COMPANY

Credit card company and global financial services firm, founded 1850 by Henry Wells, William Fargo, and John Butterfield.

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

Industry:
Finance

Ticker:
NYSE:AXP

Corporate headquarters:
New York City

Sales:
$29B (2004)

Employees:
77,500 (2004)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Anne M. Busquet	Business	c. 1951		Former EVP at American Express
Kenneth Chenault	Business	2-Jun-1951		CEO of American Express
Michael P. Connors	Business	c. 1955		Information Services Group, Inc.
Jill M. Considine	Business	c. 1944		Chairman of Depository Trust Company, 1998-2006
James M. Cracchiolo	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Ameriprise Financial
Henry C. Duques	Business	1943		CEO of First Data
Ursula O. Fairbairn	Business	c. 1943		Former EVP, American Express
William Fargo	Business	20-May-1818	3-Aug-1881	Co-Founder, American Express & Wells Fargo
Charles T. Fote	Business	1949		CEO of First Data, 2002-05
Louis V. Gerstner	Business	1-Mar-1942		CEO of IBM, 1993-2002
Richard Karl Goeltz	Business	c. 1942		CFO of American Express, 1996-2000
Harvey Golub	Business	1939		CEO of American Express, 1993-2001
Kim C. Goodman	Business	c. 1966		EVP at American Express
Jill Kanin-Lovers	Business	c. 1950		Senior VP at Avon, 1998-2004
Alfred F. Kelly, Jr.	Business	c. 1959		Group President at American Express
Abby F. Kohnstamm	Business	1953		Senior VP at IBM, 1993-2005
Linda Fayne Levinson	Business	c. 1942		Vendare Media Corporation
Maria Lilja	Business	May-1944		Head of American Express Europe, 1996-2000
Jonathan S. Linen	Business	c. 1944		Vice Chairman of American Express, 1993-2005
Allan Z. Loren	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Dun & Bradstreet, 2000-05
Gerald Luterman	Business	c. 1943		CFO of KeySpan, 1999-2007
Glenda G. McNeal	Business	c. 1961		Senior VP at American Express
Lawrence R. Ricciardi	Business	14-Aug-1940		General Counsel for IBM, 1995-2002
James D. Robinson III	Business	19-Nov-1935		CEO of American Express, 1977-93
ReBecca Koenig Roloff	Business	c. 1954		YWCA of Minneapolis
Thomas O. Ryder	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Readers Digest, 1998-2005
Eugene C. Sit	Business	8-Aug-1938	24-Jun-2008	Sit Investment Associates
Joan Spero	Diplomat	c. 1944		Under Secretary of State, 1993-97
Sanford I. Weill	Business	16-Mar-1933		CEO of Citigroup, 1998-2003
Henry Wells	Business	12-Dec-1805	10-Dec-1878	Co-Founder of Wells Fargo, American Express
Anré D. Williams	Business	c. 1964		EVP at American Express
Jeffery W. Yabuki	Business	1960		CEO of Fiserv

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Daniel F. Akerson	Business	21-Oct-1948		CEO of General Motors
Charlene Barshefsky	Diplomat	11-Aug-1950		US Trade Representative, 1997-2001
Ursula M. Burns	Business	20-Sep-1958		CEO of Xerox
Kenneth Chenault	Business	2-Jun-1951		CEO of American Express
Peter Chernin	Business	29-May-1951		President of News Corporation
Vernon Jordan	Business	15-Aug-1935		Advisor to Bill Clinton
Jan Leschly	Business	?		CEO of SmithKline Beecham, 1994-2000
Richard C. Levin	Educator	7-Apr-1947		President of Yale University
Richard A. McGinn	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Lucent, 1996-2000
Edward D. Miller	Business	c. 1946		CEO of AXA Financial, 1997-2001
Frank Popoff	Business	27-Oct-1935		CEO of Dow Chemical, 1987-95
Steven S. Reinemund	Business	6-Apr-1948		CEO of Pepsi, 2001-06
Robert D. Walter	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Cardinal Health
Ronald A. Williams	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Aetna, 2006-10

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Anne L. Armstrong	Government	27-Dec-1927	30-Jul-2008	US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77
Peter A. Cohen	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Shearson Lehman, 1983-90
Jill M. Considine	Business	c. 1944		Chairman of Depository Trust Company, 1998-2006
Robert L. Crandall	Business	1935		CEO of American Airlines, 1985-98
Peter R. Dolan	Business	6-Jan-1956		CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb, 2001-06
Harvey Golub	Business	1939		CEO of American Express, 1993-2001
Henry Kissinger	Government	27-May-1923		US Secretary of State, 1973-77
Drew Lewis	Government	3-Nov-1931		US Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83
Beverly Sills	Singer	25-May-1929	2-Jul-2007	Soprano at the New York City Opera
Robert W. Woodruff	Business	6-Dec-1889	7-Mar-1985	President of Coca-Cola, 1923-54

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Steve Austria	Politician	12-Oct-1958		Congressman, Ohio 7th
K. Gunnar Bjorklund	Business	c. 1960		Sverica International
Cochise	Military	c. 1810	8-Jun-1874	Native American warrior
James Dimon	Business	13-Mar-1956		CEO of JP Morgan Chase
Lynn Krominga	Business	15-May-1950		Former executive, Revlon
Maria Fiorini Ramirez	Business	c. 1947		Money Market Economist
Norman R. Sorensen	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Principal International
G. Craig Sullivan	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Clorox, 1992-2003

