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Chief executive officer, Emerson

Nationality: American.

Born: 1955.

Education: Wake Forest University, BS; Vanderbilt University, MBA, 1980.

Family: Married; children: two.

Career: Emerson Electric, 1981–2000, various positions, including manager of investor relations, vice president of corporate planning and development, and chief operating officer; 2000–, chief executive officer.

Awards: Named one of the Top 25 Managers in Corporate America, BusinessWeek, 2000; named one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens, Business Ethics, 2004.

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