- Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. He is currently the largest Disney shareholder and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. He is considered a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. Jobs' history in business has contributed greatly to the mythos of the quirky, individualistic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, …
- Steve Ballmer
Steven A. Ballmer is Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of software for personal and business computing. Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 and was the first business manager hired by Bill Gates . Since then, Ballmer's leadership and passion have become hallmarks of his tenure at the company.
- Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang
Jerry Yang Chih-Yuan (born November 1968) is a Taiwanese American entreprenuer, co-founder with David Filo and CEO of Yahoo! Inc. He is also one of the two Chief Yahoo!s and board director of the company. As of 2007 his net worth is estimated to be US$2.2 billion and is ranked 432nd among the world's richest people according to Forbes.
- Eric Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidt, Ph.D (b. 1955 in Washington, D.C.) is Chairman and CEO of Google Inc and a member of the Board of Directors of Apple Inc. He also sits on the Princeton University Board of Trustees. He lives in Atherton, California with his wife Wendy.
- Michael Dell
Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965, in Houston, Texas) is the founder and CEO of Dell, Inc.
- Henry Paulson
Henry M. Paulson Jr . , CEO, Goldman Sachs CEO Salaries Rose in 2001 While Economy Dipped
- Rick Wagoner
George Richard "Rick" Wagoner, Jr. (born February 9, 1953) is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors. Rick Wagoner was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and grew up in Richmond, Virginia and graduated from John Randolph Tucker High School. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from Duke University in 1975 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1977. After Harvard, he joined GM as an analyst in the treasurer's office.
- Dirk Meyer
Dirk Meyer was co-architect of the DEC Alpha 21064 and 21264 microprocessors. He also worked at Intel in its microprocessor design group. He joined AMD in 1996, where he personally led the team that designed and developed the AMD Athlon processor. Meyer received a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master's degree in business administration from Boston University Graduate School of Management.
- Alan Mulally
Alan R. Mulally has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Ford Motor Company. He succeeds William Clay Ford, Jr. , who remains Executive Chairman. Listings that include Alan R. Mulally have been updated in the following directories:
- Terry Semel
Terry Semel was born on February 24, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.. His father was a women's coat designer and his mother was a bus company executive. Terry was raised in Bay Terrace, a community in Bayside, Queens. He was the middle child and has two sisters. At the age of 23, he graduated from Long Island University in Brooklyn with a B.S. degree in accounting.
- Charles Prince
Charles O. "Chuck" Prince, III, born January_13, 1950, is the chief executive officer of Citigroup. Before taking over Citi's investment banking business, Prince had been Chief Operating Officer for Citigroup. He started his career as an attorney with U.S. Steel Corp in 1975. In 1979, he joined Commercial Credit Co., a predecessor to Citigroup that Sandy Weill took over in 1986. From there, as Weill put together his financial empire, Prince was with him every step.
- Jack Welch
John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. (born November 19 1935) was Chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001. Welch gained a solid reputation for uncanny business acumen and unique leadership strategies at GE. During his tenure, GE increased its market capitalization by over $400 billion. He remains a highly-regarded figure in business circles due to his innovative management strategies and leadership style. His net-worth is estimated at $720 million.
- Carlos Ghosn
Carlos Ghosn is CEO of Renault and Nissan Motors. He is largely credited with turning around Nissan. As an outsider in charge of one of Japan's largest companies, Ghosn has been extremely successful. He was voted Man of the Year 2003 by "Fortune" magazine's Asian edition and is also on the board of Alcoa, Sony, and IBM. Ghosn became CEO of Renault, Nissan's partner and shareholder, in 2005, succeeding Louis Schweitzer, while remaining CEO of Nissan as well.
- Paul Otellini
Paul Otellini, presidente y director ejecutivo de Intel, detalló el plan de la compañía de acelerar su liderazgo en tecnología y dijo a miles de fabricantes e ingenieros aquí reunidos que los adelantos en la tecnología del silicio darán lugar a nuevos incrementos de desempeño en la era de las comput
- Lee Scott
H. Lee Scott, Jr. is the current president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Scott has worked for Wal-Mart in different capacities since 1979, but has held his current offices since January of 2000. Under his leadership, Wal-Mart has retained its position as the largest retailer in the world based on revenue, but its share price has fallen 22%. Scott was born and raised in Baxter Springs, …
- Leslie Moonves
Leslie Moonves (born December 23, 1948 in New York City) is President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation. Moonves served as co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom, Inc., the predecessor to CBS Corporation, from 2004 until the company split on December 31, 2005. Prior to this he was President of CBS Entertainment from 1995 and President of Warner Bros. Television from 1993, where he green-lit the hit shows "Wings" and "Survivor".
