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Caterpillar

COMPANY

Manufacturer of construction equipment and engines, founded 1925 in Peoria, IL when Holt Manufacturing Company merged with the C. L. Best Tractor Company, becoming the Caterpillar Tractor Company. In 1986 it changed its name to Caterpillar, Inc.

Official Website:
http://www.caterpillar.com/

Industry:
Manufacturing

Ticker:
NYSE:CAT

Corporate headquarters:
Peoria, IL

Sales:
$36.3B (2005)

Employees:
93,000

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Glen A. Barton
Business
1939   CEO of Caterpillar, 1999-2004
Charles A. Blixt
Attorney
18-Aug-1951   Former counsel, RJ Reynolds
Donald V. Fites
Business
20-Jan-1934   CEO of Caterpillar, 1990-99
Stuart L. Levenick
Business
c. 1954   Group President, Caterpillar Inc.
Douglas R. Oberhelman
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Caterpillar
James W. Owens
Business
c. 1946   CEO of Caterpillar, 2004-10
Gerald L. Shaheen
Business
c. 1944   Group President, Caterpillar Inc.
Richard L. Thompson
Business
c. 1940   Group President at Caterpillar, 1995-2004
Gerard R. Vittecoq
Business
c. 1950   Group President at Caterpillar

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David L. Calhoun
Business
c. 1957   CEO of The Nielsen Company
Daniel A. Dickinson
Business
c. 1961   Thayer Capital Partners
Eugene V. Fife
Business
c. 1940   Former Partner, Goldman Sachs
Juan Gallardo
Business
c. 1948   CEO of Grupo Embotelladoras Unidas
David R. Goode
Business
13-Jan-1941   CEO of Norfolk Southern, 1992-2005
Jesse J. Greene, Jr.
Business
c. 1945   Chief Financial Risk Officer at IBM, 2007-10
Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Politician
26-Mar-1960   US Ambassador to China, 2009-11
Peter A. Magowan
Business
5-Apr-1942   President, San Francisco Giants
Dennis A. Muilenburg
Business
c. 1964   EVP at Boeing
Douglas R. Oberhelman
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Caterpillar
William A. Osborn
Business
14-Oct-1947   CEO of Northern Trust, 1995-2008
Charles Powell
Business
6-Jun-1941   Private Secretary to Thatcher, 1983-90
Edward B. Rust, Jr.
Business
3-Aug-1950   CEO of State Farm Insurance
Susan Schwab
Government
23-Mar-1955   US Trade Representative
Joshua I. Smith
Business
c. 1941   Coaching Group LLC
Miles D. White
Business
1955   CEO of Abbott Laboratories

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Glen A. Barton
Business
1939   CEO of Caterpillar, 1999-2004
W. Frank Blount
Business
c. 1939   CEO of Telstra, 1992-99
John R. Brazil
Educator
1946   President of Trinity University, 2000-10
John T. Dillon
Business
7-Sep-1938   CEO of International Paper, 1996-2003
Donald V. Fites
Business
20-Jan-1934   CEO of Caterpillar, 1990-99
Gail D. Fosler
Economist
c. 1948   President, The Conference Board
Robert S. Ingersoll
Diplomat
28-Jan-1914 22-Aug-2010 CEO of Borg-Warner, 1958-72
Charles F. Knight
Business
1936   CEO of Emerson Electric, 1973-2000
James W. Owens
Business
c. 1946   CEO of Caterpillar, 2004-10
Clayton K. Yeutter
Government
10-Dec-1930   US Secretary of Agriculture, 1989-91

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
William K. Gerber
Business
c. 1953   CFO of Kelly Services, 1998-2007
Howard L. Lance
Business
1955   CEO of Harris Corporation
Bill Sali
Politician
17-Feb-1954   Congressman, Idaho 1st


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