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Wackenhut
COMPANY
America's largest (and the world's second-largest) private security company. Founded in Miami by four ex-FBI agents in 1954, under the name Special Agent Investigators Inc. Acquired by a Danish corporation in 2002.
Wackenhut provides security personnel for many prisons, nuclear facilities, and military installations within the U.S. They also furnish staff for many U.S. Embassies around the world.
Official Website:
http://www.wackenhut.com/ Corporate headquarters:
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Employees:
38,000
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| William Casey |
Spy |
13-Mar-1913 |
29-Jan-1987 |
CIA Director, 1981-87 |
| Kendrick Meek |
Politician |
6-Sep-1966 |
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Congressman, Florida 17th |
| George Zoley |
Business |
7-Feb-1950 |
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CEO, Wackenhut Corrections |
EXECUTIVES
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Gary A. Sanders |
Business |
c. 1952 |
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CEO of Wackenhut |
BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Richard G. Capen |
Publisher |
c. 1935 |
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US Ambassador to Spain, 1992-93 |
| Frank Carlucci |
Government |
18-Oct-1930 |
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US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89 |
| Bobby Ray Inman |
Military |
4-Apr-1931 |
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Admiral, NSA Director, Deputy CIA Director |
| Paul X. Kelley |
Military |
11-Nov-1928 |
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28th USMC Commandant, 1983-87 |
| Thomas P. Stafford |
Astronaut |
17-Sep-1930 |
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Gemini 6 & 9, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz |
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
EXTRANEOUS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Michelle Bernard |
Activist |
c. 1964 |
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Conservative commentator |
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