International Directory of BUSINESS BIOGRAPHIES Volume 4 IDBB titles 9/20/04 11:49 AM Page 1 International Directory of VOLUME 4 S-Z Edited by Neil Schlager Produced by Schlager Group Inc. BUSINESS BIOGRAPHIES Volume 4 IDBB titles 9/20/04 11:49 AM Page 3 Project Editor Margaret Mazurkiewicz Editorial Erin Bealmear, Joann Cerrito, Jim Craddock, Stephen Cusack, Miranda Ferrara, Peter M. Gareffa, Kristin Hart, Melissa Hill, Carol Schwartz, Bridget Travers, Michael J. Tyrkus Editorial Support Services Luann Brennan Rights Acquisitions Management Mari Masalin-Cooper, Shalice Shah-Caldwell Imaging and Multimedia Dean Dauphinais, Lezlie Light, Dan Newell, Christine O’Bryan Composition Evi Seoud Product Design Jennifer Wahi Manufacturing Rhonda Williams International Directory of Business Biographies Schlager Group Inc. Staff Neil Schlager, president Marcia Merryman Means, managing editor © 2005 Thomson Gale, a part of The Thomson Corporation. 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HC29.I57 2005 338.092’2—dc22 2004011756 idbb_fm 9/20/04 3:40 PM Page iv PREFACE PAGE vii–viii LIST OF ADVISERS ix LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS xi LIST OF ENTRANTS xiii–xxii ENTRIES VOLUME 1: A-E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–466 VOLUME 2: F-L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–505 VOLUME 3: M-R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–457 VOLUME 4: S-Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–403 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 405–410 NATIONALITY INDEX 411–417 GEOGRAPHIC INDEX 419–425 COMPANY AND INDUSTRY INDEX 427–447 NAME INDEX 449–465 Contents ឣ ឣ ឣ International Directory of Business Biographies v idbb_fm 9/27/04 9:42 AM Page v Welcome to the International Directory of Business Biogra- phies (IDBB). This four-volume set covers more than 600 prominent business people from around the world and is in- tended for reference use by management students, librarians, educators, historians, and others who seek information about the people leading the world’s biggest and most influential companies. The articles, all of which include bylines, were written by a team of journalists, academics, librarians, and in- dependent scholars. (See Notes on Contributors.) Approxi- mately 60 percent of the entrants are American, while 40 percent are from other countries. Articles were compiled from material supplied by companies for whom the entrants work, general and academic periodicals, books, and annual reports. With its up-to-date profiles of important figures from the world of international business, IDBB complements the pop- ular St. James Press series International Directory of Company Histories (IDCH), which provides entries on the world’s largest and most influential companies. Leaders of many of the companies covered in IDCH are profiled in IDBB. INCLUSION CRITERIA The list of entrants in IDBB was developed by the editors in consultation with the academics and librarians serving on IDBB ’s advisory board. (See List of Advisers.) The majority of people profiled here are current or recent chief executives of large, publicly traded companies such as those found on the Fortune 500 and Global 500 lists of companies compiled by Fortune magazine. Among this group are familiar names such as H. Lee Scott Jr. of Wal-Mart, Carly Fiorina of Hewlett-Packard, John Browne of BP, and Nobuyuki Idei of Sony. Retired or former executives like GE’s Jack Welch and Vivendi Universal’s Jean-Marie Messier also make the list, as do a few deceased individuals who were active in the past few years, including Jim Cantalupo of McDonald’s and Chung Ju-yung of Hyundai. In addition, we have included other high-profile individu- als whose companies are privately held or are not large enough to make the Fortune lists but whose influence makes them valuable candidates for study, such as Kase L. Lawal of CAMAC Holdings, Oprah Winfrey of Harpo Productions, and Terence Conran of Conran Holdings. We also mix in up- and-coming executives who may not currently be chief execu- tives but who are rapidly gaining prominence in the business world; among this group are Indra K. Nooyi of PepsiCo and Lachlan and James Murdoch of News Corporation. For these latter categories, we have attempted