John Chambers (CEO)

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John T. Chambers is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc.. Chambers joined Cisco in 1991 as senior vice president, Worldwide Sales and Operations. Since January 1995, when he assumed the role of CEO, Chambers has grown the company from $1.2 billion in annual revenues to its current run-rate of approximately $30 billion. In November 2006, he was named Chairman of the Board, in addition to his CEO role. Prior to joining Cisco, he spent eight years at Wang Laboratories (1982-1990) and six years with IBM (1976-1982). Chambers served on the Board of Directors of myCFO.

He holds a law degree (1974) and a bachelor of science/bachelor of arts degree (1971) in business from West Virginia University. He later received a Masters of Business Administration degree in finance and management (1975) from Indiana University.

He is married and has two adult children.

Chambers (born August 23, 1949) has received numerous awards including Best CEO in America (Telecommunications & Data Networking category) by Institutional Investor magazine, as well as the Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award from the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), an international forum of more than 120 CEOs and board chairpersons focused on corporate philanthropy. San Jose Magazine voted Chambers “Man of the Year” in 2005.

In 2005, Chambers accepted the prestigious Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) from Condoleezza Rice for Cisco’s co-sponsorship of the Jordan Education Initiative, on which Cisco has worked in partnership with his Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan and the World Economic Forum. During the GOP Presidential Debate on May 3rd, 2007, he was named by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) as someone with "talent" who McCain would call on to "serve his country" (regarding the Democrat he would name to his Cabinet).[citation needed]

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