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    Marvin Bower

    Bower is considered the father of modern management consulting. He led McKinsey’s worldwide expansion and created many of its consulting tools and applications, increasing the company’s billings tenfold in the process. He pioneered the practice of hiring business... View Details
    Keywords: Services

      Steven Spielberg

      Spielberg is a prolific director and producer who greatly influenced the manner in which films are created, marketed, and distributed over the last few decades of the twentieth century. Noted for his exceptional use of special effects and big budget productions,... View Details
      Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

        Frank A. Seiberling

        Despite being forced out of his firm during its post World War I financial troubles, Seiberling’s diligence and faith in the growth of the rubber business allowed his company to become the largest manufacturer of both carriage and automobile tires. When the firm began... View Details
        Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

          Edward V. Rickenbacker

          Prior to purchasing Eastern in 1938, Rickenbacker had successful careers in automobile racing and the auto industry at large, in addition to his distinguished service in the United States military in World War I. Once joining Eastern though, Rickenbacker devoted all of... View Details
          Keywords: Transportation

            Rene C. McPherson

            McNealy has created one of the most powerful and influential computer manufacturers in the world. His laser focus on the networked computer model has enabled his firm to supply the backbone computing power for thousands of businesses. His networked computer model and... View Details
            Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

              Peter B. Lewis

              Lewis took the helm of his father’s small insurance business in the mid sixties when it was the 48th largest insurer in the nation. Over the course of the next two decades, Lewis built Progressive into one of the leading insurers in the nation – on par with State Farm... View Details
              Keywords: Finance

                Herbert W. Hoover, Jr.

                Grandson of Hoover Company’s founder, Herbert Hoover Jr. joined the family firm at a young age, working on the assembly line in summers between school. As he gradually moved up through the company, succeeding his father as president in 1954, Hoover learned the ins and... View Details
                Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                  Edward G. Harness

                  Under Harness’ leadership, Procter and Gamble doubled its sales and tripled its earnings, becoming the world’s largest consumer products manufacturer. He was credited with the successful introduction of Pampers disposable diapers, and he deftly managed P&G’s... View Details
                  Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

                    Stanley C. Gault

                    Taking the helm of the company his father helped to found, Gault was instrumental in reorganizing and revitalizing Rubbermaid from a small household gadget company into a streamlined and efficient multinational corporation. He embarked on a dual plan of divestiture and... View Details
                    Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                      Earl D. Babst

                      When Babst took over the helm of American Sugar Refining, he embarked on a major investment in equipment and initiated the construction of a modern refinery in Baltimore, Maryland. During his tenure, Babst also built and purchased mills in Cuba. Babst developed the... View Details
                      Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                        Edward DeBartolo

                        In 1950, DeBartolo built Boardman Plaza in Youngstown, Ohio, considered one of the first suburban malls in the United States. The success of this mall sparked a major investment and development campaign which led to the construction of hundreds of malls in suburban and... View Details
                        Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

                          Henry P. Crowell

                          Whereas traditional producers marketed oatmeal to wholesalers, Crowell packaged and marketed his brand of oatmeal, Quaker Oats, nation-wide as a breakfast cereal, a unique product at the time. Crowell utilized aggressive marketing strategies to promote the Quaker Oats... View Details
                          Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                            Philip Caldwell

                            Caldwell was the first CEO of Ford who was not a member of the family. He is credited with orchestrating one of the most dramatic and successful turnarounds in business history. Through his focus on quality, commitment to research, and open employment practices, he... View Details
                            Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
                            • 01 May 2013
                            • News

                            Bridgitt Bertram Evans & Bruce Evans, both MBA 1986

                            Evans helped launch the Harvard Innovation Lab. They also have endowed a fellowship that supports students from Miami University Ohio and Vanderbilt University. View Details
                            • 02 Sep 2019
                            • What Do You Think?

                            Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

                            given the length of the economic recovery from the depths of 2008. But are several basic forces at work that put the notion of an imminent recession to rest? In the early 1960s, in a class on business logistics at The Ohio State... View Details
                            Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

                              Charles Erwin Wilson

                              Despite his reluctance to produce military goods, Wilson was nonetheless an excellent manager during World War II and helped his company garner over $14 billion worth of military contracts. In the post war era, Wilson’s success continued as he returned the company to... View Details
                              Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                                Roger B. Smith

                                Smith made sweeping changes at the auto giant, which had become complacent in its success and was losing share to foreign imports. Smith instituted a barrage of controversial changes at GM that included forming strategic joint ventures with Japanese and Korean auto... View Details
                                Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                                  Stephen W. Sanger

                                  Sanger began his tenure with General Mills in 1974. One of his early successes was the introduction of blue diamond marshmallows in Lucky Charms which resulted in a 15% increase in sales. During his CEO tenure, sales have increased at a rate of 6% compared to an... View Details
                                  Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                                    Gordon S. Rentschler

                                    Rentschler helped grow National City into one of the world’s largest commercial banks. Under his leadership, National City Bank had assets of over $5 billion with branches throughout New York, Latin America and Asia. View Details
                                    Keywords: Finance

                                      John H. Patterson

                                      After somewhat hastily purchasing a small cash register company, Patterson devoted the rest of his life to promoting and improving upon the cash register technology, revolutionizing commercial business transactions and making NCR into the United States’ largest... View Details
                                      Keywords: Computers & Electronics