- George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush was the forty-first President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Before his presidency, Bush was the forty-third Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan. He has also served as the member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th district of Texas (1967–1971), the United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973), … - Mr. George H W Bush
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Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) is Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush. He has headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives. For most of his career prior to his employment at the White House, Rove was a political consultant. Rove's election campaign clients have included George W. Bush (2000 and 2004 presidential elections, 1994 and 1998 Texas gubernatorial elections), … - John Thune
John Randolph Thune (born January 7, 1961) is the junior U.S. Senator from the state of South Dakota. - Elizabeth Dole
Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29, 1936) is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush presidential administrations, and currently serves as a United States senator representing the state of North Carolina. The first woman to represent North Carolina in the Senate, she was elected to the Senate in 2002 for a term ending in 2009. - Clayton Bennett
Clayton "Clay" I. Bennett is a prominent billionare businessman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Clay is the husband of Louise Gaylord Bennett, the daughter of Oklahoma City media mogul Edward L. Gaylord. Bennett is the chairman of Dorchester Capital with its headquarters in downtown Oklahoma City and is also the chairman emeritus of the board of directors of the Oklahoma Heritage Association. Bennett is the chairman of the Professional Basketball Club LLC, … - George Steinbrenner
George Michael Steinbrenner III (born July 4, 1930 in Rocky River, Ohio), often known as "The Boss", is an American businessman and the principal owner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. His outspokenness and role in driving up player salaries have made him one of the sport's more controversial figures, … - Bernard Marcus
Bernard Marcus is a co-founder of Home Depot and philanthropist. He was born to Jewish-Russian immigrant parents in Newark, New Jersey. He grew up in a tenement and wanted to become a doctor. He couldn’t afford the tuition, so he worked for his father as a cabinet maker through Rutgers University to earn a pharmacy degree. Later, he worked at a drugstore as a pharmacist but became more interested in the business and retailing part of the business. - Abigail Johnson
Abigail Johnson (born January 7, 1962) is an American financial businesswoman. She runs Fidelity Investments together with her father Edward Johnson. From the 2006 annual list of 400 richest Americans Abigail Johnson ranks 16th with $13 billion. She was ranked as the 28th richest person in the world in 2005 and the 5th richest woman by "Forbes" magazine's list of the world's richest people. Forbes calculated her net worth in 2005 at $12 billion. - Dan Duncan
Dan Duncan (1933-) is cofounder, chairman and majority shareholder of Enterprise Products Partners. According to Forbes magazine, as of 2007 Dan Duncan is the richest person in the city of Houston and the 3rd richest person in Texas, with a net worth of 8.2 billion dollars. - Jeffrey A. Citron
Jeffrey A. Citron is the chairman, chief strategist, and Interim CEO of Vonage, a voice-over-IP phone company. He was previously affiliated with Datek Securities, the fourth-largest online stock brokerage at the time of its $1 billion purchase by TD Ameritrade. Citron was the defendant in a civil enforcement action for securities fraud by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2003. - 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. - John Thain
John Thain is the current CEO of the New York Stock Exchange. Previously, Thain was both president and Chief Operating Officer of Goldman Sachs, starting in July, 2003. Before that, he was co-COO for four years and spent the following five years as Chief Financial Officer. He was successful enough in the firm to amass $300 million in stock. John Thain's memberships include: MIT Corporation, Dean's Advisory Council – MIT Sloan School of Management, … - Carl Icahn
Carl Celian Icahn (born February 16, 1936) is an American billionaire financier, corporate raider, and private equity investor. - Brian France
Brian France (born August 2, 1962) is the CEO and chairman of NASCAR, taking over the position from his father, Bill France, Jr., in 2003. He had previously managed NASCAR's marketing department and touring divisions and was involved in the creation of the Craftsman Truck Series. France is also the head of Brandsense, a marketing company whose clients include Tony Stewart, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and Britney Spears. - Jim Nussle
James Allen "Jim" Nussle (born June 27 1960, Des Moines, Iowa) is an American politician. Nussle was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007. Nussle was the Republican nominee for the November 2006 election for Governor of Iowa, and was defeated by Chet Culver. On June 19, 2007, President George W. Bush nominated Nussle to succeed Rob Portman as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. - Zell Miller
Zell Bryan Miller (born February 24, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. A Conservative Democrat, Miller served as Governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999 and was a United States Senator from 2000 to 2005. - Mark Speese
Mark E. Speese (born 1958) is an American businessman who is currently the Chairman and CEO of Rent-A-Center. Speese has served on the Board of Directors since 1990. Until 1999, he was the president and chief operating officer of the company. For a period of about one year, until December 2000, Speese served as Vice Chairman of Rent-A-Center. Speese assumed his current position in October 2001 with the retirement of then-Chairman and CEO J. Ernest Talley. - Leonard Blavatnik
Len Blavatnik (born 1957) is an American industrialist, born in Russia, and currently living in New York and London. He emigrated with his family from Russia to the U.S. in 1978, and received a masters in computer science from Columbia University and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School in 1989. In the West, he is known as Len Blavatnik. In 1986 he founded Access Industries, a New York-based international industrial group, … - Joseph Hardy
Joseph A. Hardy III is the founder and CEO of the 84 Lumber Company. Joe Hardy was raised by middle class parents in the jewelry business, but the experiences of the Great Depression taught him the value of hard work. To support himself in college, he sold fresh fruit door to door. After Hardy graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in industrial engineering, he took the advice of a close friend and opened the Green Hills Lumber Company. - Pete Domenici
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici (born May 7 1932) is an American politician, currently serving as a Republican Senator from New Mexico. He has served continuously since 1973, the longest tenure in the state's history. On September 7 2006, he cast his 13,000th vote, joining only seven other Senators who have done the same. - Theodore Olson
Theodore Bevry Olson (born September 11, 1940) was the 42nd United States Solicitor General, serving from June 2001 to July 2004. Born in Chicago, Olson completed his undergraduate degree at the University of the Pacific. After earning his law degree from Boalt Hall at the University of California, Berkeley, he worked as an associate and a partner in the Los Angeles, CA office of the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. - Henry Kravis
Henry R. Kravis (born January 6 1944 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States) is an American business financier and investor, notable for co-founding and heading the leading private equity firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR). With an estimated current net worth of around $3 billion, he is ranked by "Forbes" as the 107th richest person in the world. - 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. - Griffin Bell
Griffin Boyette Bell (born October 31, 1918) is an American lawyer and former United States Attorney General. Born in Americus, Georgia, he attended public schools and Georgia Southwestern College and then the Walter F. George School of Law of Mercer University. He practiced law at King & Spalding in Georgia from 1948 to 1961, and rejoined the firm just prior to and after his service as Attorney General during the Carter Administration. He is still affiliated with the firm. - Louis V. Gerstner Jr.
