinz
Mother: Anna Schmidt Heinz
Heinz Founder, 1876
German Ancestry

Anne M. Mulcahy
AKA Anne M Mulcahy
Born: 21-Oct 1952
Birthplace: Rockville Centre, NY
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Chairman and CEO of Xerox
University: BA English/Journalism, Marymount College, Tarrytown,
NY (1974)
Xerox Joined 1976
Xerox 1992-95, VP Human Resources
Xerox President and COO, May-2000 through Jul-2001
Xerox CEO, 1-Aug-2001 to present
Xerox Chairman, 1-Jan-2002 to present

Born: 6-Mar 1926
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Economist
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Federal
Reserve Chairman (EX)

Pierre M. Omidyar
AKA Pierre M Omidyar
Born: 21-Jun 1967
Birthplace: Paris, France
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of eBay
University: BS Computer Science, Tufts
University (1988)
Movers and Shakers eBay

David M. Rubenstein
AKA David M Rubenstein
Born: c. 1950
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Director of the
Carlyle Group
Close friend of the Bush family.

Joe Robert
AKA Joseph Edgar Robert, Jr.
Born: c. 1952
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of J.E. Robert
Companies

Leo Burnett
Born: 21-Oct 1891
Birthplace: St. Johns, MI
Died: 7-Jun 1971
Location of death: Lake Zurich, IL
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: American advertising pioneer

Paul Allen
AKA Paul G Allen
Born: 21-Jan 1953
Birthplace: Seattle, WA
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Co-founder of Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft
Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity

Charles O. Prince
AKA Charles O Prince
Born: 1950
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Citigroup

Donald J. Carty
AKA Donald John Carty
Born: 23-Jun 1946
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Executive summary: CEO of American Airlines 1998-2003

C. J. Silas
AKA C J Silas
Born: 15-Apr 1932
Birthplace: Miami, FL
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Phillips Petroleum 1985-94
Wife: Theo (four children)
University: Georgia Tech
Phillips Petroleum Chairman and CEO, 1-May-1985 to 30-Apr-1994

Walter P. Chrysler
AKA Walter Percy Chrysler
Born: 2-Apr 1875
Birthplace: Wamego, KS
Died: 18-Aug 1940
Location of death: Kings Point, Long Island, NY
Cause of death: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of Chrysler
Corporation
Movers and Shakers
Time Man of the Year 1928

A. P. Giannini
AKA Amadeo Peter Giannini
Born: 6-May 1870
Birthplace: San Jose, CA
Died: 3-Jun 1949
Location of death: San Mateo, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of Bank of
America

Born: 23-Jun 1943
Birthplace: Morocco
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Executive summary: CEO of Alcoa
Born in French Morocco, moved to Brazil at age
3, then Canada at age 13. He joined
Alcoa/Brazil and eventually became CEO of
Alcoa/Brazil, then moved on to CEO of Alcoa itself in 1994.
University: BA Economics, MacKenzie University, Sao
Paolo, Brazil (1969).
Alcoa Joined 1979, later CEO of Alcoa Brazil
Alcoa CEO, 1994

John P. Harbin
AKA John P Harbin
Born: 1917
Birthplace: Texas
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of
Halliburton 1972-83
Military service: U.S. Naval Reserve
(WWII)

Lee Iacocca
AKA Lido Anthony Iacocca
Born: 15-Oct 1924
Birthplace: Allentown, PA
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Former chairman, Chrysler Corporation
Father: Nicola Iacocca
Mother: Antoinette
University: BS Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University (1945)
University: MS, Princeton University (1946)
Ford Motors President (1970-78)
Chrysler CEO (1979-92)

Henry R. Luce
AKA Henry Robinson Luce II
Born: 3-Apr 1898
Birthplace: Tengchow, China
Died: 28-Feb 1967
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founded Time Magazine
Founded Time , Fortune , Life , and Sports Illustrated .
High School: Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT (1916)
University: Yale University (1920)
University: Oxford University

AKA William Stamps Farish III
Born: 17-Mar 1939
Birthplace: Houston, TX
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business, Diplomat
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: W.S. Farish &
Co.

