COMPANY

Tax preparer, founded by brothers Henry and Richard Bloch in 1955.

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

Industry:
Business Services

Ticker:
NYSE:HRB

Corporate headquarters:
Kansas City, MO

Sales:
$3.6B (2004)

Employees:
111,300 (2004)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Henry Bloch	Business	30-Jul-1922		Co-Founder of H&R Bloch
Richard Bloch	Business	15-Feb-1926	21-Jul-2004	H&R Block, cancer activist
Thomas M. Bloch	Business	c. 1954		CEO of H&R Block, 1992-95
Richard H. Brown	Business	c. 1947		CEO of EDS, 1999-2003
William L. Trubeck	Business	c. 1947		CFO of H&R Block, 2004-07
Jeffery W. Yabuki	Business	1960		CEO of Fiserv

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thomas M. Bloch	Business	c. 1954		CEO of H&R Block, 1992-95
Richard C. Breeden	Government	6-Dec-1949		SEC Chairman, 1989-93
Henry F. Frigon	Business	c. 1936		CEO of CARSTAR, Inc., 1998-2001
Robert A. Gerard	Government	c. 1945		Assistant Treasury Secretary, 1974-77
Roger W. Hale	Business	c. 1943		CEO of LG&E Energy, 1990-2001
Len J. Lauer	Business	c. 1957		EVP at Qualcomm
David B. Lewis	Business	c. 1951		Partner, Lewis & Munday
Tom D. Seip	Business	c. 1951		Former Charles Schwab executive
L. Edward Shaw, Jr.	Attorney	c. 1944		General Counsel for Aetna, 1999-2003

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jerry D. Choate	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Allstate, 1994-99

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ken Jennings	TV Personality	23-May-1974		$2.5 Million Jeopardy! Contestant

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