COMPANY

Telegram and money transfer services, founded 1851 in Rochester by Ezra Cornell.

Acquired by First Data in 1994, spun off 2006.

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

Industry:
Communications

Ticker:
NYSE:WU

Corporate headquarters:
Englewood, CO

Sales:
$4.9B (2007)

Employees:
5900 (2007)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ezra Cornell	Business	11-Jan-1807	9-Dec-1874	Founder of Cornell University
Christina A. Gold	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Western Union
Jay Gould	Business	27-May-1836	2-Dec-1892	Railroad baron owned Union Pacific
Stewart J. Paperin	Business	c. 1946		EVP of Soros Foundations

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dinyar S. Devitre	Business	c. 1946		CFO of Altria, 2002-08
Christina A. Gold	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Western Union
Jack M. Greenberg	Business	1942		CEO of McDonald's, 1998-2002
Betsy D. Holden	Business	1956		CEO of Kraft Foods, 2001-03
Alan J. Lacy	Business	19-Oct-1953		CEO of Sears, 2000-05
Linda Fayne Levinson	Business	c. 1942		Vendare Media Corporation
Roberto G. Mendoza	Business	1945		Vice Chairman of JP Morgan, 1990-2000
Michael A. Miles, Jr.	Business	c. 1961		President of Staples
Dennis Stevenson	Business	19-Jul-1945		Chairman of HBOS

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stewart J. Paperin	Business	c. 1946		EVP of Soros Foundations
Paul M. Warburg	Business	10-Aug-1868	24-Jan-1932	The Federal Reserve System

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Glenn Curtiss	Aviator	21-May-1878	23-Jul-1930	American aviation pioneer
Hutton Gibson	Relative	26-Aug-1918		Father of Mel Gibson
Vera Miles	Actor	23-Aug-1929		The Searchers
Alan B. Miller	Business	17-Aug-1937		Founder of Universal Health Services
Floyd Tillman	Country Musician	8-Dec-1914	22-Aug-2003	Honky-tonk drawler and guitarist

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