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Vincent C. Ziegler
Zeigler presided over Gillette’s strongest financial performance in its 73-year history. He helped Gillette reach the $1 billion mark in revenues in 1973 – up from $340 million when he assumed the CEO position. Under Zeigler, Gillette introduced the Trac II razor,... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
William Steere, Jr.
Steere was strongly devoted to making Pfizer the number one pharmaceutical company in the United States. His first task at the pharmaceutical company was to cut the 40% of its business that was unrelated to what was considered its core drugs. Pouring money into... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
John D. Ryan
Ryan’s negotiation skills helped put an end to bitter competition among Montana copper moguls in the early 1900s. When he assumed control of Anaconda, he capitalized on the increasing importance of copper in electricity production, growing Anaconda into the largest... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
Hans W. Becherer
Becherer rebuilt Deere & Company, following the financial farm crisis of the 1980s, into a diverse, global competitor. In 1998, revenues from outside the United States accounted for approximately 25% of Deere & Company sales. Becherer so successfully... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
Will K. Kellogg
Kellogg invented corn flakes and created a breakfast cereal empire. Practicing pioneering advertising techniques, he managed to change the American breakfast style. Today, the Kellogg Company carries on the tradition of innovative advertising and continues to develop... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
Don H. Barden
Barden capitalized on the expansion of cable in the early eighties by targeting predominantly African-American communities. He secured the wiring rights to the city of Detroit and formed a partnership with Maclean Hunter, one of Canada’s largest cable companies, to... View Details
Keywords: Communications
Robert E. Dewar
With a law degree from Wayne State University, Dewar joined S. S. Kresge (K-Mart) in the legal department. However, he became more interested in business than law and eventually led K-Mart’s huge expansion of retail stores nationwide. He opened 271 stores in 1976 alone... View Details
Keywords: Retail
Richard M. DeVos
In 1959, with his partner Jay Van Andel, DeVos established one of the most profitable direct selling companies in the world. Van Andel and DeVos accomplished their success through the use of an elaborate pyramid-like distribution system in which independent... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
C. Michael Armstrong
Before Armstrong, the strategy at AT&T was focused on protecting the company’s long distance business. Under Armstrong’s leadership, the company expanded its communications business to include cellular telephone, internet access, and local and international... View Details
Keywords: Communications
Max De Pree
De Pree grew the small family-owned business into the second largest furniture maker in the world. Under De Pree’s leadership, Herman Miller had the unique distinction of being named to three Fortune Top 10 lists – most admired companies, most innovative companies, and... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 18 Jul 2019
Seattle Future Leadership MBA + Engineering Multi-School Event
Connect with Admissions Officers and alumni to learn about the Harvard MS/MBA Program (Joint degree between SEAS & HBS). Kellogg School of Management, University of Michigan Tauber Institute for Global Operations, and MIT Leaders for... View Details
- 16 Jul 2019
San Francisco Future Leadership MBA + Engineering Multi-School Event
Connect with Admissions Officers and alumni to learn about the Harvard MS/MBA Program (Joint degree between SEAS & HBS). Kellogg School of Management, University of Michigan Tauber Institute for Global Operations, and MIT Leaders for... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
Future Leadership: MBA + Engineering Multi-School Event
Connect with Admissions Officers and alumni to learn about the Harvard MS/MBA Program (Joint degree between SEAS & HBS). Kellogg School of Management, University of Michigan Tauber Institute for Global Operations, and MIT Leaders for... View Details
Guy S. Peppiatt
During the nineteen years Peppiatt served the company in an executive capacity, the net sales of Federal-Mogul increased dramatically from $25 million (1950) to $263 million (1969). This tenfold increase was fostered by his commitment to retaining and building a strong... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
Terrence E. Adderley
Taking over his stepfather's role, Adderley was responsible for Kelly’s rapid growth. He expanded Kelly’s services and global reach while achieving revenue growth from $60 million in 1967 to over $4 billion today. Today, Kelly is the global leader in supplying... View Details
Keywords: Services
Daniel K. Ludwig
Ludwig created the largest shipping company in the United States (the world’s third largest) and one of the world’s biggest private multinational corporations. His operations spanned 23 countries, employed more than 2,000 people, and controlled several billion dollars... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
Harold V. Haverty
Haverty achieved over 5 consecutive years of 25%+ return on equity ratios and double digit revenue growth. He is credited with diversifying Deluxe – expanding into electronic funds processing from off-line check printing. Haverty was cited by Forbes in 1991 as the most... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Frederic G. Donner
An accountant by training, Donner was recognized as one of the sharpest financial minds in business. His overwhelming command of the financial aspects of running GM led him to set new records for sales, profitability, and dividend payments. He is principally credited... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
E. Gifford Upjohn
Upjohn played an instrumental role in supporting legislation requiring pharmaceutical companies to prove a drug’s effectiveness in clinical trials prior to its general release. A physician by training, Upjohn established the Medical Division of the company in 1937.... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
Henry B. Joy
Under Joy’s leadership, Packard Motor’s automobile became one of the most respected cars in the 1900s. He was also prominent in the development of the Liberty airplane motor. View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace