2015 Event Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen, resigns in the midst of a scandal in which the company confessed to installing software in its cars for the last 7 years in order to fool emissions test devices while violating U.S. clean air standards 2015 Event Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, steps down after the company reports poor first quarter results; cofounder Jack Dorsey will step in as temporary CEO, but Costolo will keep his position on the board 2014 Event CEO Richard Branson says that Virgin Galactic will first determine the cause of a recent test space flight crash before deciding whether to continue developing commercial space travel 2014 Event General Motors announces the recall of almost 3.4 additional vehicles for safety issues, bringing the current year recall total to almost 6 million; GM CEO Mary Barra has been keeping the U.S. Congress informed of the company's corrective actions 2014 Event Shelly Sterling, Donald Sterling's wife and co-owner of the L.A. Clippers, plans to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion; the sale depends on approval from the NBA and Donald 2014 Event Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, reveals the latest Dragon space capsule; the craft is reusable and will allow astronauts to control re-entry and landing; the development suggests that full commercialization of the space industry will soon be a reality 2014 Event The CEO of BlackBerry Ltd. will be refocusing its business on software and services in an effort to turn around the company; once a leader in the smartphone market, the company's products now account for less than 1% of global market share 2014 Event Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman announces reduction of at least 45,000 jobs, expanding the original plan for 34,000 cuts; Whitman seeks to refocus and align HP with changing computing habits such as use of cloud services rather than servers 2014 Event The NBA names business executive Dick Parsons as acting CEO of the L.A. Clippers; owner Donald Sterling was banned for life from contact with the Clippers or the NBA after he made racist remarks; the NBA plans to attempt a forced sale of the team 2014 Event Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel has resigned in the wake of security breaches late last year in which customer data was stolen; the company will be run by John Mulligan, the company's Chief Financial Officer, until a new president is identified 2014 Event Donald Sterling, L.A. Clippers owner, is banned for life after reports of his racist comments; a new CEO will be appointed, and other team owners are encouraged to pressure Sterling into selling; many parties have already expressed interest 2014 Event Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally, will retire in July and be replaced by Mark Fields; Mulally restored profitability and distinguished the company as the only Big Three automaker to refuse government bailouts during the 2008-2009 recession 2014 Event Stock shares of automaker Tesla rise above $200 after reports that Apple, Inc. executives met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in 2013 to potentially discuss an acquisition 2013 Event U.S. automaker General Motors appoints Mary Barra CEO; she becomes the first female to become CEO of an automative company 2013 Event CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, announces his retirement in the next 12 months 2013 Event 'The Washington Post', a privately held newspaper, is purchased by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos 2013 