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    R. David Thomas

    A high school dropout, Thomas began his career running four Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants. In 1969, he opened his first Wendy's Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. Thomas focused Wendy's successful marketing and advertising on simple, good tasting food. By 2001, Wendy's... View Details
    Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

      Robert C. Stanley

      A talented engineer, Stanley spearheaded numerous technological innovations in the production and refining of metals at International Nickel (Inco) and continued to grow the company through expansion, taking advantage of low asset prices during the Great Depression.... View Details
      Keywords: Metals

        Herbert D. Kelleher

        Kelleher is the founder of a low cost and highly profitable airline. Southwest has refined the low-cost, no-frills, no-reserved seats approach to air travel, providing over 2,300 flights daily to about 52 cities in 26 states, with a fleet of 280 aircraft. The company... View Details
        Keywords: Transportation

          Henry B. Spencer

          After serving as vice president of the Southern Railway System until 1917, Spencer formed the Fruit Growers Express to transport perishable goods and provide ventilated and refrigerated car services. With Fruit Growers owning its own cars and repair shops, the company... View Details
          Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

            John C. Bogle

            Bogle is considered the pioneer of the Index Fund. Created in 1974, Bogle’s Vanguard Index 500 fund has become one of the best performers in the mutual fund marketplace. Though he was initially ridiculed for promoting indexing, Bogle’s fund performance has silenced... View Details
            Keywords: Finance

              Charles S. Mott

              Under Mott’s management, the family owned company grew into a key supplier of automobile parts for General Motors. Realizing the great future of the automobile industry, Mott changed the firm’s activity from bicycle wheel production and sold the Mott Cider and Vinegar... View Details
              Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                Reuben Mark

                When Mark took over in 1984, the consumer goods giant was in the midst of trying to reinvent itself. The company had grown tremendously in the 70s through a series of less than stellar acquisitions and one of Mark’s first tasks was to sell off those subsidiaries that... View Details
                Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

                  Ralph E. Ward

                  Ward was instrumental in transforming Chesebrough-Pond’s from a small cosmetics company into a major consumer products conglomerate. A formidable risk-taker, Ward was a master of acquiring mature, stagnant companies and putting them on an accelerated growth path. His... View Details
                  Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

                    P. Roy Vagelos

                    Vagelos had an uncanny ability to turn scientific research into commercial blockbuster success. He is credited with rejuvenating Merck’s research efforts, culminating in the development of breakthrough applications for hypertension, heart disease, and cholesterol... View Details
                    Keywords: Healthcare

                      Juan T. Trippe

                      Known for his sharp negotiating skills, Trippe built PanAm into the world’s only truly global air carrier. Trippe’s success at PanAm was due in large part to his cooperation with different branches of national governments, winning large mail contracts in 1927 between... View Details
                      Keywords: Transportation

                        Charles E. Hires

                        Hires invented one of the world’s most popular soft drinks – root beer. He incorporated his company with a capitalization of $300,000, which steadily expanded into millions. He was also a pioneer in the production of condensed milk, organizing six companies, which... View Details
                        Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                          Samuel P. Colt

                          Colt organized United States Rubber into a vertically integrated business with a centralized administration. Colt also diversified United States Rubber to include non-footwear items, such as tires, which were a booming market at the time of his tenure. Colt grew United... View Details
                          Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

                            Henry Taub

                            Taub took a back-office, manual operation and turned it into a successful business proposition. In starting ADP, he concentrated on providing payroll services for small businesses and for financial service firms on Wall Street. The quality, accuracy, and speed with... View Details
                            Keywords: Services

                              John K. Northrop

                              After frustrating attempts at aircraft engineering with many other firms, John Northrop founded Northrop Aircraft and helped it grow into a very lucrative defense contractor, providing everything from bombers, fighter jets, and reconnaissance planes to the United... View Details
                              Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                                Donald C. McGraw

                                McGraw initiated a period of diversification and expansion for McGraw-Hill, moving beyond book and magazine publishing. He orchestrated the successful acquisition of three industry reference sources: Standard & Poor’s Corporation, F. W. Dodge Corporation, and... View Details
                                Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

                                  Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.

                                  Heimbold focused on Bristol-Myers Squibb’s growth and created a scientific-based, world-leading pharmaceutical company with very strong consumer franchises. Sixty-two percent of its sales come from pharmaceuticals (where it holds leadership positions in anticancer... View Details
                                  Keywords: Healthcare

                                    David Duffield

                                    After failing to convince Larry Ellison that Oracle should invest in the development of human resource management software, Duffield decided to create his own business. PeopleSoft with its innovative software for managing human resource functions became a phenomenal... View Details
                                    Keywords: Computers & Electronics

                                      Samuel B. Colgate

                                      Despite the fact that Colgate’s term as head of Colgate-Palmolive came at the height of the Depression, Colgate was able to grow the company significantly. When Colgate took over, the company had $62 million in annual sales. Five years later, Colgate had increased... View Details
                                      Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

                                        Gilbert Colgate

                                        Colgate merged with the Peet Company and B. J. Johnson, maker of Palmolive soap, the largest selling soap brand in America in the early 1900s. Colgate led the newly merged Colgate, Palmolive-Peet Company with assets of $63 million. The company’s volume increased... View Details
                                        Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

                                          Thomas G. Stemberg

                                          Staples stores throughout the US, Stemberg added new services for small businesses including a copier center, a technology resource for managing computer networks, and office furniture. Staples became one of only six retail outlets to... View Details
                                          Keywords: Retail