- Kenneth Chenault
Kenneth Irvine Chenault (born
Long Island ,June 2 ,1951 ] , :ʃenoː) has been theCEO andChairman ofAmerican Express since 2001.] ] He was the thirdAfrican-American CEO of aFortune 500 company.He attended the Waldorf School of Garden City, [ [http://www.businessweek.com/1998/51/b3609001.htm "Ken Chenault: The Rise of a Star"] "Business Week" Dec. 21, 1998] received a B.A. in
History fromBowdoin College in 1973, and aJuris Doctor fromHarvard Law School in 1976. After Harvard he worked as an associate with the law firmRogers & Wells inNew York City , and as aconsultant forBain & Company . He joined American Express in 1981, working instrategic planning .] He became President andChief Operating Officer in 1997.He is currently ladri of the
Business Roundtable ,] a director atIBM , and a member at theCouncil of Foreign Relations . [See for example the transcript of a luncheon over which he presided: cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/publication/9900/new_realities_in_the_media_age.html |title=New Realities in the Media Age: A Conversation with Donald Rumsfeld |date=February 17 , 2006 |accessdate=2007-05-11 |publisher=Council on Foreign Relations ] In 1995, "Ebony" listed him alongsideMichael Jordan ,Rosa Parks ,Bill Cosby andColin Powell as one of 50 "living pioneers" in the African-American community. [ Mr. Chenault was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2002.]
References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