Event Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc., publishes a letter to Chinese customers, addressing issues regarding the company's warranty policies in China 2012 Event Top executive Marissa Mayer, leaves Google after being appointed Yahoo! Inc.'s new CEO 2012 Event U.S. CEO of Oracle Corp, Larry Ellison, agrees to purchase 98 percent of Hawaii's island of Lanai 2011 Event John Corzine, former CEO of MG Global, testifies before a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, stating he doesn't know where hundreds of millions of dollars of his customers' money has gone 2011 Event American innovator, businessman, co-founder and longtime CEO of Apple Inc., dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56 2011 Event Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs resigns over poor health issues; Tim Cook takes over as CEO 2011 Event Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling loses his appeal against his conviction for fraud in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 2011 Event National Public Radio CEO Vivian Schiller resigns after a scandal involving NPR executives 2011 Event Google awards its outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt $100 million 2010 Event BP CEO Tony Hayward testifies before the U.S. about the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster at the Deepwater Horizon rig that has caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history 2010 Event Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, unveils a new invention, a tablet PC called the iPad, at a press conference in San Francisco 2009 Death Billy Mays, famous television pitchman, direct response advertising salesman for 'As Seen on TV' products, CEO, Founder, Mays Promotions, Inc., dies at age 50 1999 Death Akio Morita, industrialist, CEO of SONY, dies at 78 1997 Death Roberto C Goizueta, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies of lung cancer at 65 1997 Death Brown Meggs, CEO (Capitol Records), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 66 1997 Event Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO 1997 Event Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV 1997 Death John Curtis, Jr., president/CEO (Luby's Cafe), commits suicide at 58 1996 Death Peter James Frederick Green, CEO Lloyd's of London, dies at 71 1995 Death J Peter Grace, Jr., CEO (W R Grace), dies at 81 1995 Death Johan W "Jo" van Marle, CEO (KNVB, 1980-93), dies at 70 1995 Death John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC), dies at 74 1994 Death Thomas J Watson, Jr., CEO (IBM), dies of a stroke at 79 1994 Event Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29) 1993 Death Robert C Maynard, CEO (Oakland Tribune), dies at 56 1993 Event Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music) 1993 Death Reginald Lewis, CEO (Beatrice), dies of brain cancer at 50 1992 Death Frederick W. Franz, CEO (Watch Tower), dies at 99 1992 Death Antoine C J Rottier, Dutch CEO (DSM), dies 1992 Event John Ellis becomes CEO of Seattle Mariners 1992 Event Eddie Antar, CEO (Crazy Eddies), $74 m stock fraud caught in Israel 1992 Death Sam Walton, Billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart), dies of cancer at 74 1992 Death Earl Scheib, CEO (Earl Scheib Auto Paint), dies at 85 1992 Event Barry Diller resigns as CEO of Fox 1992 Death Ton Brandsteder, CEO (Sony Netherland BV), dies at 74 1991 Event Mark Sauer becomes CEO of Pittsburgh Pirates 1991 Death Stuart Karl, CEO (Karl Home Video), dies at 38 of skin cancer 1991 Death Soichiro Hondo, CEO and founder (Honda), dies of liver cancer at 84 1990 Death Armand Hammer, CEO (Occidental Petroleum), dies at 92 1990 Death William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89 1990 Event Stanton Cook becomes CEO of Chicago Cubs 1990 Death Malcolm Forbes, CEO (Forbes Publishing), dies of a heart attack at 70 1989 Death Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59 1989 Event August A Busch III becomes CEO of St. Louis Cardinals 1989 Event George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers 1988 Event Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Baltimore Orioles 1988 Death Lauris Morstad, NATO commander/CEO Corning Fiberglass, dies at 71 1987 Death I. W. Able, CEO (United Steel Workers of America, 1965-77), dies at 87 1987 Death Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53 1986 Event Claude Brochu becomes CEO of Montreal Expos 1985 Event Marge Schott becomes CEO of Cincinnati Red 1985 Death Robert W. Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95 1984 Event Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minnesota Twins 1984 Death Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at 75 1983 Event Tom Monaghan becomes CEO of Detroit Tigers 1981 Event Bill Giles becomes CEO of Philadelphia Phillies 1981 Event Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors 1980 Event Walter Hass, Jr. becomes CEO of Oakland A's 1979 Death Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/Secretary-General NATO, dies at 82 1979 Death Walter O'Malley, CEO (Dodgers), dies at 75 1979 Event John McMullen becomes CEO of Houston Astros 1979 Death Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90 1976 Event Bob Lurie becomes CEO of San Francisco Giants 1976 Event Ted Turner becomes CEO of Atlanta Braves 1975 Death Avery Brundage, CEO (International Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87 1974 Event Ray Kroc, CEO of McDonald's, buys San Diego Padres for $12 million 1970 Event Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers 1970 Event Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of Los Angeles Dodgers 1965 Birthday Dr. Dre, born in Compton, California, born Andre Romelle Young, rap singer, record producer, record executive, actor, CEO, Aftermath Entertainment 1962 Death Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami 1959 Event Branch Rickey resigns as Pirates' CEO to be President of Continental League 1958 Birthday Billy Mays, born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, famous television pitchman, direct response advertising salesman for 'As Seen on TV' products, CEO, Founder, Mays Promotions, Inc. 1958 Death Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack 1956 Birthday Jonathan Palmer, born in London, England, professional racecar driver, entrepreneur, Formula Championship winner, CEO, MotorSport Vision 1956 Birthday Meg Whitman, born in Long Island, New York, formerly, CEO of eBay, billionaire, Republican, 2010 candidate for Governor of California 1956 Death P A M Speet, Dutch broadcast CEO (KRO), dies 1955 Birthday Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington billionaire CEO, Microsoft 1952 Birthday Christie Ann Hefner, daughter of Hugh Hefner, CEO, Playboy 1952 Birthday Scott David Cook, born in Glendale California, CEO, Intuit-Quicken 1952 Birthday Martin Taylor, born in England, former CEO, Barclays Bank, Chairman, Syngenta AG 1951 Death Anton F Philips, CEO (Philips), dies at 77 1951 Birthday Robert Iger, born in Los Angeles, California, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, succeeded Michael Eisner 1949 Birthday Patrick Deuchar, CEO, Albert Hall 1948 Birthday Kweisi Mfume, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Representative-D-Maryland 1987 - 1996, CEO NAACP 1948 Birthday Tommy Matola, rock manager/CEO, CBS records 1948 Birthday Christopher Gent, CEO, Vodafone Group 1948 Birthday Stephen Curtis, CEO, DVLA 1947 Birthday Eddie Antar, founder/CEO, Crazy Eddie Electronics Store 1947 Birthday Neil McIntosh, CEO, VSO, Center for British Teaching 1947 Birthday Iain Vallance, CEO, British Telecom 1947 Birthday MJ Ainsworth, CEO, Institute of Chartered Secretaries 1947 Birthday Georgette Mosbacher, CEO, La Prairie cosmetics 1946 Birthday Maurice Saatchi, English advertising CEO, Saatchi and Saatchi 1946 Birthday Debbie Moore, founder/CEO, Pineapple Dance Studios 1946 Birthday Peter Sutherland, CEO, Allied Irish Banks 1946 Birthday Robert E. McKee, CEO and managing director, Conoco-UK 1946 Birthday M C Walker, CEO, Iceland Frozen Foods 1945 Birthday Jennifer d'Abo, CEO, Ryman, Moyses Stevens 1945 Birthday Clive Hollick, born in Britain, Labor Party, financier, youngest director of Hambros Bank, 1973, CEO, Mills & Allen International, MAI 1944 Birthday Danny Woods, U.S. musician, CEO of the Board 1944 Birthday James Buckley, CEO, Baltic Exchange 1943 Birthday Peter Rigby, CEO, Specialist Computer Holdings 1943 Birthday Ian Vallance, CEO, British Telecom 1943 Birthday A H Harper, CEO, Baltic Exchange 1942 Birthday Michael Eisner, born in Mount Kisko, New York, CEO, Walt Disney 1942 Birthday Michael Bishop, CEO, British Midland Airways 1942 Birthday William McLennan, CEO, Central Statistical Office 1941 Birthday Peter Wilson, CEO, Gallaher 1941 Birthday Win Bischoff, CEO, Schroders 1941 Birthday Brendan O'Friel, CEO, Prison Governors Association 1941 Birthday David Puttnam, London, film producer/CEO, Columbia Pictures 1940 Birthday James Blyth, born in Britain, businessman, head of defense sales for Ministry of Defense, chairman, London Business School, CEO, The Boots Company 1940 Birthday Algy Cluff, CEO, Spectator, Cluff Resources 1940 Birthday Lord Camoys, deputy CEO, Barclays de Zoete Wedd 1940 Birthday R S Burman, CEO, Association of British Chambers of Commerce 1940 Birthday Barbara Kelly, CEO, Scottish Consumer Council 1940 Birthday George Paul, CEO, Norwich Union Insurance Group 1940 Birthday Jermyn P Brooks, CEO, Price Waterhouse Europe 1940 Birthday Peter Middleton, CEO, Lloyd's of London 1939 Birthday Brian Wolfson, CEO, Wembley Pic 1939 Birthday Derek Hunt, CEO, MFI Furniture Group 1939 Birthday Earl Cairns, CEO, S G Warburg and Co 1939 Birthday Wim de Bie, CEO, Simplistic Covenant 1939 Birthday Daniel Oliver, born in New York City, CEO, Federal Trade Commission 1939 Birthday Andrew Buxton, CEO, Barclays Bank 1939 Birthday Tony Bloom, deputy CEO, Sketchley 1939 Death Jacob Ruppert, CEO (New York Yankees, 1915-39), dies 1938 Birthday Wayne Huizenga, CEO, Waste Management, Blockbuster, Miami Dolphins 1938 Birthday H N L Keswick CEO, Matheson and Company 1938 Birthday Colin Southgate, CEO, Thorn EMI 1938 Death Peter Michael, CEO (Cray Electronics), dies 1938 Birthday Jeremy Hardie, CEO, W. H. Smith Group 1938 Birthday Peter Sanders, CEO, Commission for Racial Equality 1938 Birthday Roger Hurn, CEO, Smith's Industries 1938 Birthday P. Daubeny, CEO, Electricity Association 1938 Birthday Marcel P A van Dam, Dutch politician/CEO, VARA Radio/TV 1937 Birthday August Busch III, CEO, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis Cardinals 1937 Birthday Mort Zuckerman, CEO, US News and World Report, New York Daily News 1937 Birthday J S Jennings, CEO, Shell Transport and Trading Co 1937 Birthday Donald MacKay, CEO, Scottish Enterprise 1936 Birthday Christopher