James R. Young (UP)

James R. Young (UP)

James R. Young is the current President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board for Union Pacific Railroad.

Youth and education

Young graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.cite web| author=Union Pacific Railroad| url=http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/exec/index.shtml#young| title=UP: Executive Profiles - James R. Young, President and Chief Executive Officer| accessdate=2007-01-31 ]

On June 7, 2008, Young received a Doctorate of Commerce from Bellevue University. [cite press release| url=http://www.bellevue.edu/cs/ContentServer/bu/bu/buNews/1201738415490/1170175679056| title=Bellevue University Celebrates 2008 Spring Commencement| publisher=Bellevue University| accessdate=2008-06-18| ]

Career

He began working for Union Pacific in 1978. Through a series of promotions he worked his way up the chain of command to be elected President of the railroad in January 2004. In February 2005, he was elected to the Board of Directors for the railroad, becoming Chairman in November 2005. On January 1 2006, he succeeded Richard K. Davidson as CEO of Union Pacific Corporation, the parent company of Union Pacific Railroad. [cite news| publisher=Railway Age| date=November 18 2005| url=http://www.railwayage.com/breaking_news.shtml| title=Young to replace Davidson at UP helm Jan. 1| accessdate=2005-11-30 .]

Young assumed the additional role of Chairman of the Board of Directors as of February 1 2007. [cite press release| publisher=Union Pacific Railroad| date=2007-01-30| url=http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/releases/financial/2007/0130_youngceo.shtml| title=Union Pacific Elects President and CEO James R. Young Chairman of the Board| accessdate=2007-01-31 ]

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • James Whitney Young — (January 24, 1941) was born in Portland, Oregon, and is currently the resident astronomer of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory s Table Mountain Observatory (TMO) near Wrightwood, California having been with them for 45 years. A very prolific asteroid …   Wikipedia

  • James H. Young — (1860 1921) was an African American politician in North Carolina.Young was born in 1860 near Henderson, North Carolina to a slave woman and a prominent white man. Educated at Shaw University, Young was hired to work in the office of Colonel J. J …   Wikipedia

  • James R. Young — James Rankin Young (March 10, 1847 December 18, 1924) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Early lifeJames R. Young was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the Union Army in June 1863 in… …   Wikipedia

  • James Alexander Young — (1875 1956) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party. He was Mayor of Hamilton from 1909 to 1912. He then represented the Waikato electorate from 1911 to 1922, and then the Hamilton electorate from 1922 to 1935, when he was defeated. He… …   Wikipedia

  • James R. Young (NC politician) — James R. Young was the first North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance. Born in 1853 in what was then Granville County, North Carolina, Young was educated at Hampden Sydney College and established an insurance agency in Henderson. He also became… …   Wikipedia

  • James Young — may refer to: James Young (1762–1833), Royal Navy officer James Young (American musician) (b. 1949), guitarist for the band Styx James Young (British musician), author, keyboardist and composer, briefly accompanist for Nico James Young (Canadian… …   Wikipedia

  • James Young (disambiguation) — James Young may refer to: *James Young (1811 ndash;1883), Scottish chemist *James Young (American musician) (b. 1949), guitarist for the band Styx *James Young (British musician), author, keyboardist and composer, longtime accompanist for Nico… …   Wikipedia

  • James Young — Nombre real James L. Young Nacimiento 1 de enero de 1872 …   Wikipedia Español

  • James Valitchka — wrote his first bestselling novel Superheroes Don t Have Dads at 8 years old. When James was only 10 years old he became an Anti Bullying Advocate and motivational speaker, as well as a Goodwill Ambassador for literacy. Sponsored by Air Canada… …   Wikipedia

  • Young (surname) — Young is an English, Irish, and Scottish surname, and may refer to:A*Ace Young, singer and American Idol (Season 5) finalist from Colorado, USA *Adrian Young, member of the band No Doubt *Adrienne Young, singer songwriter from Nashville,… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”