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  HARVEY GOLUB - CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Golub was elected Chief Executive Officer of American Express in January, 1993 and became Chairman of the Board in August of that year.
Golub was President of Shulman Air Freight from 1974 to 1977 and a junior partner at McKinsey and Co. from 1967 to 1974.
Golub serves as an appointed member of the President's Committee for the Arts and the Humanities and the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy Negotiations.
pages.stern.nyu.edu /~gdaly/Hgolub.html   (290 words)

  
 American Express - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is one of the 30 stocks that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is ranked as the 174 largest company by Fortune.
The current CEO is Kenneth Chenault, who took over in 2001 from Harvey Golub, who was CEO from 1993 to 2001.
When Harvey Golub took the reins in 1993 he negotiated the sale of Shearson's retail brokerage and asset management business to Primerica and in following year, spun-off of the remaining investment banking and institutional businesses as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Express   (2663 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Harvey Spencer Lewis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Harvey Spencer Lewis F.R.C., S. Ph.D. November 25, 1883 - August 2, 1939), a famous Rosicrucian mysticist, was the founder and the first Imperator of AMORC, from 1915 until 1939.
In the past Harvey Spencer Lewis had a radio station broadcasting from the Rosicrucian Park, and he was also speaking at other radio stations.
Harvey Spencer Lewis in a San Francisco Buddhist Temple - 1929
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Harvey_Spencer_Lewis   (330 words)

  
 CareerJournal | Blacks and Jews Find Success in Partnerships
Golub, Levin "understand what it is like to struggle, to be the first in their generation to make it," says Eli Evans, an author and head of the Charles H. Revson Foundation, who knows many of the fl and Jewish business leaders.
Golub to turn down the IDS job because he and his wife wouldn't feel comfortable moving from New York to largely Protestant Minnesota, where IDS is based.
Golub set up a series of diversity seminars, noting special problems faced by fls in corporations: "If you're fl, it is a central fact in your life," he said at the time.
www.careerjournal.com /myc/diversity/19980430-kaufman.html   (2171 words)

  
 American Express Co. chair and CEO to speak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Harvey Golub, chairman and chief executive officer of the American Express Co., will speak at Cornell Friday, April 23, at 4:30 p.m.
Golub became chairman and CEO of American Express in early 1993.
Golub's talk is part of the Park Distinguished Lecture Series at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management and is a component of the Park Leadership Fellows Program.
www.news.cornell.edu /http://www.news./Chronicle/99/4.22.99/Golub.html   (405 words)

  
 Harvey Golub joins venture fund   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Harvey Golub, the former chief executive of American Express, is going to work for buyout king Thomas Lee.
Golub will become chairman of troubled venture capital firm TH Lee Putnam Ventures, which is jointly owned by Mr.
Golub is taking over the $1.1 billion fund at a time when most investors are rushing out of venture capital as returns fail to materialize.
www.newyorkbusiness.com /news.cms?id=2812   (257 words)

  
 BW Online | January 8, 2001 | Harvey Golub and Kenneth I. Chenault, American Express
Harvey Golub, the chairman and chief executive of American Express Co. (AXP), systematically studied the succession practices of many corporations.
Golub rewarded Chenault's critical contributions to the revival of the AmEx brand with a series of promotions, naming him president and chief operating officer in 1997.
Golub defines retiring as departing, not relocating from the executive suite to a permanent seat on the board.
www.businessweek.com /archives/2001/b3714003.arc.htm   (542 words)

  
 Wednesday, April 04, 2001 Hot off the press: It's Time to Put The 'E' in Amex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Golub, meanwhile, seemed obsessed with a still-unresolved high-profile legal fight aimed at trying to force Visa to drop a policy that prohibits its member banks from issuing American Express cards.
His top accomplishment is seen as working with Golub to restore investor and customer confidence after the disastrous Robinson era, during which Amex's share of the card market business plunged from an all-time high of 26.2 percent in 1988 to 20.4 percent by the time Robinson was fired in 1993.
He and Golub moved mightily to shift Amex business into broader arenas than that held by its green charge card, an effort that is sure to continue in both virtual and physical space.
www.collectionsworld.com /hotpress/040301_3.htm   (2435 words)

  
 American Express CEO to Retire Early
Harvey Golub's departure, in 2 years, will mean that President Ken Chenault will take top job sooner.
Chairman and Chief Executive Harvey Golub said Monday that he'll retire in two years, speeding Ken Chenault's ascension to the top of the world's biggest charge card issuer and travel agency.
Chenault, who will take over as chairman from Golub about a year after assuming the CEO post, was named by Golub as a likely successor in 1997.
afgen.com /chenault.html   (414 words)