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., KBE, (born in Mineola, New York on March 1, 1942) was chairman of the board of IBM from April 1993 until his retirement in December 2002. He also served as chief executive officer until March 2002. In January 2003, he assumed the position of chairman of The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm located in Washington, DC. He was formerly CEO of RJR Nabisco, and also held senior positions at American Express and McKinsey & Company. - Jim Walton
Jim Carr Walton (born 1948) is the youngest son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. He is the Chairman of Arvest Bank. With an estimated current net worth of around $16.8 billion, he is ranked by "Forbes" as the 23rd-richest person in world. He is married to Lynne McNabb Walton and has several children, including Stephen Michael Walton Breed, Christopher Sean Walton Breed, Alice Anne Walton, Thomas Layton Walton. The family resides in Bentonville, Arkansas. - Jeff Yass
Jeffrey S. Yass is an options trader, managing director and one of the five founders of the Philadelphia-based Susquehanna International Group. In 2001 he was named one of "76 Revolutionary Minds" by "Philadelphia" magazine and joined the Board of Directors of the Cato Institute. - Bernard L. Schwartz
Bernard Leon Schwartz (born December 12,1926, Brooklyn, New York) was the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Loral Space & Communications, Chairman and CEO of K&F Industries, Inc., Chairman and CEO of Loral Corp., and president and CEO of Globalstar. During his time at Loral, he was instrumental in helping the Chinese military to acquire weapons techonology. He retired from Loral and his positions at its various subsidiaries and affiliates as of March 1, 2006. - Mehmet Oz
Dr. Mehmet Oz (born June 11, 1960) is an American cardiothoracic surgeon and author. Oz was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Turkish parents, and was educated at Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware, received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1982 and obtained a joint MD and MBA degree in 1986 from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The Wharton School. Oz is Professor of Cardiac Surgery at Columbia University. - 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, … - Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (born April 29, 1946 in New York City) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District (map) since 1995. Frelinghuysen is a member of a family long prominent in New Jersey politics. He is the son of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr., great-great grandson of Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, … - Lawrence Babbio Jr.
Lawrence Babbio, Jr. is the president and vice-chairman of the Verizon corporation. His responsibilities include management of domestic wireline business, information technology, procurement services, technology research, and long distance. He began his career in communication with New Jersey Bell Telephone in 1966, and has filled a variety of positions within both the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company as well as AT&T. He is also a director of the Hewlett-Packard 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. - Samuel J. Palmisano
Samuel J. Palmisano (born July 29, 1951) is the current Chairman, CEO, and President of IBM, one of the world's largest IT companies. He was elected Chairman in October 2002, effective January 1, 2003, and has served as Chief Executive Officer since March 2002. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Palmisano was President and Chief Operating Officer since 2000. Palmisano joined IBM in 1973. - Brad Grey
Brad Alan Grey (born December 29, 1957) is an American film, television producer, and former talent manager currently working as the CEO of Paramount Pictures. Grey was born in the Bronx, the youngest child of a garment district salesman. He majored in business and communications at the State University of New York at Buffalo. While attending the university, he became a gofer for a young Harvey Weinstein who was then a concert promoter. - Richard Kovacevich
Richard "Dick" Kovacevich is the Chairman of Wells Fargo. A native of Tacoma, Washington, he was born on October 30, 1943. A graduate of Stanford Business School, Kovacevich worked for General Mills before joining Citicorp. According to some calculations, he was the 7th highest paid CEO in the world in 2003. In addition to Wells Fargo, he sits on the Boards of Target, Cisco Systems and Cargill. He is also a Trustee at the California Institute of Technology. - Robert Rowling
Robert Rowling is the founder of TRT Holdings, the holding company of Omni Hotels and Gold's Gym. "Forbes" magazine in 2006 lists him as the 45th wealthiest American. In 1972, Rowling began working for his father's Tana Oil and Gas. In 1989 Texaco acquired Tana from Rowling for $476 million; money that he used to form TRT Holdings. - Karl Malone
Karl "The Mailman" Anthony Malone (born July 24 1963, in Bernice, Louisiana) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was nicknamed in college as the "Mailman" for his consistency ("the mailman always delivers") and his work in the post. Malone twice won the NBA Most Valuable Player award. He is generally considered one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history, and has scored the second most points in NBA history, …
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