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Rolls-Royce

COMPANY

Founded 1906 by Henry Royce and Charles Stewart Rolls as Rolls-Royce Limited. Rolls-Royce is a manufacturer of aircraft engines and other defense-related systems, nationalized in 1971 and privatized in 1987. The automobile manufacturer of the same name is a subsidiary of BMW, having been spun off in 1973.

Official Website:
http://www.rolls-royce.com/

Industry:
Aerospace

Ticker:
LSE:RR

Corporate headquarters:
Derby, England

Sales:
$12.9B (2005)

Employees:
36,000

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
James M. Guyette
Business
c. 1945   CEO of Rolls-Royce North America
Edward A. Pease
Politician
22-May-1951   Congressman from Indiana, 1997-2001
Charles Stewart Rolls
Business
27-Aug-1877 12-Jul-1910 Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce
Henry Royce
Engineer
27-Mar-1863 22-Apr-1933 Designed the first Rolls-Royce

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Iain Conn
Business
c. 1963   CEO Refining & Marketing, BP
James M. Guyette
Business
c. 1945   CEO of Rolls-Royce North America

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Vernon E. Clark
Military
7-Sep-1944   US Chief of Naval Operations, 2000-05
Ratan N. Tata
Business
28-Dec-1937   Chairman of Tata Group


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