Hogg, CEO, Courtaulds and Reuters 1936 Birthday Anthony Lester, CEO, Runnymede Trust 1936 Birthday Philip J. Attenborough, CEO/publisher, Hodder and Stoughton 1935 Birthday Lawrence Urquhart, CEO, Burmah Castrol 1935 Birthday Brian Wolfson, CEO, Wembley Pic 1935 Birthday Trevor Chinn, born in England, businessman, CEO, Lex Garages, entrepreneur, philanthropist, President, the Joint Israel Appeal 1935 Birthday Anthony Pilkington, CEO, Pilkington Pic 1935 Birthday Jeffery Bowman, CEO, Price Waterhouse Europe 1935 Birthday Herb Alpert, bandleader/trumpeteer, Tijuana Brass, CEO, A&M 1935 Birthday Desmond Pitcher, CEO, Merseyside Development Corporation 1934 Birthday DAER Peake, CEO, Kleinwort Benson Group 1934 Birthday John Pardoe, CEO, Sight and Sound Education, Liberal MP 1934 Birthday Thomas Ambler, CEO, Texaco 1934 Birthday Nicholas Goodison, CEO, TSB Group 1934 Birthday Brian Peppiatt, joint CEO, SG Warburg Securities 1934 Birthday Rudolph Agner, CEO, Consolidated Gold Fields 1934 Birthday Julian Ogilvie Thompson, CEO, De Beers 1933 Birthday Sheldon Adelson, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, property developer, billionaire businessman, investing in gambling and leisure businesses, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Forbes' third riches person in the U.S. in 2008 1933 Birthday Earl of Cranbrook, CEO, Nature Conservancy Council 1933 Birthday Eric Parker, deputy CEO, Trafalgar House 1933 Birthday John Sparrow, CEO, British Horseracing Betting Levy Board 1933 Birthday Alan Devereux, CEO, Scottish Tourist Board 1933 Birthday Fritz Bolkestein, Dutch CEO, Shell, and Minister of Defense, VVD 1933 Birthday DRG Andrews, CEO, Land Rover-Leyland 1933 Birthday Geoffrey Leigh, CEO, Allied London Properties 1933 Birthday Geoffrey Maitland Smith, CEO, Sears 1933 Birthday Bob Muddimer, CEO, Ranks Hovis McDougall 1933 Birthday Mohamed Al Fayed, CEO, Harrods 1932 Birthday Canon Paul Oestreicher, CEO, British section, Amnesty International 1932 Birthday Peter Stormonth Darling, CEO, Mercury Asset Management Group 1932 Birthday Peter Holmes, CEO, Shell Transport and Trading Company 1932 Birthday Geoffrey Cass, CEO, Cambridge University Press 1932 Birthday Robert Cowan, CEO, Highlands and Islands Enterprises 1932 Birthday Ralph Robins, CEO, Rolls-Royce 1932 Birthday Lady Littler, CEO, Gaming Board for Great Britain 1932 Birthday Raymond Illingworth, CEO, England committee, TCCB 1932 Birthday Elizabeth Southey, British CEO, National Federation of Women's Institutes 1932 Birthday Ronald Hampel, British CEO, ICI 1932 Birthday David Plastow, CEO, Medical Research Council 1932 Birthday Lord Young of Graffham, CEO, Cables and Wireless 1932 Birthday Jocelyn Stevens, CEO, English Heritage 1932 Birthday Raman Subba Row, CEO, Test/County Cricket Board 1932 Birthday David Thompson, CEO, Gestetner Holdings 1931 Birthday Charles Bronfman, CEO, Seagrams, Montreal Expos 1931 Birthday Sydney Lipworth, CEO, Monopolies and Mergers Commission 1931 Death Andre Michelin, CEO (Michelin Tires), dies 1931 Birthday R. P. Bauman, CEO, British Aerospace 1931 Birthday Peter Walters, CEO, Midland Bank 1931 Birthday Rupert Murdoch, born in Australia, publisher, New York Post and CEO of FOX 1931 Birthday Mark Richmond, CEO, Science and Engineering Research Council 1930 Birthday Peter Miller, CEO, Lloyd's of London 1930 Birthday Robin Buchanan, CEO, NHS Supplies Auth, Wessex Regional Health Auth 1930 Birthday Charles Hambro, English banker/multi-millionaire/CEO, Hambros 1930 Death Henry Clay Folger, Jr., CEO (Folger Shakespeare Library), dies at 72 1930 Birthday Geoffrey Littler, CEO, County NatWest