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    Robert N. Noyce

    With his long time business partner Gordon Moore, Noyce was a charismatic leader of Fairchild Semiconductor, and later the first CEO of Intel. At Fairchild, Noyce guided the company through many growing pains and technological changes, helping it to become a $150... View Details
    Keywords: Computers & Electronics

      Frederick L. Maytag II

      As president, Maytag II directed a $40 million modernization program, setting up many subsidiary plants in the United States and abroad. He was instrumental in advancing the home laundry appliance field. During his tenure, sales were increased 10-fold and assets... View Details
      Keywords: Fabricated Goods

        Elmer H. Maytag

        Elmer introduced the washing machine concept to his father in the early 1900s – essentially expanding the family business. Maytag presided over both the initial heyday period of Maytag and the subsequent Depression era. Under his leadership, Maytag prospered,... View Details
        Keywords: Fabricated Goods

          Daniel J. Krumm

          Krumm is credited with converting Maytag from a small specialty appliance concern into a broad-scale international operation. Through several acquisitions, Krumm built Maytag into one of the world’s top 4 appliance manufacturers while achieving stellar financial... View Details
          Keywords: Fabricated Goods
          • 04 Sep 2019
          • News

          INK: Out of Exile

          through the purgatory of refugee status, they found asylum in Oklahoma. Nayeri went on to earn a BA at Princeton, an MBA and MEd at Harvard, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. The author of two previous novels (Refuge and A... View Details
          Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

            John R. Simplot

            Investing in businesses that ranged from cattle to potatoes to fertilizer, Simplot used his talent at achieving efficiency and at spotting a growing market to garner enormous profits. Simplot capitalized on the Army’s World War II demands for food to build his potato... View Details
            Keywords: Food & Tobacco

              John G. Searle

              The pharmaceutical company that John Searle inherited from his father was moderately successful, with about $1 million in sales in 1936, but under Searle’s guidance the company grew rapidly. G. D. Searle’s biggest growth is owed to the launch of the first oral... View Details
              Keywords: Healthcare

                Arthur Reynolds

                Reynolds shepherded Continental and Commercial through a series of expansionary acquisitions, growing the company into the United States’ third largest commercial bank with resources of $1.1 billion in 1929. View Details
                Keywords: Finance

                  Joseph E. Lonning

                  When Lonning was appointed CEO in 1971, Kellogg had achieved a record 21 years of top level financial performance. Under Lonning’s tenure, Kellogg continued its market share dominance and achieved an additional 9 years of top financial performance. View Details
                  Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                    Walter D. Fuller

                    Fuller successfully stepped into Cyrus Curtis’ role and led the publishing company through 25 years of top level financial performance. He expanded the base of the company’s publications – most notably, the Saturday Evening Post – and achieved significant growth in the... View Details
                    Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

                      Helen K. Copley

                      Copley took over the struggling California-based newspaper empire when her husband died in 1973. She sold a number of unprofitable divisions, streamlined the company’s flagship operations, expanded coverage on a variety of issues, and returned the organization to... View Details
                      Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

                        Lewis H. Brown

                        Under Brown’s leadership, Johns-Manville became the world’s largest producer of asbestos building materials, insulation, and allied products. Brown instituted both collective bargaining and the eight-hour day/forty hour week for management. Brown also began the... View Details
                        Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
                        • 01 Oct 2001
                        • News

                        Courage and Hope in Africa

                        campaign. An Iowa native who has spent a dozen years in the field working for UNICEF, Van Gerpen observed that despite Sierra Leone's devastation, "people have a clear desire here to improve their lives. I guess you could say that's where... View Details
                        Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

                          Theodore W. Waitt

                          Waitt built one of the most successful computer manufacturers and sellers in the US. Along with Dell, Gateway became a pioneering force in using direct mail and the Internet to sell personal computers. Though Gateway has often lagged the performance of Dell, it was the... View Details
                          Keywords: Computers & Electronics

                            Joseph L. Rose

                            Rose was principally responsible for securing 50% of the check printing market for Deluxe. He oversaw a massive expansion of facilities and refined the processing operation to deliver checks within 24 hours of ordering. For 14 consecutive years, under Rose’s guidance,... View Details
                            Keywords: Finance

                              Charles Ringling

                              Charles Ringling organized his siblings to form what would eventually become “the Greatest Show on Earth.” When the siblings began performing, they used only their personal talents, but under Charles’ leadership, the show grew into a large traveling enterprise and... View Details
                              Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

                                Glenn L. Martin

                                Martin created the largest pre-World War II airplane manufacturing firm in America. He was the creative inventor of numerous airplanes mostly designed for military purposes (e.g. the famous B-10 bomber, B-26 and huge “Clipper” seaplanes). He also developed special... View Details
                                Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                                  Kenneth A. Macke

                                  Macke oversaw a period of growth and expansion for the company. During his CEO tenure, the revenues of Dayton Hudson tripled – from $6.5 billion in 1983 to $19.2 billion in 1994. The number of retail locations also expanded dramatically during this time period – from... View Details
                                  Keywords: Retail

                                    George A. Hughes

                                    Hughes developed the electric range, the first in-home stove to use electricity. Hughes was among the first to tap into the true potential of electricity, which he promoted by traveling across the United States and offering demonstrations. View Details
                                    Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                                      Philip B. Hofmann

                                      Hofmann served as Johnson and Johnson’s first non-family member CEO. He was instrumental in the success of the Ortho Pharmaceutical affiliate and during his tenure as CEO, he doubled sales – reaching the $1 billion mark by 1970. View Details
                                      Keywords: Healthcare