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Chief executive officer and chairman, State Farm Insurance Companies

Nationality: American.

Born: August 3, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois.

Education: Illinois Wesleyan University, bachelor's degree, 1972; Southern Methodist University, MBA, 1975, and JD.

Family: Son of Edward Barry Rust Sr. (former chief executive officer and chairman of State Farm Insurance Companies) and Harriett (Fuller) Rust; married Sally Buckler; children: one.

Career: State Farm Insurance Companies, 1975–1981, corporate attorney;...