Bruce S. Gordon
AKA Bruce S Gordon
Born: 15-Feb 1946
Birthplace: Camden, NJ
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President of the NAACP
Succeeded Kweisi Mfume as President of the NAACP.
University: BA, Gettysburg College
University: MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Verizon President of Retail Markets (retired 2003)

Henry R. Silverman
AKA Henry R Silverman
Born: 1940
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Executive summary: CEO of Cendant
Military service: U.S. Navy Reserve (1964-72)
University: BA Art History, Williams College (1961)
Law School: JD, University of Pennsylvania (1964)
Cendant CEO
Telemundo Group Founder (with Saul Steinberg)

Alwaleed bin Talal
AKA Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Born: Mar1955
Birthplace: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Gender: Male
Religion: Muslim
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business, Royalty
Nationality: Saudi Arabia
Executive summary: World's 5th richest man,
2005
Prince Alwaleed, the world's second richest investor (behind Warren Buffett ), sleeps only five hours a day.
This leaves him a lot of time to monitor his portfolio on Bloomberg television.

Walter S. Carpenter, Jr.
AKA Walter Samuel Carpenter, Jr.
Born: 8-Jan 1888
Birthplace: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Died: 1976
Location of death: Wilmington, DE
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: DuPont president
University: Cornell University
DuPont 1909-74
Member of the Board of General Motors 1927-59
Manhattan Project Oversaw DuPont's involvement
Jupiter Island

Richard W. Sears
AKA Richard Warren Sears
Born: 7-Dec 1863
Birthplace: Stewartville, MN
Died: 28-Sep 1914
Location of death: Waukesha, WI
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Sears, Roebuck founder
Father: James Warren Sears (blacksmith)
Mother: Eliza Sears
Sears Roebuck Founder

Sam Walton
AKA Samuel Moore Walton
Born: 29-Mar 1918
Birthplace: Kingfisher, OK
Died: 5-Apr 1992
Location of death: Little Rock, AR
Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: America's richest man, founded Wal-Mart
Sam Walton co-founded the world's largest retail chain, Wal-Mart, on July 2, 1962 with his brother.
Father: Thomas Gibson Walton
Mother: Nancy Lee
High School: Hickman High School, Columbia, MO
University: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (1940)
Wal-Mart

Lee Raymond
AKA Lee R Raymond
Born: 1938
Birthplace: Watertown, SD
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of ExxonMobil
Publicly questions the existence of global warming.
University: BS Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin (1960)
University: PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota (1963)
Exxon Joined 1963, President 1987, CEO since 4-Feb-1993 replacing
Lawrence Rawl
Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO since 1999

AKA Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Born: 18-Jul 1950
Birthplace: Sharnley Green, Surrey, England
Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: England
Executive summary: Founder of Virgin chain
Founder of Virgin Airlines, Records, etc.

Jack Welch
AKA John Francis Welch, Jr.
Born: 19-Nov 1935
Birthplace: Salem, MA
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of GE, 1981-2001
Father: John Francis Welch, Sr.
Mother: Grace Andrews Welch
High School: Salem High School, Salem, MA
University: BS Chemical Engineering, University of
Massachusetts (1957)
University: MS, University of Illinois (1958)
University: PhD, University of Illinois (1960)
General Electric 1981-2001

Richard Parsons
AKA Richard Dean Parsons
Born: 4-Apr 1948
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Time Warner
University: BA History, University of Hawaii (1968)
Law School: Albany School of Law, Union University (1971)
Time Warner President 1995-2000, until purchase by AOL
Time Warner CEO May 2001, succeeding Jerry Levin
Alfalfa Club 1999

H. Lee Scott
AKA H Lee Scott, Jr.
Born: 1949
Birthplace: Joplin, MO
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Wal-Mart
Father: Harold Scott
Wife: Linda (two sons)
High School : Baxter Springs High School, Baxter Springs, KS
University: Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS (1971)

Karen L. Katen
AKA Karen L Katen
Born: c. 1949
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Executive summary: President of Pfizer
In 2003, Fortune named Katen the 6th most powerful woman in business.
University: BA Political Science, University of Chicago (1970)
University: MBA, University of Chicago (1974)
Pfizer

Ken Lay
AKA Kenneth Lee Lay
Born: 15-Apr 1942
Birthplace: Tyrone, MO
Gender: Male
Religion: Methodist
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Former CEO, Enron
Military service: US Navy (1968-71)
Former CEO, Enron Corporation.
Father: Omer Lay (Baptist minister)
Mother: Ruth Lay
High School: Hickman High School, Columbia, MO (1960)
University: BA Economics, University of Missouri (1964)
University: MA Economics, University of Missouri (1965)
Professor: George Washington University (1969)
University: PhD Economics, University of Houston (1970)
Enron

