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Western Union
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 |
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| Ezra Cornell |
Business |
11-Jan-1807 |
9-Dec-1874 |
Founder of Cornell University |
| Christina A. Gold |
Business |
c. 1947 |
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CEO of Western Union |
| Jay Gould |
Business |
27-May-1836 |
2-Dec-1892 |
Railroad baron owned Union Pacific |
| Stewart J. Paperin |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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EVP of Soros Foundations |
| Theodore Vail |
Business |
16-Jul-1845 |
16-Apr-1920 |
Founder of AT&T |
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Stewart J. Paperin |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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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 |
| Thomas Edison |
Inventor |
11-Feb-1847 |
18-Oct-1931 |
Invented the light bulb |
| Hutton Gibson |
Relative |
26-Aug-1918 |
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Father of Mel Gibson |
| Vera Miles |
Actor |
23-Aug-1929 |
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The Searchers |
| Alan B. Miller |
Business |
17-Aug-1937 |
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Founder of Universal Health Services |
| Claude Shannon |
Scientist |
30-Apr-1916 |
24-Feb-2001 |
Pioneer in information theory |
| Floyd Tillman |
Country Musician |
8-Dec-1914 |
22-Aug-2003 |
Honky-tonk drawler and guitarist |
EXTRANEOUS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| John Diebold |
Author |
8-Jun-1926 |
26-Dec-2005 |
Advocate of automation |
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