- Julian Robertson
Julian H Robertson Jr (1933-) was born in Salisbury, North Carolina in the United States. Robertson founded the investment firm Tiger Management Corp. He is credited with turning $8 million in start-up capital in 1980 into over $22 billion in the late 1990s, though that was followed by a fast downward spiral that ended with the funds' closing in 2000. In 1993, his compensation and share of Tiger's mammoth gain reportedly exceeded $300 million.
- 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.
- Allan Bense
Allan G. Bense Former Florida House Speaker, Panama City
- 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.
- Ray Irani
Ray R. Irani (January 13, 1935) is the current Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Occidental Petroleum. According to Forbes.com, his five-year total compensation between 2001-2005 was $127,447,000. In 2006, thanks to a rise in oil prices and Occidental's payment scheme, Irani took home a total of $460 million. He has been a part of Occidental Petroleum for over 20 years, serving as a director since 1984, Chief Operating Officer (president) from 1984 to 1990, …
- 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.
- David Neeleman
David G. Neeleman (born October 16, 1959) is the founder and former CEO of JetBlue Airways. Neeleman, an American of Dutch descent, was born in Brazil. He attended Brighton High School in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, and attended the University of Utah for three years before dropping out. He served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was co-founder (with June Morris) of charter airline Morris Air, a low-fare airline.
- Mark Falcoff
Mark Falcoff is an American scholar and policy consultant who has worked with a number of important think tanks, such as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), the Hoover Institution, and the Council on Foreign Relations. Falcoff earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Missouri in 1963, and would later earn a Ph.D. and M.A. at Princeton University. He served as a consultant and staff member on a number of important committees and commissions, …
- John Pepper Jr.
John Pepper, Jr. is the former CEO of Procter & Gamble and will replace George J. Mitchell as non-executive chairman of The Walt Disney Company in January, 2007. Prior to his election as chairman, he served as Vice President of Yale University for Finance and Administration and as a Senior Fellow of the Yale Corporation.
- Dennis Tito
Dennis Anthony Tito (born August 8, 1940 in Queens, New York) is a United States multimillionaire who gained celebrity status by becoming the first space tourist to pay for his own ticket, although he himself opposes being called "tourist" and asks to be called an "independent researcher" since he performed several scientific experiments in orbit. Tito has a Bachelor of Science in Astronautics and Aeronautics from New York University, …
- Kevin Carmony
Kevin Carmony (born 1959) is the President and CEO of the Linspire corporation.
- Michael Kolowich
Michael Kolowich is a recognized pioneer and innovator in internet content, high-technology marketing, and application of digital video technology. He is currently president and executive producer of DigiNovations, which he founded in late 2001, and is architect and producer of “Mitt TV”, the acclaimed video website for the Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign. He has been a senior executive with Bain and Company, Lotus Development Corporation, Ziff-Davis Media, and AT&T.
- James S. Tisch
James S. Tisch (born January 2, 1953) has been the CEO of Loews Corporation since 1999. Tisch graduated from Cornell University and received his masters of business administration at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the son of Lawrence A. Tisch.
- Mark Mays
Mark Mays is the president and CEO of Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a global media and entertainment company based in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Mays took over as president and CEO in October 2004, after serving the company in other roles. Mays holds a B.A. from Vanderbilt University in Math and Economics, and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.
- Timothy C. Draper
Timothy C. Draper Founder, Managing Director Draper Fisher Jurveston Timothy C. Draper is the Founder and a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. His original suggestion to use "viral marketing" in web-based e-mail to geometrically spread an Internet product to its market was instrumental to the successes of Hotmail and YahooMail, and has been adopted as a standard marketing technique to hundreds of businesses.
- Peter Karmanos Jr.
Peter Karmanos, Jr. (born in Detroit, Michigan) is the CEO of Compuware Corporation and owner of the Carolina Hurricanes, Plymouth Whalers, and Florida Everblades hockey franchises. He donated money to the Prentis Cancer Center, which was later renamed the Karmanos Cancer Institute in 2001 in memory of his wife Barbara Ann Karmanos, who died of breast cancer in 1989. Born into a Greek immigrant family Karmanos did not start speaking English until he was in grade school.
