KENNETH CHENAULT

'Kenneth Irvine Chenault' (born Long Island, June 2, 1951^[1]) has been the CEO and Chairman of American Express since 2001.^[2]
[3] He was the third African-American CEO of a Fortune 500 company.^[4]
He received a B.A. in History from Bowdoin College in 1973, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1976. After Harvard he worked as an associate with the law firm Rogers & Wells in New York City, and as a consultant for Bain & Company. He joined American Express in 1981, working in strategic planning.^[5] He became President and Chief Operating Officer in 1997.
He is currently co-chair of the Business Roundtable,^[6]
a director at IBM, and a member at the Council of Foreign Relations.^[7] 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.^[8]

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Kenneth Chenault: Corporate CEO

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Board of Directors and Executive Officers

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Kenneth I Chenault profile

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Business Biographies: Kenneth I. Chenault
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KEN CHENAULT: THE RISE OF A STAR Anthony Bianco

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About us: Officers

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See for example the transcript of a luncheon over which he presided: New Realities in the Media Age: A Conversation with Donald Rumsfeld

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50 who changed America - influential African Americans