Group 1930 Birthday Joseph Burnett-Stuart, CEO, Robert Fleming Holdings 1930 Birthday Roy E Disney, CEO, Disney 1929 Birthday John Gutfreund, former CEO of investment bank, Salomon Brothers Inc., featured in book Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis 1929 Birthday Alexander Fenton, CEO, Euro Ethnological Research Center in Edinburgh 1929 Birthday June O'Dell, deputy CEO, Equal Opportunities Commission 1929 Birthday Neil Shaw, British CEO, Tate and Lyle 1929 Birthday Kennetgh Couzens, CEO, Coal Products 1929 Birthday Brian Corby, CEO, Prudential 1929 Birthday John Polk Allen, Carnegie, Oklahoma, CEO, Biosphere 2 1929 Birthday Peter Hordern, British CEO, Fina 1929 Birthday Lady, James, Mellon, CEO, Volunteer Development Scotland 1928 Birthday James Porter, CEO, Commonwealth Institute 1928 Birthday Robin Duthie, CEO, Britoil 1928 Birthday Marge Schott, CEO, Cincinnati Reds 1928 Birthday David Berriman, CEO, Rose Thomson Young group of Lloyds Trustees 1928 Birthday Bill Cotton, CEO, Noel Gay TV 1928 Birthday Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, CEO, NVSH 1928 Birthday James W. Kinnear, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, CEO, Texaco 1928 Birthday Frank Borman, born in Gary, Indiana, astronaut, Gemini 7, Apollo 8, CEO, Eastern Airline 1928 Birthday Archibald Forster, CEO, Esso UK 1928 Birthday MG Falcon, CEO, Norwich Union Insurance Group 1928 Birthday Vidal Sassoon, London, hair stylist/CEO, Vidal Sasson 1928 Birthday Vaughn Beals, Cambridge Massachusetts, CEO, Harley Davidson motorcycle 1927 Birthday Lord Whaddon, CEO, Daltrade and Skorimpex-Rind 1927 Birthday M H W Wells, CEO, Charterhouse Japhet 1927 Birthday Leslie Carpenter, CEO, Reed International 1927 Birthday Dennis Landau, CEO, Cooperative Wholesale Society 1927 Birthday Michael Sandberg, British CEO, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp 1927 Birthday Trevor Holdsworth, CEO, National Power 1927 Birthday Norman Ireland, CEO, Bowater 1927 Birthday Robert Evans, CEO, British Gas 1927 Birthday Timothy Beven, CEO, Barclays Bank 1927 Birthday Ronald Halstead, deputy CEO, British Steel 1927 Birthday Ian Denholm, CEO, Murray Investment Trust 1927 Birthday John Fairchild, born in Newark, New Jersey, CEO, Fairchild publishing 1927 Birthday Donald Miller, CEO, Scottish Power 1926 Birthday Victor Kermit Kiam II, CEO, Remington shavers, NFL owner, Patriots 1926 Birthday David Young, Lieutenant-General/CEO, Cairn Tech 1926 Birthday Ernest Harrison, CEO, Racal Electronics 1926 Birthday John Hamilton-Jones, CEO, Richmond Enterprises, British Major-General 1926 Birthday Michael Joughin, CEO, Scottish Hydro-Electric 1926 Birthday Michael Vernon, CEO, RNLI 1926 Birthday John Clark, CEO, Plessey Company 1925 Birthday Marvin Davis, Newark, New Jersey, CEO, Davis Oil Company 1925 Birthday Roger Smith, CEO, General Motors 1925 Birthday Kenneth Couzens, CEO, Coal Products 1925 Birthday Patrick Meany, CEO, Rank Organization 1925 Birthday Anne Harris, CEO, National Federation of Women's Institutes 1925 Birthday Frank Chamberlain, CEO, Test and County Cricket Board 1925 Birthday Oscar De Ville, CEO, Meyer International 1925 Birthday Michael Richardson, vice CEO, N M Rotschild 1925 Birthday Colin Spedding, CEO, Council of Science and Technology Institutes 1925 Event Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council 1924 Birthday Lee A Iacocca, CEO, Chrysler Corp 1924 Birthday John Milne, CEO, Blue Circles Industries 1924 Birthday Peter James Frederick Green, CEO Lloyd's of London 1924 Birthday Peter Heatly, CEO, Commonwealth Games Federation 1924 Birthday William