COMPANY

Founded 1931 as part of Sears Roebuck, spun off as a public company in 1993, with Sears still owning a large portion of the company. Its remaining holdings were issued directly to their shareholders on 30 June 1995.

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

Industry:
Insurance

Ticker:
NYSE:ALL

Corporate headquarters:
Northbrook, IL

Sales:
$35.4B (2005)

Employees:
38,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jerry D. Choate	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Allstate, 1994-99
Edward M. Liddy	Business	28-Jan-1946		Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Rita P. Wilson	Business	c. 1947		Former VP at Allstate
Thomas J. Wilson	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Allstate
Robert E. Wood	Business	13-Jun-1879	6-Nov-1969	Chairman of Sears, 1939-54

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
F. Duane Ackerman	Business	1942		CEO of Bellsouth, 1997-2006
Robert D. Beyer	Business	c. 1960		CEO of TCW
W. James Farrell	Business	c. 1943		CEO of Illinois Tool Works, 1995-2005
Jack M. Greenberg	Business	1942		CEO of McDonald's, 1998-2002
Ronald T. LeMay	Business	c. 1945		President and COO of Sprint, 1997-2003
Edward M. Liddy	Business	28-Jan-1946		Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
J. Christopher Reyes	Business	c. 1954		Reyes Holdings LLC
H. John Riley, Jr.	Business	c. 1941		CEO of Cooper Industries, 1995-2005
Joshua I. Smith	Business	c. 1941		Coaching Group LLC
Judith A. Sprieser	Business	3-Aug-1953		CFO of Sara Lee, 1995-99
Mary Alice Taylor	Business	c. 1950		CEO of HomeGrocer.com, 1999-2000
Thomas J. Wilson	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Allstate

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward A. Brennan	Business	16-Jan-1934	27-Dec-2007	CEO of Sears Roebuck, 1984-95
Jerry D. Choate	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Allstate, 1994-99
Michael A. Miles	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Philip Morris, 1991-94
Vikki L. Pryor	Business	c. 1953		CEO of SBLI Mutual Life
Rita P. Wilson	Business	c. 1947		Former VP at Allstate

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Roger F. Greaves	Business	c. 1937		Chairman of Health Net

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William F. Sharpe	Economist	16-Jun-1934		Capital asset pricing model

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael Ian Black	Comic	12-Aug-1971		The State
Ken Jennings	TV Personality	23-May-1974		$2.5 Million Jeopardy! Contestant
Dean Winters	Actor	20-Jul-1964		Ryan O'Reily on Oz

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