William Morris
Born: 1873
Birthplace: Schwarzenau, Germany
Died: 2-Nov 1932
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder, William
Morris Agency
William Morris Agency Founder

William Paterson
Born: Apr1658
Birthplace: Tinwald, Dumfries, Scotland
Died: 22-Jan 1719
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: Scotland
Executive summary: Founder of the Bank of England

William S. Paley
AKA William S Paley
Born: 28-Sep 1901
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Died: 26-Oct 1990
Location of death: Manhattan, NY
Cause of death: Kidney failure
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Chairman of CBS 1946-83

William Hewlett
AKA William Redington Hewlett
Born: 20-May 1913
Birthplace: Ann Arbor, MI
Died: 12-Jan 2001
Location of death: Portola Valley, CA
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard
Military service: U.S. Army Signal Corps (WWII)
Father: (physician)
University: Stanford University (1934)
University: MS Electrical Engineering, MIT (1936)
Hewlett Packard President 1964-77
Hewlett Packard CEO 1968-78

William Harrison
AKA William B Harrison, Jr.
Born: c. 1944
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of JPMorgan Chase
University: BA, University of North Carolina
University: MBA, Harvard University
JP Morgan Chase
Chase Manhattan Bank
Member of the Board of Merck 1999-
Alfalfa Club 2000

James Wolfensohn
AKA James David Wolfensohn
Born: 1-Dec 1933
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: World Bank president
Military service: Royal Australian Air Force
University: BA, University of Sydney, Australia
Law School: LLB, University of Sydney, Australia
University: MBA, Harvard University (1959)

Scott Sassa
Born: 2-Feb 1959
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President of NBC
Entertainment Organization
NBC

John Sculley
Born: 6-Apr 1939
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Apple 1983-93
Father: Jack (Wall Street lawyer, d.)
Mother: Margaret (horticulturist, d.)
High School: Buckley School
University: BS Architectural Design, Brown University
University: MBA, Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania (1963)
Apple Computer CEO, 1983-93
Pepsi President of Pepsi-Cola USA, 1967-83
Psi Upsilon Fraternity Brown University

Jim Barksdale
AKA James Love Barksdale
Born: 24-Jan 1943
Birthplace: Jackson, MS
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President, CEO of Netscape
Member of the Board of AT & T Wireless
Member of the Board of Federal Express
Member of the Board of Sun Microsystems
Member of the Board of Time Warner
Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the
Information Age, Co-Chair
National Digital Strategy Advisory Board

William Rosenberg
Born: 10-Jun 1916
Birthplace: Dorchester, MA
Died: 20-Sep 2002
Location of death: Mashpee, MA
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founder of Dunkin'
Donuts
Dunkin' Donuts

Robert Iger
AKA Robert A Iger
Born: 10-Feb 1951
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President and COO of Disney
University: Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY (magna cum laude)
Disney President and COO, Jan-2000 to present
ABC President and COO, 1994; Chairman

John Browne
Born: 20-Feb 1948
Birthplace: Chelsea, London, England
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: England
Executive summary: CEO of British Petroleum
Renamed British Petroleum to be "Beyond Petroleum", whatever that means. Claims that his giant oil conglomerate is somehow "green". Under his reign BP has purchased
Amoco in 1998, ARCO in 1999, and Burmah Castol in 2000, making it the 2nd largest company in Britain as well as the 2nd largest oil company, short of ExxonMobile.
Father: (British Army officer, d. 1986)
Mother: Paula (b. Hungary, d. 2000, 1/4th Jewish, 2-year Auschwitz survivor)
University: Cambridge University
University: MBA, Stanford University
British Petroleum CEO in 1995

William Levitt
AKA William Jaird Levitt
Born: 11-Feb 1907
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 28-Jan 1994
Location of death: Manhasset, NY
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Creator of Levittown
Creator of the first mass-produced suburb, Levittown New York (17,000 units, priced below $8,000, black people need not apply) and later another Levittown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and a third in New Jersey. Sold business to ITT in 1968, $92M. He lost much of this fortune in later ventures.