- Arthur Blank
Arthur Blank is one of the co-founders of Home Depot. Today he is known for his philanthropy and his ownership of the Atlanta Falcons NFL and the Georgia Force arena football team. Bold text==Early life== Arthur Blank was born in 1942 and grew up in Queens, New York with his father, Max, his mother, Molly, and his older brother, Michael. Blank graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City and went on to attend Babson College, …
- Miles D. White
Miles D. White is an American businessman. He is currently chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Abbott. He is also chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. White joined Abbott in 1984, serving there in management positions including senior vice president of diagnostic operations and executive vice president. He was elected to the board of directors in April 1998, to chief executive officer in January 1999, and to chairman of the board in April 1999.
- William Schreyer
In 1997, William Schreyer and his wife, Joan, endowed the Schreyer Honors College at Pennsylvania State University (from where he graduated, class of 1948) through a gift of $30 million. The honors college was created in 1980 as the University Scholars Program. On November 17, 2006, the Schreyers pledged an additional gift of $25 million to the Schreyer Honors College. Having contributed more than $58 million to Penn State, …
- Jeremy Jacobs
Jeremy Jacobs, Sr., perhaps best known as the owner of the Boston Bruins, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Delaware North Companies, a global leader in hospitality and food service and one of the largest privately held companies in North America. As owner of the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins, Mr. Jacobs represents the club on the NHL's Board of Governors, and serves on its Executive Committee. His ownership of the Bruins has been controversial, …
- Hank Brown
George Hanks "Hank" Brown (born 1940) is a former Republican politician and Senator from Colorado who is currently president of the University of Colorado system. Brown was born in Denver in 1940, and graduated college in 1961 and law school 1969, both from the University of Colorado. He served as an officer in the Navy from 1962 to 1966 and in the Colorado Senate from 1972 to 1976, and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1980, serving until 1991.
- Craig Leipold
Craig Leipold is the owner of the National Hockey League team, the Nashville Predators, for the time being. On May 24, 2007, Leipold announced that the Predators were being sold to Canadian businessman Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of Research in Motion, pending approval by the NHL Board of Governors. Leipold is active in numerous civic and corporate organizations as well as several charities benefiting children.
- Stanley Gold
Stanley P. Gold is the President and CEO of Shamrock Holdings, which manages Roy E. Disney's investments. He was a longtime member of the Walt Disney Company's board of directors (1984; 1987-2003), before he and Roy Disney resigned to publicly campaign for Chairman Michael Eisner's ouster. This campaign, which was chronicled in the book "DisneyWar", was eventually successful. Stanley Gold is currently Chairman of the Board at the University of Southern California, …
- Terry J. Lundgren
Terry J. Lundgren is the CEO, Chairman of the Board, President, and Director at Macys inc., the parent company of Macy's and Bloomingdale's department stores. Lundgren is also the namesake of the Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing at the University of Arizona, where he is also an alumnus, having graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor's degree/B.A. Career: * Federated Department Stores: Bullock's division, 1975–1987 * Bullocks Wilshire: 1987, …
- Richard Manoogian
Richard A. Manoogian (Born 1936, in Detroit, Michigan)
- Diane Harkey
Diane Harkey was a Republican candidate for California's 35th State Senate district. Then-Assemblyman Tom Harman defeated Harkey for the Republican nomination by 236 votes and went on to win the general election by 44,000 votes. This was one of the closest California State Senate races in history. She is currently a Dana Point City Councilwoman and Director of the San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency.
- David Steward
David L. Steward is chairman and founder of World Wide Technology, Inc., one of the largest African-American-owned businesses in America. He also is the author of "Doing Business by the Good Book". Steward also serves both on the Executive Committee and the Campaign Chair for the United Way of Greater St. Louis, Missouri. Steward was born to a poor family in Clinton, Missouri.
- Marc Benioff
Marc Benioff , Chairman & CEO
- Darl McBride
Darl McBride (b. circa 1960) became the CEO of The SCO Group (formerly known as Caldera) on June 28, 2002. During his tenure, Caldera renamed itself The SCO Group, and on March 7, 2003 initiated litigation against IBM regarding the intellectual property status of the Linux operating system.
