Word: ceos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...beat of tribal music, the sparkle in his eyes as he reached out to people in the crowds. Dressed in a dark suit among a gathering of Africa's new leaders at Entebbe in Uganda, he conveyed the dignified persona of the world's unchallenged leader--or top CEO. Stripped to shirtsleeves, he exhibited his powerful empathy as he talked with Venuste Karasira, who lost his hand during a massacre of nearly 4,000 Rwandans...
...Bertelsmann, the world's third largest media company, the merger immediately establishes a long-sought commanding presence in the U.S., the world's largest media market. "Random House is a dream for Bertelsmann," says Thomas Middelhoff, 44, who engineered the deal just six months before officially stepping into the CEO's job. "I was as surprised as everyone else," says Sonny Mehta, president of Knopf, a prestigious Random House division. "I thought about it and said it's a very logical partner to have...
...book companies. The firm, which published the Brothers Grimm in the 19th century, is vertically integrated, with everything from a printing company to a book club. "Other corporations don't view trade publishing as a core business," says Bertelsmann's Peter Olson, 47, who will become chairman and CEO of the new Random House. "We do; we believe in books; they are not a stepchild...
...managing director of Ashanti, then owned 55% by the government and 45% by London's Lonrho Corp. "I didn't know him," says Jonah. "He just reached out for the highest-ranking Ghanaian." In 1986 Jonah rose to the top job, becoming, according to him, the only black African ceo of a multinational company. "The obstacle to there being more like me on this continent relates to one thing," says Jonah. "Ownership. If Rawlings had not taken a personal interest in the mining sector, the level of prejudice would have kept me underground forever. I still tell my Ghanaians...
...designed a new soccer shoe around Ronaldo, a Brazilian, voted best player in the world last year. The new model, called the Mercurial, uses a synthetic material instead of kangaroo leather, and is 50% lighter than current models. "It's going to rock the shoe world," says Mike Moyle, CEO of Eurosport, a leading mail-order catalog. Despite its investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, Nike is outsold by Adidas 3 to 1. But it has made some inroads: the swoosh is the No. 2 brand in the U.S. and moving up in the rest of the world...