• the retired United States Air Force lieutenant general Nicholas Kehoe became the President and CEO of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society in 2003 after 34 years of military service?
• the online business term Enterprise 2.0 originated with Participate Systems CEO Alan Warms in 2001 and has spawned an annual collaborative technologies conference of the same name?
• Larry Scott, CEO of the WTA, put together the largest sponsorship in the history of women's athletics, an US$88-million deal with Sony Ericsson?

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• Conrad Wilhelm Eger was an associate of Norwegian industrialist Sam Eyde, serving as CEO of Elkem from 1912 to 1950?
• Lillian Too, renowned feng shui expert, was once chief executive officer of a bank, and has written over 80 books since her retirement?
• Muhtar Kent, named to assume the post of CEO of the Coca-Cola Company on July 1, 2008, is the son of a Turkish diplomat, who risked his life to save Jews in France during the Holocaust?
• Muzzammil Hassan is the CEO of Bridges TV, the first American Muslim television network to broadcast in English?
• John Surma is the president and chief executive officer of United States Steel Corporation?
• former FedEx Office CEO Ken May was elected the March of Dimes' board of trustees chairman in 2007?
• the CEO of toonlet has also worked on The Sims, SimCity and Spore?

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• Clarence Cazalot quadrupled Marathon Oil's net income during his first year as chief executive?

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• Dennis Spurgeon, formerly chief operating officer at uranium supplier USEC Inc., became U.S. Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy in 2006?

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• Tuskegee Airman fighter pilot Raymond V. Haysbert became a successful African-American CEO after World War II and later chaired the Greater Baltimore Urban League until his recent death at age 90?
• Christian Rynning-Tønnesen accepted a CEO job offer of Agder Energi in 2006, but changed his mind shortly after when offered the same position in Norske Skog?
• James Roche became CEO and chairman of the board of General Motors without a college education?
• Julie Wainwright was CEO of one of the shortest-lived public companies on record?
• at 49, Douglas A. Warner III was the youngest ever CEO of J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc.?
• twice named All-American football tackle Robert "Brick" Wahl later became CEO of a Fortune 500 irrigation equipment company?