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/

Ticker:
(private)

Corporate headquarters:
Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Employees:
38,000

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George Zoley	Business	7-Feb-1950		CEO, Wackenhut Corrections

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gary A. Sanders	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Wackenhut
George Wackenhut	Business	1919	31-Dec-2004	Founder of Wackenhut

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gary A. Sanders	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Wackenhut

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard G. Capen	Publisher	c. 1935		US Ambassador to Spain, 1992-93
Frank Carlucci	Government	18-Oct-1930		US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89
Bobby Ray Inman	Military	4-Apr-1931		Admiral, NSA Director, Deputy CIA Director
Paul X. Kelley	Military	11-Nov-1928		28th USMC Commandant, 1983-87
Thomas P. Stafford	Astronaut	17-Sep-1930		Gemini 6 & 9, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Clarence M. Kelley	Government	24-Oct-1911	5-Aug-1997	FBI Director, 1973-78
James R. Thompson	Politician	8-May-1936		Governor of Illinois, 1977-91
George Wackenhut	Business	1919	31-Dec-2004	Founder of Wackenhut

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William Casey	Spy	13-Mar-1913	29-Jan-1987	CIA Director, 1981-87

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kendrick Meek	Politician	6-Sep-1966		Congressman from Florida, 2003-11

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michelle Bernard	Activist	c. 1964		Conservative commentator

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