Barlow, CEO, BICC 1924 Birthday Edward du Cann, CEO, Lonrho 1924 Birthday Lord Tombs, CEO, Rolls Royce 1924 Birthday Malcolm Anson, CEO, Wessex Water Authority 1924 Birthday John Harvey-Jones, CEO, ICI 1924 Birthday Denis Rooke, CEO, British Gas 1924 Birthday Kenneth Corfield, CEO, STC 1923 Birthday Hicks B Waldron, Amsterdam, New York, CEO, Avon 1923 Birthday Gerald Long, journalist/CEO, Reuters 1923 Birthday Ahmet Ertegun, CEO, Atlantic Records 1923 Birthday Robert Maxwell, Jan Hoch, Czechoslovakia, billionaire/CEO, New York Daily News 1923 Birthday Peter Bowring, CEO, C T Bowring 1923 Birthday Baroness Platt of Writtle, British CEO, Equal Opportunities Comm 1923 Birthday Douglas Wass, CEO, Equity and Law Life Assurance Company 1923 Birthday Laurence A. Tisch, born in New York City, CEO, Loews Corp 1923 Birthday Derrick Holden-Brown, CEO, Allied-Lyons 1922 Birthday David Lane, CEO, Commission for Racial Equality 1922 Birthday Freddie Laker, CEO, Laker airlines 1922 Birthday Frank Price, CEO, British Waterways Board 1922 Birthday Jeffrey Benson, CEO, 600 group 1922 Birthday Campbell Adamson, CEO, Abbey National Pictures 1922 Birthday David Orr, deputy chairman, Inchcape, CEO, British Council, Unilever 1922 Birthday Brian Kellett, CEO, Port of London Authority 1921 Birthday David Lawmn, CEO, Prestige Group 1921 Birthday Robert Fell, CEO, British Stock Exchange 1921 Birthday Glyn England, CEO, CEGB, Windcluster Ltd 1921 Birthday Donald Barron, CEO, Midland Bank 1921 Birthday George Jefferson, CEO, British Telecom 1921 Birthday Peter Horsley, CEO, Osprey Aviation 1921 Birthday Giovanni Agnelli, CEO, Fiat Automakers 1921 Birthday Akio Morita, Kasugaya Japan, CEO, Sony 1920 Birthday John Smith, CEO, Liverpool FC 1920 Birthday Anthony Tuke, CEO, Savoy Hotel Groups 1920 Birthday Michael Webster, CEO, DRG 1920 Birthday Eric Yarrow, CEO, Clydesdale Bank 1920 Birthday H. R. Hewitt, CEO, Johnson Matthey 1920 Birthday Henry Marking, CEO, British Airways 1920 Birthday Frank Rogers, CEO, NPA Telegraph 1920 Birthday Richard O'Brien, CEO, Manpower Services Commission 1919 Birthday Robert Crichton-Brown, CEO, Rothmans International 1919 Death Paul Deusen, German philosopher/CEO (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft), dies 1919 Birthday John Eldridge, CEO, Matthews Wrightmson 1919 Birthday Lady Ricketts, CEO, National Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux 1918 Birthday Lord Buxton of Alsa, CEO, ITV 1918 Death Josephin Peladan, French writer/CEO (French Red Cross), dies 1918 Death Derek Barber, CEO (Countryside Commission), dies 1918 Birthday LeRoy Walker, born in Atlanta, Georgia, CEO, US Olympic Committee 1918 Birthday Robert Hunt, CEO, Dowty Group 1918 Birthday John Read, CEO, TSB Group 1918 Birthday Sam Walton, billionaire CEO, Wal-Mart 1918 Birthday Dwayne Andreas, born in Worthington, Minnesota, called the 'Soybean King', CEO of Archer Daniels Midland - ADM, largest producer of farm commodities in the U.S. for over 30 years 1918 Birthday Ton Brandsteder, CEO/founder, Sony Nederland 1917 Birthday Joseph Coors, CEO, Adolph Coors Co Brewery 1917 Birthday Kirk Kerkorian, CEO, MGM, UA 1917 Birthday Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO, British Aerospace 1917 Birthday Julian Faber, CEO, Willis Faber 1917 Birthday Arthur Knight, CEO, Courtaulds 1917 Birthday Frederick Page, CEO, British Aerospace Aircraft Group 1916 Birthday Lord Ryder of Eaton hastings, CEO, International Publishing House 1916 Birthday Cecil Blacker, CEO, British Equestrian Federation 1916 Birthday Ian Wallace, British CEO 1915 Birthday Seymour Egerton, CEO, Coutis Bank 1915 Birthday