- John Smith
John Smith (b. August 1957) is the BBC Worldwide's Chief Executive Officer since June 2004. He attended the Shelton Lock school (which became Merrill College) in Derby. He later went to the Harvard Business School. He worked for British Rail Engineering Limited, Sealink, Seaspeed Hovercraft, and other companies owned by the BR Group. He joined the BBC in 1989, becoming the BBC's Finance Director in 1996. In April 2000, he became Director of Finance, …
- Craig Barrett
Craig R. Barrett (born August 29 1939) is the Chairman of the Board of the Intel Corporation since May 2005. Previously, he served as the President of Intel Corporation starting in 1997 and its Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2005. He successfully led the corporation through some of its worst times, including the burst of the "dot-com bubble" and a severe recession. He has been appointed as a member of the Hong Kong Chief Executive's Council of International Advisers.
- Howard Stringer
Sir Howard Stringer (born 1942) is a British businessman and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation. Previously he was chief executive of Sony Corporation of America before being promoted to the highest post. Born in Cardiff, Wales, and educated at Oundle School and Merton College, Oxford University where he was awarded a BA in modern history and an MA, Stringer moved to the USA in 1965 to work for CBS.
- Kirk Kerkorian
Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian (born June 6, 1917) is an American billionaire, and president/CEO of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. Kerkorian is known as one of the important figures in shaping the city of Las Vegas, Nevada and, with architect Martin Stern, Jr. the "father of the megaresort." Kerkorian splits his time between his residences in Beverly Hills and Nevada. One of the richest residents of Beverly Hills, …
- Arun Sarin
Arun Sarin spent almost his entire working life in the telecommunications industry. He built an enviable professional record by combining various talents and skills: his technical knowledge, his business strategy, and his financial acumen were all legendary. He held several senior-executive-level positions in major U.S. companies in the telecommunications industry. At times, his ascension into top-management positions appeared almost meteoric.
- Dieter Zetsche
Dr. Dieter Zetsche (also known as Dr. Z is the Chairman of DaimlerChrysler. The family returned to Germany in 1956. Zetsche first joined Daimler-Benz in 1976. He became a member of the board in 1998, and on January 1, 2006, succeeded Jürgen Schrempp as Chairman. He attended school in Oberursel (near Frankfurt am Main) and studied electrical engineering from 1971 to 1976 at the University of Karlsruhe; he graduated as an engineer.
- Mel Karmazin
Mel Karmazin is Chief Executive Officer of SIRIUS XM Radio, America's satellite radio company delivering the "The Best Radio on Radio" to more than 18.5 million subscribers, including 100% commercial free music, and premier sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic and weather. Karmazin oversees all aspects of the company's operations from its New York City corporate headquarters. Previously, he was President and COO of Viacom from May 2000 until June 2004.
- Stan O'Neal
E. Stanley "Stan" O'Neal is the present Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., having served in numerous senior management positions at the company prior to this appointment. O'Neal was a member of the board of directors of General Motors from 2001 through 2006.
- Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman believes that Facebook has a big future as a development platform, arguing that many fresh-from-college coders will turn to the popular social networking site when building their next Web-based entertainment application. But he questions whether the Facebook "friends list" - or "social graph" - is suited to business applications and other tools that go beyond entertainment. Of course, that’s what you’d expect him to say.
- August Busch IV
August Anheuser Busch IV (1964-) is the great-great-grandson of Anheuser-Busch founder Adolphus Busch, the son of former Chairman August Busch III and on December 1, 2006 succeeded Patrick T. Stokes, who held the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer of the company since July 2002.
- Louis Gallois
Louis Gallois is a French businessman and currently the co-CEO of EADS, and CEO of Airbus. Gallois has headed Snecma (1989-1992) Aérospatiale (1992-1996) and SNCF (1996-2006). Gallois was appointed to EADS on 2 July 2006 following the resignation of Noël Forgeard. Forgeard resigned after allegations of insider trading, which he denied. Forgeard sold EADS stock weeks before its Airbus subsidiary announced the Airbus A380 would be delayed again.
