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Chairman and chief executive officer, Johnson Controls

Nationality: American.

Born: 1946.

Education: Gannon College, BS, 1977.

Career: Johnson Controls, 1969–?, industrial engineer; ?–1990, head of plastics group; 1990–1992, head of automotive business; 1992–1998, executive vice president; 1998–2002, president and COO; 2002–2004, CEO; 2004–, chairman and CEO.

Address: Johnson Controls, 5757 North Green Bay Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53209-4408; http://www.jci.com.

■ John M. Barth embodied the success story of the loyal, long-term employee who worked his way to the top of a company. In its...