to highlight female and minority executives who, even in the early twenty-first centu- ry, continue to be underrepresented in the upper echelons of the corporate world. Readers should note that our aim was to produce bal- anced, objective profiles of influential executives, and individ- uals were not disqualified if they or their companies were enmeshed in scandal. Thus, the set includes articles about ex- ecutives such as Ken Lay of Enron, Dennis Kozlowski of Tyco International, and Martha Stewart of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, all of whom were indicted on criminal charges in the early 2000s. ARRANGEMENT OF SET AND ENTRY FORMAT The four-volume set is arranged alphabetically by sur- name. An alphabetical list of subjects is included in the front- matter. Within each entry, readers will find the following sections: Fact Box: This section provides details about the subject’s birth and death dates, birth and death locations, family informa- tion, educational background, work history, major awards, and publications. For entrants affiliated with a specific com- pany at the time of publication, the Fact Box also includes the company address and URL address, except in cases where the subject is no longer affiliated with a company. Main Text: This section provides a narrative overview of the sub- ject’s life, career trajectory, and influence. The text includes subheadings to assist the reader in navigating the key periods in the subject’s life. Sources for Further Information: This section lists books, arti- cles, and Web sites containing more information about the subject. Also included here are sources from which quotations are drawn in the main text. See also: At the end of most articles is a cross-reference to appli- cable company profiles in the International Directory of Com- pany Histories. Preface ឣ ឣ ឣ International Directory of Business Biographies vii idbb_fm 9/23/04 12:25 PM Page vii INDEXES IDBB includes four indexes. The Nationality Index lists entrants according to their country of birth, country of citi- zenship (if different from country of birth), and country of long-term residence. The Geographic Index lists entrants ac- cording to the country of the headquarters of operation or the country where the subject works (if different from country of the headquarters); the index lists entrants according to their employer at the time of publication as well as significant pre- vious companies where they were employed. The Company and Industry Index lists entrants according to their current and former companies of employment as well the industries in which those companies operate; in this latter index, indus- tries are listed in small caps, while companies are listed in ro- man font with upper- and lowercase letters. The Name Index lists all entrants as well as other significant individuals dis- cussed in the text. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Numerous individuals deserve gratitude for their assistance with this project. I am indebted to everyone at St. James Press and Thomson Gale who assisted with the production, partic- ularly Margaret Mazurkiewicz, who provided crucial help at all stages of production; I also thank Chris Nasso, Peter Gar- effa, and Bridget Travers for their support. At Schlager Group, Marcia Merryman Means elucidated style matters and coordi- nated the copyediting and fact-checking process, while Jayne Weisblatt and Vanessa Torrado-Caputo provided valuable edi- torial assistance. Neil Schlager SUGGESTIONS WELCOME Comments and suggestions from users of IDBB on any as- pect of the product are cordially invited. Suggestions for addi- tional business people to include in future new editions or supplements are also welcomed. Please write: The Editor International Directory of Business Biographies Thomson Gale 27500 Drake Rd. Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535 Preface viii International Directory of Business Biographies idbb_fm 9/20/04 3:40 PM Page viii Vincenzo Baglieri, PhD Director, Technology Management Department Bocconi School of Management Bocconi University Milan, Italy Lyda Bigelow, PhD Assistant Professor of Organization and Strategy Olin School of Business Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri Diane Davenport, MLS Reference Manager Berkeley Public Library Berkeley, California Karl Moore, PhD Associate Professor Faculty of Management McGill University Montreal, Canada Mohammad K. Najdawi, PhD Senior Associate Dean and Professor Department of Decision and Information Technologies College of Commerce and Finance Villanova University Villanova, Pennsylvania Judith M. Nixon, MLS Management and Economics Librarian Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana Advisers ឣ ឣ ឣ International Directory of Business Biographies ix idbb_fm 9/20/04 3:40 PM Page ix Elisa Addlesperger Barry Alfonso Margaret Alic Don Amerman William Arthur Atkins Kirk H. Beetz Patricia C. Behnke Mark Best Alan Bjerga Jeanette Bogren Thomas Borjas Carol Brennan Jack J. Cardoso C. A. Chien Peter Collins Stephen Collins Matthew Cordon Peggy Daniels Amanda de la Garza Ed Dinger Catherine Donaldson Jim Fike Virginia Finsterwald Tiffeni Fontno Katrina Ford Erik Donald France Lisa Frick Margaret E. Gillio Larry Gilman Meg Greene Paul Greenland Barbara Gunvaldsen Timothy L. Halpern Lauri Harding Lucy Heckman Ashyia N. Henderson Eve M. B. Hermann John Herrick Jeremy W. Hubbell Dawn Jacob Laney Michelle Johnson Jean Kieling Barbara Koch Deborah Kondek Alison Lake Sandra Larkin Josh Lauer Anne Lesser David Lewis Jennifer Long DeAnne Luck Susan Ludwig David Marc William F. Martin Beth Maser Doris Morris Maxfield Ann McCarthy Patricia McKenna Lee McQueen Jill Meister Carole Sayegh Moussalli Miriam C. Nagel Catherine Naghdi Caryn E. Neumann John M. Owen Carol Pech David Petechuk Anastasis Petrou A. Petruso Luca Prono Trudy Ring Nelson Rhodes Celia Ross Joseph C. Santora Lorraine Savage M. W. Scott Cathy Seckman Kenneth R. Shepherd Stephanie Dionne Sherk Hartley Spatt Janet P. Stamatel Kris Swank François Therin Marie L. Thompson Mary Tradii Scott Trudell David Tulloch Michael Vandyke Maike van Wijk Stephanie Watson Valerie Webster S. E. Weigant Kelly Wittmann Lisa Wolff Timothy Wowk Ronald Young Barry Youngerman Candy Zulkosky Contributors ឣ ឣ ឣ International Directory of Business Biographies xi idbb_fm 9/20/04 3:40 PM Page xi A F. Duane Ackerman Josef Ackermann Shai Agassi Umberto Agnelli Ahn Cheol-soo Naoyuki Akikusa Raúl Alarcón Jr. William F. Aldinger III Vagit Y. Alekperov César Alierta Izuel Herbert M. Allison Jr. John A. Allison IV Dan Amos Brad Anderson Richard H. Anderson G. Allen Andreas Jr. Micky Arison C. Michael Armstrong Bernard Arnault Gerard J. Arpey Ramani Ayer B Michael J. Bailey Sergio Balbinot Steve Ballmer Jill Barad Don H. Barden Ned Barnholt Colleen Barrett Craig R. Barrett Matthew William Barrett John M. Barth Glen A. Barton Richard Barton J. T. Battenberg III Claude Bébéar Pierre-Olivier Beckers Jean-Louis Beffa Alain Belda Charles Bell Luciano Benetton Robert H. Benmosche Silvio Berlusconi Betsy Bernard Daniel Bernard David W. Bernauer Wulf H. Bernotat Gordon M. Bethune J. Robert Beyster Jeff Bezos Pierre Bilger Alwaleed Bin Talal Dave Bing Carole Black Cathleen Black Jonathan Bloomer Alan L. Boeckmann Daniel Bouton List of Entrants ឣ ឣ ឣ International Directory of Business Biographies xiii idbb_fm 9/20/04 3:40 PM Page xiii Martin Bouygues Jack O. Bovender Jr. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe Richard Branson Edward D. Breen Thierry Breton Ulrich Brixner John Browne Wayne Brunetti John E. Bryson Warren E. Buffett Steven A. Burd H. Peter Burg Antony Burgmans James Burke Ursula Burns C Louis C. Camilleri Lewis B. Campbell Philippe Camus Michael R. Cannon Jim Cantalupo Thomas E. Capps Daniel A. Carp Peter Cartwright Steve Case Cássio Casseb Lima Robert B. Catell William Cavanaugh III Charles M. Cawley Clarence P. Cazalot Jr. Nicholas D. Chabraja John T. Chambers J. Harold Chandler Morris Chang Chen Tonghai Kenneth I. Chenault Fujio Cho Chung Ju-yung Carla Cico Philippe Citerne Jim Clark Vance D. Coffman Douglas R. Conant Phil Condit Terence Conran John W. Conway John R. Coomber Roger Corbett Alston D. Correll Alfonso Cortina de Alcocer David M. Cote Robert Crandall Mac Crawford Carlos Criado-Perez James R. Crosby Adam Crozier Alexander M. Cutler Márcio A. Cypriano D David F. D’Alessandro Eric Daniels George David Richard K. Davidson Julian C. Day Henri de Castries Michael S. Dell Guerrino De Luca Hebert Demel Roger Deromedi List of Entrants xiv International Directory of Business Biographies idbb_fm 9/20/04 3:40 PM Page xiv [...]