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Chairman, president, and chief executive officer, First Data Corporation

Nationality: American.

Born: 1949, in Connecticut.

Education: Central Connecticut State University, BS, 1971.

Career: Framingham Trust, vice president of operations; First Data Corporation (then owned by American Express), Omaha First Data Resources unit, 1975–1981, director of special projects; American Express Money Order Division, 1981–1985, vice president of finance and planning; American Express Travel Related Services' Data Based Services Group, 1985–1989,...