  
 Campbell Soup Company - Investor Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Prior to joining American Express, Golub was a senior partner at McKinsey and Co. Currently, he also serves as a director of Dow Jones and Co. and chair of TH Lee Putnam Ventures, a $1.1 billion private equity fund.
Commenting on Golub's election, Sherman said, "Harvey's success as Chairman and CEO of American Express, and his outstanding contributions as a director and as chair of the Compensation and Organization Committee of the Campbell Board, make him an ideal choice.
In that same spirit, as a director, Harvey Golub has been a valuable advisor in the development of a strong strategic direction for our company.
www.shareholder.com /Campbell/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=143686   (699 words)

  
 American Express picks Chenault as future chief exec   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
NEW YORK — Harvey Golub plans to step aside as chief executive of American Express Co. in two years, and president Ken Chenault, already one of the top fl executives in America, was tapped as his successor.
Golub will leave American Express a very different company than the one he has controlled since 1993 but with many of the same challenges.
Golub, who joined American Express in 1984, changed the company's strategy by selling off the Lehman Brothers brokerage and investment banking unit in 1994, and expanding into travel services.
www.bouldernews.com /business/27bamer.html   (689 words)

  
 A Talk With Harvey Golub of AmEx
By almost any measure, Harvey Golub's seven-year tenure as chairman and CEO of American Express Co. (AXP) has been a considerable success.
Golub took AmEx back to basics, jettisoning some businesses and restructuring the ones that remained.
In November, Golub, 61, announced plans to step down as CEO at the end of 2000 and as chairman the following April.
www.businessweek.com /2000/00_50/b3711007.htm   (815 words)

  
 Investment Firm Adds Ex-Amex CEO
Golub, who retired from Amex in 2001, is expected to work closely with TH Lee Putnam Ventures' managers, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Putnam Investments, the fund's sponsors, to offer "strategic counsel" to the fund, its executives and its partner companies.
The 62-year-old Golub is also slated to become a senior advisor to Thomas H. Lee Partners, the investment and buyout firm based in Boston.
In a statement, Golub said, "the real challenge in venture capital comes in creating value for limited partners by selecting the best companies in which to invest and then helping those companies increase market share, develop new products and carry out strategic acquisitions and alliances.
boston.internet.com /news/print.php/1004931   (261 words)

  
 American Express Company - A Corporate Governance Case Study   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Golub was a man of prodigious talent, Robinson said, but he would make a better CEO given a couple more years’ seasoning.
Golub is being sought, the person close to the committee said, because “Harvey is like the sophomore at West Point who is getting all As.
Both men advised the appointment of Golub as CEO but suggested that, given his lack of experience, and for the sake of continuity of leadership, Robinson should be kept on indefinitely as chairman.
www.thecorporatelibrary.com /special/cgii/cases/cs_axp.html   (6047 words)

  
 CardTrak - A Crazy Idea ???
Harvey Golub, AmEx CEO, invited bankers to personally call him to discuss the possibility of issuing American Express cards.
Golub also used the opportunity to attack VISA for what it considers anti-competitive practices.
Golub acknowledged that VISA's aggressive campaign has successfully eroded AmEx's account base and market share.) Banks currently issuing VISA credit cards are forbidden to issue cards from direct competitors, specifically American Express and Dean Witter, Discover & Co..
www.cardweb.com /cardtrak/pastissues/ctmay96.html   (1394 words)

  
 GRS Partners Names Four Industry Leaders as Operating Partners
Harvey Golub, Chairman of GRS Partners and retired CEO of American Express, said, "Generating attractive returns depends on two key components: the careful selection of companies with the potential to outperform their industries; and providing meaningful operating assistance to these companies.
The Firm was founded in September 2005 by Harvey Golub, Ramanan Raghavendran and Renny Smith.
Golub, Raghavendran and Smith worked together at TH Lee Putnam Ventures, and continue to oversee investments made by them at that fund.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-13-2006/0004280774&EDATE=   (731 words)

  
 Amex CEO takes stand - Jul. 5, 2000
Golub denied that an agreement with British bank NatWest to offer a United Airlines corporate credit card was done specifically to outmaneuver MasterCard.
On the stand Wednesday, Golub testified that if American Express, which charges banks and merchants higher transaction fees than Visa and MasterCard, had access to those banks, the higher transaction costs would be countered by the upscale customers who spend more money that American Express would attract to the stores.
Golub said American Express has issued between 1.5 million and 2 million Blue cards and that they have been wildly successful.
money.cnn.com /2000/07/05/companies/amex/index.htm   (1049 words)