- Todd Heap
Todd Benjamin Heap (born March 16, 1980 in Mesa, Arizona) is an American football player who currently plays tight end for the Baltimore Ravens. He went to Arizona State University. He was a star football player at every level of competition, including the high school level. Todd holds the record for most two-point conversions in a single season, with four, during his 2003 season with Baltimore.
- Joseph M. Kyrillos
Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr. (born April 12, 1960) is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1992, where he represents the 13th Legislative District. Before entering the Senate, Kyrillos served in the General Assembly, the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, from 1988 to 1991. Kyrillos served as Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee from 2001 to 2004.
- John Smoltz
John Andrew Smoltz (born May 15, 1967 in Warren, Michigan) is a Major League Baseball player. He is predominantly known as a starter and former Cy Young Award winner. However, before the 2001 season, his 13th, he became a closer, a role in which he is no longer serving. In 2002 he became only the second pitcher in history to have had both a 20-win season and a season with 50 saves (the other being Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley).
- David Brandon
David A. Brandon is chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and manager of Domino's Pizza. He is also an outgoing regent of the University of Michigan. He graduated with a bachelor's degree and teaching certificate from the University of Michigan in 1974. While in Ann Arbor, he was the back-up quarterback of the university's football team, under the leadership of Bo Schembechler. Brandon also has honorary doctorate degrees from Schoolcraft College, …
- Richard Nanula
Richard Nanula has served as Chief Financial Officer of Amgen Inc. (biotechnology) since August 2001 and as Executive Vice President since May 2001. On April 10, 2007 Amgen announced that he would be resigning from his position "to pursue other opportunities" He will be at Amgen until July 2007 to assist in the transition. He is being replaced by Robert Bradway. Nanula was a member of Amgen's executive committee. Mr.
- Daryl Morey
Daryl Morey (born 1972) was named assistant general manager of the Houston Rockets on April 3, 2006 replacing Carroll Dawson as general manager in 2007. Morey comes to the Rockets after serving three years as SVP of Operations and Information for the Boston Celtics. While with the Celtics, basketball operations was a key part of his responsibilities, including the development of analytical methods and technology to enhance basketball decisions, such as the draft, trades, …
- Sheri L. Dew
Sheri L. Dew is second counselor in the Relief Society general presidency. She is vice president of publishing at Deseret Book and a well known author and biographer. ... about sports and girls and motorcycles. But then I came to the entry he had made the day I arrived home unexpectedly from BYU: "Sheri came home from BYU today. I'm so glad she's home. But she doesn't seem very happy.
- Helen Johnson-Leipold
Helen Johnson-Leipold, is the daughter of Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr., who died in 2004, and Imogine Powers Johnson and the great great granddaughter of S. C. Johnson & Son founder Samuel Curtis Johnson, Sr.. She was elected Chairman and CEO of Johnson Outdoors in March 1999, and she was elected Chairman of Johnson Financial Group in July 2004. Both are components of the Johnson Family Enterprises.
- James M. Kilts
James M. Kilts was a chief executive officer of The Gillette Company. He negotiated the sale of the company to Procter & Gamble for US$57 billion. Press investigators estimate that he stood to gain more than $165 million personally in the purchase. He has been the subject of intense criticism from the Boston press, namely the Boston Globe and Boston Herald daily newspapers, for his role in the merger with Procter & Gamble.
- Toby Nixon
Toby Nixon is an American politician from Washington and a former Republican member of the Washington State House of Representatives from the 45th Legislative District. He was appointed to a vacant House seat in 2002, and was re-elected as an incumbent in 2004. He served on the House Committee for State Government Operations and Accountability as a ranking member, and is known for his advocacy on behalf of open government.
- Sheldon Erikson
Sheldon Erikson is currently Chairman of the Board (since May 2, 1996) and President and Chief Executive Officer (since January 1995) of Cameron. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Rockwood Holdings, Inc., the National Petroleum Council, American Petroleum Institute, and the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association.