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Chairman and chief executive officer, Electronic Data Systems; chairman, eOriginal

Nationality: American.

Born: June 13, 1936, in Kansas City, Missouri.

Education: Yale University, BS, 1957; Princeton University, MS, 1959; U.S. Navy Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, certificate in nuclear engineering, 1960.

Family: Married Kim (maiden name unknown; marriage ended); married Hilary Cecil; children: three.

Career: McKinsey & Company, 1964–1974, consultant and principal; PepsiCo, 1974–1986, held various positions including director of financial planning, executive vice president and chief financial officer, president of Frito Lay, and president of PepsiCo Foods...