Kevin Rollins
AKA Kevin B Rollins
Born: c. 1953
Gender: Male
Religion: Mormon
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Executive summary: CEO of Dell Computer
Formerly a partner, director, and VP at Bain & Co., a management consulting firm.
University: Humanities and Civil Engineering, Brigham Young University
University: MBA, Brigham Young University
Dell Joined Apr-1996, President, COO of Dell Americas
Dell President and CEO, Jul-2004 to present

J. Willard Marriott
AKA John Willard Marriott, Sr.
Born: 17-Sep 1900
Birthplace: Settlement, UT
Died: 13-Aug 1985
Location of death: Wolfeboro, NH
Gender: Male
Religion: Mormon
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Founded the Marriott hotel chain
Father: Hyrum Willard Marriott
Mother: Ellen Morris Marriott
University: Weber Junior College
University: University of Utah

Marlin Fitzwater
Born: 24-Nov 1942
Birthplace: Salina, KS
Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Occupation: Government
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: White House Press Secretary 1987-93
Military service: USAF
Father: (d., Wilson's disease)
High School: Abilene High School, Abilene, KS
University: BA Journalism, Kansas State University (1965)

Steve Case
AKA Stephen McDonnell Case
Born: 21-Aug 1958
Birthplace: Honolulu, HI
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of AOL Time Warner
Father: (lawyer)
Mother: (elementary school teacher)
AOL

Carly Fiorina
AKA Cara Carleton Sneed
Born: 6-Sep 1954
Birthplace: Austin, TX
Gender: Female
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Hewlett Packard
The first woman to head a DOW 30 company, and one of only eight women who head Fortune 500 companies.
She is responsible for the merger of Compaq with HP.
Father: Joseph T. Sneed (federal judge, former law professor)
Mother: Madelon (abstract artist, d. Dec-1998)
University: BA Medieval History and Philosophy, Stanford University (1976)
Law School: UCLA (dropped out after one semester)
University: MBA, University of Maryland at College Park (1980)
University: MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1989)
Hewlett Packard CEO (-2005)

Kenneth Chenault
AKA Kenneth Irvine Chenault
Born: 2-Jun 1951
Birthplace: Long Island, NY
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Black
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of American Express
Father: Hortenius Chenault
Mother: Anne N. Quick
High School: Waldorf School, Garden City, NY
University: Springfield College
University: BA History, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME (1973)
Law School: JD, Harvard University (1977)
American Express 1981-

AKA Gilbert F Amelio
Born: 1-Mar 1943
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Apple, 1996-7
Author of On the Firing Line: My 500 Days at Apple Computer .
University: BS Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
University: MS Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
University: PhD Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Apple Computer

Rupert Murdoch
AKA Keith Rupert Murdoch
Born: 11-Mar 1931
Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO, Newscorp
Father: Sir Keith Murdoch (d.)
Mother: Elisabeth Joy Greene
University: MA, Oxford University
The New York Post Publisher

Phil Knight
AKA Philip H Knight
Born: 24-Feb 1938
Birthplace: Portland, OR
Gender: Male
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Nike founder and CEO
Net worth $4.2B ( Forbes , 2003.)
University: BA Business Administration, University of Oregon (1959)
University: MBA, Stanford University (1962)
Teacher: Portland State University
Nike Co-Founder and CEO

Larry Ellison
AKA Lawrence Joseph Ellison
Born: 17-Aug 1944
Birthplace: Bronx, NY
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Oracle, Inc.
High School: South Shore High School, Chicago, IL
University: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (two years, dropped out)
University: University of Chicago (one quarter, dropped out)
Oracle CEO
Ampex
Member of the Board of Apple Computer (-2002)
Member of the Board of Oracle

David Sarnoff
Born: 27-Feb 1891
Birthplace: Uzlian, Russia
Died: 12-Dec 1971
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of RCA, founder of NBC
Father: Abraham Sarnoff (died when David was 15)
Mother: Lena
Wife: Lizette Hermant (m. 1917, three sons)

John Fahey
AKA John M Fahey, Jr.
Born: c. 1953
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of National Geographic Society
University: BS Engineering, Manhattan College
University: MBA, University of Michigan
National Geographic Society CEO (Joined 1976)
Alfalfa Club 1997

Andy Grove
AKA Andrew Steven Grove
Born: 2-Sep 1936
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Intel 1987-98
Born András Grófs in Hungary.
University: BS Chemical Engineering, City College of New York (1960)
University: PhD, UC Berkeley (1963)
Intel President, 1979-97
Intel CEO, 1987-98
Intel Chairman, May-1997

Terry Semel
AKA Terry S. Semel
Born: 1943
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Male
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Yahoo! CEO
Terry Semel became the CEO of Yahoo! on May 1, 2001.
He was co-CEO of Warner Brothers until 1999.
Semel serves on the board of the Guggenheim Museum.