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Harsha V. Agadi	Business	c. 1962		Chairman of Quiznos
W. Edwards Deming	Mathematician	14-Oct-1900	20-Dec-1993	Quality Control guru
John Diebold	Author	8-Jun-1926	26-Dec-2005	Advocate of automation
Frank Luntz	Pundit	23-Feb-1962		Republican pollster, strategist
Ed Rollins	Government	19-Mar-1943		GOP political strategist
Aziz R. D. Syriani	Business	1942		Olayan Group

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Andre Agassi	Tennis	29-Apr-1970		Winner of 8 Grand Slam singles
Wes Anderson	Film Director	1-May-1969		Rushmore
Gisele Bundchen	Model	20-Jul-1980		Brazilian supermodel
Jose Canseco	Baseball	2-Jul-1964		Troubled Oakland A's player
Dana Carvey	Comic	2-Jun-1955		Saturday Night Live
Carol Channing	Singer	31-Jan-1921		All-Singing All-Dancing
Yvon Chouinard	Business	9-Nov-1938		Founder, Patagonia
Tom Clancy	Novelist	12-Apr-1947		The Hunt for Red October
Robert De Niro	Actor	17-Aug-1943		The Godfather: Part II
Ellen DeGeneres	Comic	26-Jan-1958		Ellen
Rocco DiSpirito	Chef	19-Nov-1966		The Restaurant
Bob Dole	Politician	22-Jul-1923		US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96
Linda Evangelista	Model	10-May-1965		Won't wake up for less than $10K/day
Tina Fey	Actor	18-May-1970		Liz Lemon on 30 Rock
Benny Goodman	Jazz Musician	30-May-1909	13-Jun-1986	Bespectacled jazz clarinetist
Amy Grant	Singer/Songwriter	25-Nov-1960		Christian rocker
Brian Grazer	Film/TV Producer	12-Jul-1951		Co-Founder, Imagine Entertainment
Helen Hayes	Actor	10-Oct-1900	17-Mar-1993	First Lady of the Theater
Beth Henley	Playwright	8-May-1952		Crimes of the Heart
Jim Henson	Performance Artist	24-Sep-1936	16-May-1990	Creator of the Muppets
Al Hirschfeld	Artist	21-Jun-1903	20-Jan-2003	Pen and ink caricaturist
Quincy Jones	Music Producer	14-Mar-1933		Musician, Composer, Producer
Stephen King	Novelist	21-Sep-1947		The Shining
Beyonce Knowles	Singer	4-Sep-1981		Former Destiny's Child frontwoman
Elmore Leonard	Novelist	11-Oct-1925		Crime novelist, including Swag
Jon Lovitz	Comic	21-Jul-1957		Yeaaaah, that's the ticket!
Karl Malden	Actor	22-Mar-1912	1-Jul-2009	Streets of San Francisco
Dave Matthews	Musician	9-Jan-1967		The Dave Matthews Band
Eva Mendes	Actor	5-Mar-1974		2 Fast 2 Furious
William E. Miller	Politician	22-Mar-1914	24-Jun-1983	Congressman from New York, 1951-65
Jose Mourinho	Soccer	26-Jan-1963		Real Madrid FC Coach
Francine I. Neff	Government	6-Dec-1925	9-Feb-2010	US Treasurer, 1974-77
Conan O'Brien	Talk Show Host	18-Apr-1963		Briefly hosted The Tonight Show
Tip O'Neill	Politician	9-Dec-1912	5-Jan-1994	Speaker of the House, 1977-87
Gwyneth Paltrow	Actor	27-Sep-1972		Shakespeare in Love
Luciano Pavarotti	Singer	12-Oct-1935	6-Sep-2007	Operatic tenor
Paul Prudhomme	Chef	13-Jul-1940		Louisiana chef with magic seasoning blends
Andy Roddick	Tennis	30-Aug-1982		Tennis player with 149 MPH serve
Deion Sanders	Football	9-Aug-1967		Played in both NFL and MLB
Martin Scorsese	Film Director	17-Nov-1942		Taxi Driver
Jerry Seinfeld	Comic	29-Apr-1954		A show about nothing
Garry Shandling	Comic	29-Nov-1949		Larry Sanders
Charlie Sheen	Actor	3-Sep-1965		The prodigal Sheen
Martin Sheen	Actor	3-Aug-1940		The West Wing
M. Night Shyamalan	Film Director	6-Aug-1970		The Sixth Sense
Mary Steenburgen	Actor	8-Feb-1953		Goin' South
Lili Taylor	Actor	20-Feb-1967		Six Feet Under
Tina Turner	Singer	26-Nov-1939		What's Love Got to Do With It
Ken Watanabe	Actor	21-Oct-1959		The Last Samurai
Shaun White	Sports Figure	3-Sep-1986		The Flying Tomato
Venus Williams	Tennis	17-Jun-1980		Winner of 17 Grand Slam titles
Kate Winslet	Actor	5-Oct-1975		Titanic
Tiger Woods	Golf	30-Dec-1975		Greatest living golfer

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