He was followed by Jean Picker Firstenberg who held the position of President and CEO from 1980 to 2007.

Philippe Kahn was at all times Chairman, President, and CEO of Borland Inc. from its inception in 1983 until he left in 1995.

In 1950, Olive Ann Beech was installed as president and CEO of the company, after the sudden death of her husband from a heart attack on 29 November of that year.

Retaining their Argentine interests ( 44 companies, by the 1980s ), the families continued to suffer from ongoing disputes, and in 1987, CEO Mario Hirsch died suddenly.

Although in 2002 the NYSE and the NASDAQ required that nominating committees consist of independent directors as a condition of listing, nomination committees have historically received input from management in their selections even when the CEO does not have a position on the board.

They found that directors received fewer votes from shareholders when their companies performed poorly, had excess CEO compensation, or had poor shareholder protection.

** Executive chairman – the chairman's post may also exist as an office separate from that of CEO, and it is considered an executive chairman if that titleholder wields influence over company operations, such as Steve Case of AOL Time Warner and Douglas Flint of HSBC.

** Non-executive chairman – also a separate post from the CEO, unlike an executive chairman, a non-executive chairman does not interfere in day-to-day company matters.

Similarly, the COO role is highly contingent and situational, as the role changes from company to company and even from CEO to successor CEO within the same company.

If the corporate President is not the COO ( such as Richard Parsons of Time Warner from 1995 – 2001 ), then many division heads report directly to the CEO themselves, with the President taking on special assignments from the CEO.

J. Irwin Miller, 2nd CEO and a nephew of a Co-Founder of Cummins Inc., the Columbus-headquartered diesel engine manufacturer, instituted a program in which the Cummins company paid the architects ' fee, provided the client selected a firm from a list compiled by Miller.

Ben Rosen provided the venture capital financing for the fledging company and served as chairman of the board for 18 years from 1983 until September 28, 2000, when he retired and was succeeded by Michael Capellas who served as the last Chairman and CEO until its merger with HP.

Immediately after Pfieffer's ouster, Capellas was elevated to interim chief operating officer by Rosen, and after several months Capellas was made President and CEO, also assuming the title of Chairman on September 28, 2000 when Rosen retired from the board of directors.

The 386 was for a time only available from Intel, since Andy Grove, Intel's CEO at the time, made the decision not to encourage other manufacturers to produce the processor as second sources.

Apple's Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ) John Sculley ousted Jobs from his day-to-day role at Apple, replacing him with Jean-Louis Gassée in 1985.

This reversion to Jerry Lewis resulted from a promise made by then-Paramount CEO Barney Balaban who gratuitously offered to give the rights back to Lewis as a birthday present.

Ferdinand Porsche's grandson, Ferdinand Piëch, was chairman and CEO of the Volkswagen Group from 1993 to 2002.

* Rick Belluzzo, SGI CEO from January 1998 to August 1999

* Rob Riley ( deceased ), CEO of the Aboriginal Legal Service 1990 – 1995, author of Telling Our Story which instigated the National Inquiry into Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families.

On June 26, 2009, Jeff Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, called for the U. S. to increase its manufacturing base employment to 20 % of the workforce, commenting that the U. S. has outsourced too much in some areas and can no longer rely on the financial sector and consumer spending to drive demand.

On June 3, 2008, one day prior to GM's annual shareholder meeting, Rick Wagoner, GM's CEO at that time, said the brand was being reviewed, and had the possibility of either being sold, having the production line completely redesigned, or being discontinued.

Thomas John Watson, Sr. ( February 17, 1874 – June 19, 1956 ) was the chairman and CEO of International Business Machines ( IBM ), who oversaw that company's growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956.

In June 2008, The New York Times Company named Cella M. Irvine as CEO of the About Group.

On June 26, 2009, Jeff Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, called for the United States to increase its manufacturing base employment to 20 % of the workforce, commenting that the U. S. has outsourced too much in some areas and can no longer rely on the financial sector and consumer spending to drive demand.

On June 6, 2007, CEO Brian Tierney of Philadelphia Media Holdings L. L. C., owning company of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly. com, went public in an article on Philly. com expressing interest in " joining with outside partners to buy Dow Jones.

CEO Alex Martins announced former Oklahoma City assistant general manager Rob Hennigan as the new general manager for the Orlando Magic on June 20, 2012.

As of June 2007, Bruce Lundvall, founder of Manhattan Records, continued as President / CEO of the Blue Note Label Group, at the time reporting directly to Eric Nicoli, then Chief Executive Officer of EMI Group.

On June 3, LeBow became CEO of Borders Group.

As of 11 June 2007, the CEO of Astrium is Evert Dudok who took over from Antoine Bouvier who became CEO of EADS subsidiary MBDA.

Following the commercial success of the film in June 1982, Steve Ross, chief executive officer ( CEO ) of Atari's parent company Warner Communications, started negotiations with Steven Spielberg and Universal Pictures to acquire the license to produce a video game based on the film.

In June 2009, James Bass, CEO of Piper Aircraft since 2005, announced he would step down effective that same month.

Chuck Huebner became President and CEO of Wizards of the Coast in June 2002, and Loren Greenwood succeeded Huebner in these positions in April 2004.

On June 20, 2011, Cedar Fair announced that Dick Kinzel would retire on January 3, 2012, and Matt Ouimet would become the CEO of the company.

On 1 June 1989, Erik G. Braathen, son of Bjørn G., took over as CEO at the age of 34.

In June, in a sign of continuing trouble at MSNBC, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that he would not have started MSNBC if he knew then what he knows now.

The highly generous pay packages include $ 172 million for Merril Lynch & Co. CEO Stanley O ' Neal from 2003 to 2007, before it was bought by Bank of America in 2008, and $ 161 million for Bear Stearns Co .' s James Cayne before the bank collapsed and was sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co. in June of 2008.

He is a former CEO of the Nine Network, resigning on 30 June 2007.

In June 2009, Manley was named the new President and CEO of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, effective January 2010.

* " Video with Interview with Meetup Founder & CEO Scott Heiferman ", explaining Meetup. com ´ s mission – The Meetup Organizer Boot Camp, June 10, 2009

Kelly, 56, was the president and CEO of Zoo Atlanta in Georgia from June 2003 until February 2010.

The sale was completed on June 16, 2011 with the CEO of ING Group at that time Jan Hommen saying the sale " marks a further important step in the restructuring of ING Group.

He became the CEO of Caldera International on June 28, 2002.