... stores every year On his first day as CEO he paid a visit to the original store in Brighton, Massachusetts, to work the floor dressed in the same red shirt and black pants worn by all of the sales associates He also visited the competition This hands-on approach allowed him to observe how changes were affecting the day-to-day life of both customers and sales associates Sargent eased Staples s 30-day... only mass producer of fullerenes, which had a host of applications from cures for some cancers and treatments for other diseases to the manufacturing of super-strong composites of metals and polymers To develop the possibilities of polymers, Sasaki did something that was very rare for Mitsubishi Corporation—he forged partnerships with companies outside of the keiretsu In June 19 94 Sasaki was made a... sophisticated customer-management system to offer 11 Ron Sargent items of interest and possible savings based upon a customer s past preferences And to better serve Staples s direct-delivery customers, Sargent reorganized the sales force into “hunters,” who acquired new accounts, and “farmers,” who serviced the accounts, with both groups having more time to spend with customers In his early days as CEO,... legendary He held several senior-executive-level positions in major U .S companies in the telecommunications industry At times, his ascension into top-management positions appeared almost meteoric Described by superiors and industry analysts as possessing determination and drive, he received International Directory of Business Biographies Arun Sarin AP/Wide World Photos high marks for his work in the preparation... visits from the CEO, Staples began keeping track of customer satisfaction through the mysteryshopper program begun under Sargent A mystery shopper rated each store every month and associates received bonuses based on the scores Overall store scores improved steadily as a result of this program, reflecting increased customer service Staples began offering a reward program to its customers, using its sophisticated... Stewart Mikio Sasaki Patrick T Stokes Paolo Scaroni Harry C Stonecipher George A Schaefer Jr Hans Stråberg Leonard D Schaeffer Belinda Stronach Hans-Jürgen Schinzler Ronald D Sugar James J Schiro Osamu Suzuki Werner Schmidt Toshifumi Suzuki Richard J Schnieders Carl-Henric Svanberg Jürgen E Schrempp William H Swanson Howard Schultz Ekkehard D Schulz T Gerald W Schwartz Keiji Tachikawa Louis Schweitzer Noel... Renzo Rosso Thomas Siebel John W Rowe Henry R Silverman Allen R Rowland Russell Simmons Patricia F Russo James D Sinegal Edward B Rust Jr Carlos Slim Arthur F Ryan Bruce A Smith Patrick G Ryan Fred Smith Thomas M Ryan O Bruton Smith Stacey Snider S Jure Sola Alfredo S enz George Soros Mary F Sammons William S Stavropoulos Steve Sanger Sy Sternberg Ron Sargent David L Steward Arun Sarin Martha Stewart... OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH Sargent continued to cut costs while seeking potential growth areas Staples began opening stores in Europe in 1991; as of early 20 04 European stores accounted for 12 percent of sales but only 6 percent of profits Shortly after becoming CEO, Sargent executed Staples s successful acquisition of the French mail-order business Guilbert He replaced Americans with Europeans as heads of European... grocery business, where private-label brands play a big role, to expand the Staples storebrand product mix Eliminating low-margin items allowed Staples to reduce its inventory and its number of vendors while still maintaining its focus on customers In a BusinessWeek Online interview, Sargent explained, “We’re going to squeeze the daylights out International Directory of Business Biographies of every... that s going to treat the stockholders well It s a virtuous circle.” After taking over as CEO, Sargent refocused Staples in a number of ways More attention was paid to the small -business and home -of ce customers that research showed were Staples s core base and who typically shopped for higher-priced items with higher profit margins Staples rechanneled some of its marketing budget away from newspaper inserts . 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