John W. Thompson

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John W. Thompson (b. April 24, 1949, Fort Dix, New Jersey) is a former vice-president at IBM and the current CEO of Symantec.

Thompson received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Florida A&M in 1971 and a Master's degree in Management (M.B.A.) from the Sloan Fellows program of the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1983.

In April 2006, Forbes published a list of the most highly compensated CEOs. Thompson was ranked #8 with a total compensation of $71.84 million (USD).

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