Kenneth Chenault
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Kenneth Irvine Chenault (born 2 June 1951) is a former president (1997-2001) and current Chief Executive Officer (2001-present) of American Express. Chenault was born on Long Island in 1951, attended the Waldorf School of Garden City and is a graduate of Bowdoin College (1973) and Harvard Law School (1977). After Harvard he worked as an associate with the law firm Rogers & Wells in New York City (1977-1979) and as a consultant for Bain & Company (1979-1981). He was the first African-American CEO of a Fortune 500 company. In 1995, Ebony listed him alongside Michael Jordan, Rosa Parks, Bill Cosby and Colin Powell as one of 50 "living pioneers" in the African-American community.
He is currently co-chair of the Business Roundtable.<ref>[1]Business Roundtable Web site, Web page titled "About Us: Officers" accessed September 15, 2006</ref>
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| Payment Products: Credit cards • Charge cards • Traveler's cheques • Centurion Card • Red Card • ExpressPay |
| Magazines: Travel + Leisure • Food & Wine • Executive Travel |
| Spun-off companies: Ameriprise Financial • First Data Corp. • Lehman Brothers • American Railway Express Agency • RiverSource |
| Notable Current & Former Executives: Henry Wells • William Fargo • Ralph Reed • James D. Robinson III • Lou Gerstner • Sandy Weill • Harvey Golub • Ken Chenault |
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Corporate Directors: Daniel Akerson • Charlene Barshefsky • Ursula Burns • Ken Chenault • Peter Chernin • Vernon Jordan Jr. • Jan Leschly • Richard McGinn • Edward Miller • Frank Popoff • Robert Walter |
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Annual Revenue: $24.27 billion USD (Image:Green Arrow Up.svg 10% FY 2005) | Employees: 65,800 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: AXP | Website: www.americanexpress.com |