Eric Schmidt
Born: 1955
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Google
University: BS Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
University: MS Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley
University: PhD Computer Science, UC Berkeley
Google Chairman and CEO, 6-Aug-2001 to present
Novell Apr-1997 to Jul-2001
Sun Microsystems CTO, 1983

Paul Allaire
AKA Paul Arthur Allaire
Born: 21-Jul 1938
Birthplace: Worcester, MA
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Xerox Corp. CEO
University: BS Electrical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1960)
University: MS Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University
Xerox Chairman and CEO

Larry Bossidy
AKA Lawrence A Bossidy
Born: 5-Mar 1935
Birthplace: Pittsfield, MA
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Honeywell
University: BA Economics, Colgate University
(1957)

AKA James A Skinner
Born: c. 1944
Birthplace: Illinois
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO McDonald's, 2004-
Salary and bonus in 2004 was $2,669,638.
McDonald's 1971-, CEO from 22-Nov-2004
Member of the Board of McDonald's

David Neeleman
AKA David G Neeleman
Born: 16-Oct 1959
Birthplace: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Executive summary: Founder and CEO of JetBlue
Wife: Vicki (nine children born over the span of 18 years)
JetBlue Founder and CEO
Time 100 Making Flying Human Again

Andrew Gould
Born: 17-Dec 1946
Birthplace: UK
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Executive summary: Chairman and CEO of
Schlumberger
Wife: (three children)
University: Economic History, University of
Wales
Schlumberger Chairman and CEO, 2003-
Member of the Board of Schlumberger

Harry Stonecipher
AKA Harry C Stonecipher
Born: 16-May 1936
Birthplace: Robbins, TN
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Boeing
Father: (coal miner)
Wife: Joan Stonecipher (two children)
University: BS Physics, Tennessee Technological University (1960)
General Motors Allison Division
General Electric Joined 1960, rose to Vice President, departed 1987
Sundstrand Joined 1987, Corporate Executive VP, COO, President
Sundstrand CEO 1989, Chairman 1991
McDonnell-Douglas President and CEO, Sep-1994
Boeing President and COO, August 1997 (after merger with Douglas)
Boeing CEO, Dec-2003 to 8-Mar-2005 (scandal)

Andrea Jung
Born: 1959
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Avon
CEO of Avon. Husband is chairman and CEO of Bloomingdale's.
English Literature degree from Princeton University.
Worked at Bloomingdale's, I. Magnin, and Neiman-Marcus in executive positions.
Jung is fluent in English, Mandarin, and can speak Cantonese and
French.

Lindsay Owen-Jones
Born: 17-Mar 1946
Birthplace: Wallasay, Merseyside, England
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business
Executive summary: CEO of L'Oreal
Turned L'Oreal into the largest cosmetics firm in the world.
University: MA, Oxford University
Welsh Ancestry
L'Oreal Joined 1969 as sales rep, CEO in 1988

James McNerney
AKA Walter James McNerney, Jr.
Born: 22-Aug 1949
Birthplace: Providence, RI
Gender: Male
Occupation: Business
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Chairman and CEO of 3M
Father: Walter J. McNerney, Sr. (health issues professor)
Mother: Shirley (one daughter, four sons)
Brother: Daniel M. McNerney (Presbyterian minister, Winnetka, IL)
Brother: Peter H. McNerney
Wife: Judy (1st, , two daughters fully grown)
Wife: Haity (2nd, m. 1987, one son, two daughters)
University: BA American Studies, Yale University (1971)
University: MBA, Harvard Business School (1975)

Donald E. Graham
AKA Donald Edward Graham
Born: 22-Apr 1945
Birthplace: Baltimore, MD
Gender: Male
Occupation: Journalist
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Washington Post CEO
Military service: US Army
Father: Philip Leslie Graham
Mother: Katharine Graham
University: Harvard University (1966)