David Rockefeller, CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank 1915 Birthday Arnold Hall, CEO, Hawker Siddeley Group 1915 Birthday Stephen Roberts, CEO, British Milk Marketing Board 1915 Birthday A. W. H. Stewart-Moore, CEO, Gallaher 1914 Birthday John Kluge, Chemnitz Germany, media CEO, Metromedia, billionaire 1914 Birthday Alastair Down, CEO, Burmah Oil 1914 Birthday Rose Stainton, CEO, British Airways 1914 Birthday Richard Young, CEO, Boosey and Hawkes 1914 Birthday Margaret Farrer, CEO, Central Midwives Board 1913 Birthday Alec Ogilvie, CEO, Powell Duffryn 1913 Birthday Lord Aberconway, CEO, John Brown and Co 1913 Death John Pierpont Morgan, U.S. banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75 1912 Birthday David Barran, CEO, Midland Bank, England 1912 Birthday Peter Menzies, CEO, British Electricity Council 1911 Birthday Nobutaka Shikanai, Japans media CEO, Fujisankei Com Group 1911 Birthday Charles Fletcher, physician/CEO, ASH 1910 Birthday Daniel Greenway, CEO, Daniel Greenway and Sons 1910 Birthday Laurance S Rockefeller, New York City, CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank 1910 Birthday Michael Milne-Watson, CEO, BUPA 1910 Birthday Herbert Ashworth, CEO, Nationwide Building Society 1909 Birthday William Batten, CEO, New York Stock Exchange 1976-84 1908 Birthday Estee Lauder, CEO, Estee Lauder's cosmetics 1908 Birthday Brinsley Ford, CEO, National Art Collections Fund 1908 Birthday Aidan Crawley, CEO, London Weekend TV 1907 Birthday Jan Pauw, CEO, Aruban Theater Group 1907 Birthday Lauris Norstad, U.S. gen, NATO commander and CEO, Owens-Corning Fiberglass 1906 Birthday Soichiro Honda, Japan, founder/CEO, Honda Motor Co 1906 Birthday Viscount Rochdale, British CEO 1906 Birthday Susan Walker, vice CEO, WRVS 1906 Birthday Stephen Brown, CEO, Stone-Platt Industries 1905 Birthday Alexander Johnston, CEO, Board of Inland Revenue 1905 Birthday Frits Philips, Dutch engineer/CEO, Philips 1905 Birthday Oveta Culp Hobby, government official/newspaper publisher/CEO, Houston Post 1904 Birthday Max Factor, Jr., CEO, Max Factor Cosmetics 1904 Birthday David Brown, CEO, Aston Martin Lagonda 1903 Birthday Ronald Stewart, CEO, London Brick Co 1903 Birthday Frances Clode, CEO, WRVS 1902 Birthday William Lear, engineer/manufacturer/CEO, Lear Jet Corp 1901 Birthday William Samuel Paley, born in Chicago, Illinois, president and CEO of CBS, 1928-90 1898 Birthday Hendrik J Pos, Dutch philosopher/CEO, Committee of Watchfulness 1896 Birthday Philip L Carret, Lynn Massachusetts, CEO, Pioneer Fund 1896 Birthday Stanley Swash, CEO, Woolworths 1894 Birthday Blanch Knopf, publishing CEO, Knopf 1892 Death Thomas Cook, CEO (Cook Travel Bureau), dies at 83 1892 Birthday Helena Rubinstein, cosmetics CEO/founder, Helena Rubinstein 1891 Birthday David Sarnoff, U.S., radio/TV pioneer/CEO, RCA 1890 Birthday Harlan Sanders, founder/CEO, Kentucky Fried Chicken 1890 Birthday Harland Sanders, Henryville, Indiana, colonel/CEO, Kentucky Fried Chicken 1887 Birthday Avery Brundage, born in Detroit, Michigan, CEO, International Olympic Committee, 1952-72 1885 Birthday Alfred Fuller, CEO, Fuller Brush Man 1867 Birthday Arthur Vining Davis, Sharon Massachusetts, CEO, Alcoa-1910-57 1860 Birthday Hugo Loudon, CEO, Royal Dutch Oil Shell 1845 Birthday Jacob C van Marken, Dutch philantropist/CEO, Calve-Delft 1837 Birthday J. P. Morgan, U.S. banker/CEO, US Steel 1796 Death Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41 1754 Birthday Pieter Paulus, Dutch lawyer/CEO, National Convention 1740 Birthday Armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO, Council of 500
