Best CEO's

[fxdwg]

We've seen them come and go.
Read about their good and bad.
Agreed or criticized......

Who do you perceive to have been one of the best CEO's of American Industry?

UPS: Jim Casey
GE: Jack Walsh
Chrysler: Lee Iacocca

Others..........

 

[Richard Harrow]

Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Bill Gates

 

[Anonymous 10]

Ronald Mcdonald

 

[airbusfxr]

Fred S started small package airline and took the world. He used a vision of moving packages by air worldwide.

 

[grgrcr88]

Who cares, their all overpaid corporate a**holes!!!

 

[Richard Harrow]

Another I thought of, Andrew Carnegie. The man was an industrial genius in revolutionizing the steel industry and an incredible philanthropist. He gave away much of his fortune for good causes, even to a pension fund for his former employees. J.D. Rockefeller is another CEO like Carnegie that comes to mind as well.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Who cares, their all overpaid corporate a**holes!!!

Warren Buffet and Bill Gates each draw a salary of $1.

 

[ajblakejr]

Henry Ford

 

[ajblakejr]

Another I thought of, Andrew Carnegie. The man was an industrial genius in revolutionizing the steel industry and an incredible philanthropist. He gave away much of his fortune for good causes, even to a pension fund for his former employees. J.D. Rockefeller is another CEO like Carnegie that comes to mind as well.

I agree.

 

[ajblakejr]

Harry L. Bradley

 

[slantnosechevy]

Thank God for Teddy Roosevelt who busted the balls of Carnegie, Rockefeller, etc. We needed him again 20 years ago.

 

[bluehdmc]

Carnegie may have been a philanthropist after he died, but he was ruthless as a business man. The same can be said for Rockefeller, he would make agreements with competitors and then screw them out of business. That's why they broke up Standard Oil, he had a near monopoly on the oil wells, the distribution, refining etc.
I heard Henry Ford's method of discharging executives was to chop up their desks. I guess they got the hint.

 

[Anonymous 10]

Art Modell not

 

[dcdriver]

Art Modell. had a vision to move to Baltimore.

 

[Richard Harrow]

Carnegie may have been a philanthropist after he died, but he was ruthless as a business man. The same can be said for Rockefeller, he would make agreements with competitors and then screw them out of business. That's why they broke up Standard Oil, he had a near monopoly on the oil wells, the distribution, refining etc.
I heard Henry Ford's method of discharging executives was to chop up their desks. I guess they got the hint.

The thread is about the best CEO's in American history. That's what the best do.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

The thread is about the best CEO's in American history. That's what the best do.

Then how would you explain Bill Gates and the success that he and Microsoft have had?

 

[fxdwg]

Some say Charles Koch in Wichita. He's also known as the world's most successful private billionaire. Koch Industries was the world's largest private company at one time. Now they're #2.

 

[brownboxman]

My Dad, had a small farm, kept it solvent, fed eight kids, taught them all how to work hard, gave back to his community, died happy.

 

[fxdwg]

My Dad, had a small farm, kept it solvent, fed eight kids, taught them all how to work hard, gave back to his community, died happy.

Thanks bbman..........

Nice reality check. None of us are CEO's and the glimpse into what your Dad did brings me back to Earth! FXD