Kenneth Chenault

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Kenneth Irvine Chenault (born 2 June 1951) is a former president (1997-2001) and current Chief Executive Officer (2001-present) of American Express. Chenault was born on Long Island in 1951, attended the Waldorf School of Garden City and is a graduate of Bowdoin College (1973) and Harvard Law School (1977). After Harvard he worked as an associate with the law firm Rogers & Wells in New York City (1977-1979) and as a consultant for Bain & Company (1979-1981). He was the first African-American CEO of a Fortune 500 company. In 1995, Ebony listed him alongside Michael Jordan, Rosa Parks, Bill Cosby and Colin Powell as one of 50 "living pioneers" in the African-American community.

External links

• [1998 profile in Business Week]
• [February 2002 profile on CNN]
• [link]

 

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