Kenneth Chenault

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Kenneth Irvine Chenault (born Long Island, June 2, 1951[1]) has been the CEO and Chairman of American Express since 2001.[2] [3] He was the third African-American CEO of a Fortune 500 company.[4]

He attended the Waldorf School of Garden City,[5] received a B.A. in History from Bowdoin College in 1973, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1976.[1] After Harvard he worked as an associate with the law firm Rogers & Wells in New York City, and as a consultant for Bain & Company.[1][4] He joined American Express in 1981, working in strategic planning.[6] He became President and Chief Operating Officer in 1997.[6]

He is currently co-chair of the Business Roundtable,[7] a director at IBM,[6][3] and a member at the Council of Foreign Relations.[8] In 1995, Ebony listed him alongside Michael Jordan, Rosa Parks, Bill Cosby and Colin Powell as one of 50 "living pioneers" in the African-American community.[9]

  1. ^ a b c Kenneth Chenault: Corporate CEO. CNN (February 2002). Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  2. ^ Board of Directors and Executive Officers. American Express. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  3. ^ a b Kenneth I Chenault profile. Forbes. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  4. ^ a b Halpern, Tim. Business Biographies: Kenneth I. Chenault. Reference for Business. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  5. ^ "Ken Chenault: The Rise of a Star" Business Week Dec. 21, 1998
  6. ^ a b c Bianco, Anthony. "KEN CHENAULT: THE RISE OF A STAR", Business Week, December 21 1998. Retrieved on 2007-05-11. 
  7. ^ About us: Officers. Business Roundtable. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  8. ^ See for example the transcript of a luncheon over which he presided: New Realities in the Media Age: A Conversation with Donald Rumsfeld. Council on Foreign Relations (February 17, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
  9. ^ 50 who changed America - influential African Americans. Ebony (November 1995). Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
Preceded by
Harvey Golub		 CEO of American Express
2001 – present		 Incumbent
v • d • e
American Express
Payment Products Credit cards • Charge cards • Traveler's cheques • Centurion Card • Red Card • ExpressPay
Magazines Travel + Leisure • Food & Wine • Departures Magazine • Executive Travel • Black Ink
Spun-off companies Ameriprise Financial • First Data Corp. • Lehman Brothers • American Railway Express Agency • Merchants Despatch 
Notable Current & Former Executives Henry Wells • William Fargo • J.C. Fargo • Ralph Reed • James D. Robinson III • Lou Gerstner • Sandy Weill • Harvey Golub • Ken Chenault • Gary Crittenden
Corporate Directors Ken Chenault (Chairman) • Daniel Akerson • Charlene Barshefsky • Ursula Burns • Peter Chernin • Vernon Jordan, Jr. • Jan Leschly • Rick Levin • Richard McGinn • Edward Miller • Frank Popoff • Robert Walter • Ron Williams
Other Amex Bank of Canada • The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman • World Monuments Watch • The Great Salad Oil Swindle
Annual Revenue: $24.27 billion USD ( 10% FY 2005) · Employees: 65,800 · Stock Symbol: NYSE: AXP · Website: www.americanexpress.com


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