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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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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