Jeffreey Kindler is currently the CEO of Pfizer Corporation, a leading global company in the field of drug production and research. Jeffrey Kindler became the Pfizer CEO in July 28, 2006.
His way to the top had began from a stunningly good academic performance, having graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University in 1977, and then […]
Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is the current chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo, which is the world’s fourth largest food and beverage company. A woman of many achievements, she ascended to the position on August 14, 2006, after being named the successor of former PepsiCo CEO, Steve Reinemund. She was officially appointed CEO of PepsiCo […]
Alan Roger Mulally is Ford Motor Company’s current president and CEO. He was born on the 4th of August 1945, in Oakland California.He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1969 with a Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in aeronautical and astronautical engineering. During college, he made quite a name for himself in his […]
The current chief executive officer, president and chairman of international company Hewlett Packard is Mark V. Hurd. He had replaced Carly Fiorina, whose descent from the position was sensationalized rather extensively. She resigned at the decision of the company’s board of directors, following a difficult merger with other international company, Compaq, and a documented struggle […]
Jim Donald, the current CEO of Starbucks corporation, isn’t your typical CEO. For one, he actually celebrates his inauguation to the position by working overtime, as a testament to his dedication, and probably the strength of his company’s coffee products. For another, he didn’t have a particularly well-off life in his formative teenage years, […]
Robert Iger is Disney’s current CEO, having served as president since January 2000, and CEO since October 2005.
Prior to becoming CEO, Robert Iger had served in former Disney CEO Michael Eisner’s shadow for over five years. However, at around 2004, there has been public pressure from Roy Disney’s SaveDisney campaign to replace Michael Eisner, which […]
In 2006, it was Apple CEO Steve Jobs who ranked the highest paid CEO in America, according to Forbes’ list. Though Steve Jobs only receives a dollar per annum in terms of salary, his stock compensation boosts his earnings up the roof. He owns Apple stock estimated to have a value of 646.6 million […]
CEO Job Description
People applying for the position of CEO have, more often than not, taken up a CEO position in the past. There is an unspoken rule which states that CEOs can only get to where they are through three ways: passing on the position from parent to son/daughter (if CEO is also the […]
Chief Executive Officer positions used to be the exclusive rights of the big men, where women dare not enter, for fear of getting belittled and pilloried by the so-called stronger gender. Indeed, there were times when giant advertising firms, national technology companies and giant online markets were thought to be the playgrounds of men.
Modern times […]