- Carlos Gutierrez
Carlos Miguel Gutierrez (originally Gutiérrez is the 35th U.S. Secretary of Commerce, succeeding Donald Evans. Gutierrez is a former Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Kellogg Company. Gutierrez was born in Havana, Cuba, the son of a pineapple plantation owner. Faced with the expropriation of their property following the Cuban Revolution, his family fled for the United States in 1960 when he was six years old.
- Jeff Immelt
Jeffrey R. Immelt is the ninth chairman of GE, a post he has held since September 7, 2001. Mr. Immelt has held several global leadership positions since coming to GE in 1982, including roles in GE's Plastics, Appliance, and Medical businesses. In 1989 he became an officer of GE and joined the GE Capital Board in 1997. A couple years later, in 2000, Mr. Immelt was appointed president and chief executive officer.
- Larry Kellner
Lawrence W. "Larry" Kellner (born 1959) has been CEO of Continental Airlines since December 2004. He previously served as a vice president, chief financial officer and chief operations officer for the airline. Kellner grew up in Sumter, South Carolina. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1981 with a degree in accounting. He resides in Houston, Texas.
- Kerry Killinger
Kerry Killinger Chairman, President and CEO of Washington Mutual, Inc.
- Klaus Kleinfeld
Klaus Kleinfeld (born November 6 1957 in Bremen, Germany) was chief executive officer (CEO) of Siemens AG from 2005 till July 2007. On April 25, 2007, Siemens AG distributed a press release announcing that the supervisory board was not planning to renew Kleinfeld's contract, due to United States authorities' ongoing investigations of the Siemens corruption scandal. Displeased by this decision, Kleinfeld announced that he would leave his position by September 30, 2007.
- Jen-Hsun Huang
Jen-Hsun Huang co-founded NVIDIA Corporation in April 1993 and has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors since its inception. Under his leadership, NVIDIA has become one of the largest fabless semiconductor companies in the world.
- Amory Lovins
Amory Bloch Lovins is a "consultant experimental physicist" with an MA in physics from Oxford. He is Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a MacArthur Fellowship recipient (1994), and author and co-author of books which make arguments for and popularize energy-efficiency principles to public and corporate audiences. Lovins' works include "Winning the Oil Endgame", "Factor Four" with Hunter Lovins and Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, …
- Bruce Chizen
Bruce Chizen Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Bruce Chizen ’s customer-focused vision has transformed Adobe into one of the world’s largest and most diversified software companies in terms of revenue, global reach and breadth of products. Since his promotion to CEO in 2000, Chizen has more than doubled Adobe's revenue and turned a company known mainly for its popular design products into one of the most significant forces in the software industry today.
- William Clay Ford Jr.
William Clay "Bill" Ford Jr. (born May 3, 1957), is the great-grandson of Henry Ford, and serves as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company. Ford also served as the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Operating Officer until turning over those roles to Boeing executive Alan Mulally in September 2006.
- Jeroen van der Veer
</gallery>;Jeroen van der Veer (born October 27, 1947 in Utrecht, Netherlands) is the CEO of oil company Royal Dutch Shell. Van der Veer joined Shell in 1971 where he worked in manufacturing and marketing in the Netherlands, Curaçao and the United Kingdom. Van der Veer graduated in 1971 from Delft University with a MSc in mechanical engineering and went on to earn a MSc in economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
- John Riccitiello
John Riccitiello is the CEO of Electronic Arts. He received his B.S. degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He then worked in a variety of consumer product companies including the The Clorox Company (Brand Manager]], PepsiCo (Group Marketing Director), Haagen-Dazs International (Managing Director), Wilson Sporting Goods (President and Chief Executive Officer), and Sara Lee Corporation (President and Chief Executive Officer, Bakery Division).
- Michael Robertson
Michael Robertson (born 1967) is the founder and former CEO of MP3.com. He started Lindows.com, Inc., producer of Linspire (originally Lindows), in October 2001 in San Diego, California, USA. He went on to found SIPphone, MP3tunes, and Ajax 13.
- Sidney Taurel
Sidney Taurel (born February 9, 1949 in Casablanca, Morocco) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Eli Lilly and Company, a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical corporation.