  
 Harvey Golub
GOLUB and his cronies were subsequently sued for harassing tenants who complained about the gouging.
Golub's means would not feel a need to stoop to ripping off working people.
Golub and his co-owners then lost their owner-occupied exemption and eventually refunded a reported $22,122.00 in rent overcharges for the nearly three years of occupancy.
www.sharkonline.org /?P=0000000275   (527 words)

  
 CardBuzz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
AirClic Inc. announced the election of Harvey Golub as chairman of the board and Phillip J. Riese as a director and chief executive officer of AirClic.
Golub recently retired as CEO of American Express Company but remains the company's chairman until April.
Lazard announced that Harvey Golub, chairman of American Express, will join the firm as a senior advisor.
www.cardweb.com /cardbuzz/executives/jan01.html   (263 words)

  
 American Express Annual Report 2000: Tribute To Harvey Golub
When Harvey Golub left McKinsey & Co. in 1984 to move to Minneapolis and lead what was then Investors Diversified Services - now American Express Financial Advisors - I'm sure he never envisioned the dramatic career twists and turns that lay ahead of him.
In a 15-year period, Harvey has had an unparalleled impact on American Express' businesses, its corporate culture, its people and its share value.
I personally believe that Harvey will be remembered as one of the best CEOs in American Express' history.
www.onlineproxy.com /amex/2001/ar/sh_shareholder.html   (303 words)

  
 AEI - Short Publications
The new AEI trustees are Dick Cheney, Harlan Crow, Harvey Golub, and William S. Stavropoulos.
Golub is the chairman and chief executive officer of the American Express Company and of American Express Travel Related Services, a wholly owned subsidiary.
Golub was president of Shulman Air Freight; before joining American Express, he was a senior partner with McKinsey and Company, where he worked closely with American Express on strategy and operations management issues.
www.aei.org /publications/pubID.16011,filter.all/pub_detail.asp   (704 words)

  
 Harvey Golub | 20th Century American Leaders Database
Golub was instrumental in helping to transform American Express in the nineties after a period of unsuccessful and unfocused diversification.
He streamlined a number of operations and divested of many non-core business lines including stock brokerage, insurance, and publishing.
Under Golub's leadership, American Express reestablished its prestige in the credit card industry and returned to profitability.
www.hbs.edu /leadership/database/leaders/323   (56 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In 1990, he was named Vice Chairman of American Express and elected a member of the Company's Board of Directors.
Prior to joining IDS, Harvey was a senior partner with McKinsey & Co., where he worked closely with American Express on strategy and operations management issues.
Harvey attended Cornell University from 1956 to 1958, and received a B.S. degree from the New York University in 1961.
www.people.hbs.edu /mroberto/Harvey_Golub_Bio.doc   (213 words)

  
 AmEx Charges Ahead Ziff Davis Smart Business - Find Articles
Seven years ago, then newly-appointed American Express CEO Harvey Golub seemed to have his work cut out for him.
And AmEx's return on equity as Golub prepared to hand over the keys to the executive suite was more than 25 percent, far above that of Bank of America or even J.P. Morgan Chase.
But now, having stepped down from the top job, Golub may find himself with quite a different place in history: not as a turnaround guy, but as the man who laid the foundation for a new American Express, a company that today has a shot at becoming the dominant force in online financial services.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zdzsb/is_200104/ai_ziff8471   (428 words)

  
 CGI - Press releases - February 13, 2004
As announced in a separate press release today, due to health reasons he is stepping down from his position but will remain as chairman of the board of CGI in India.
Harvey Golub is the retired chairman and CEO of American Express, where he spent 17 years, and possesses a tremendous amount of global experience in strategy and international operations management.
Golub is also active on several boards and various philanthropic activities.
www.cgi.com /web/en/news_events/press_releases/2004/285.htm   (871 words)

  
 NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Benefits Of A Corporate Flat Tax
Since corporate income taxes are passed on to consumers, and the money they spend trying to lower their tax burdens creates a considerable drag on the economy, the corporate income tax rate should be slashed to zero, says former American Express chairman Harvey Golub.
Since that is unlikely, says Golub, Congress should eliminate almost all of the corporate tax code and create a single tax rate of, say 35 percent, paid on operating income -- earnings before interest and taxes.
Corporate income taxes are one of the largest cost items for most companies, averaging fully half of reported after-tax income.
www.ncpa.org /iss/tax/2002/pd041702b.html   (371 words)

  
 eBay - Book: Swim With the Sharks (ISBN: 0804104263)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Serious students of management and leadership can learn a lot by studying this book."--Harvey Golub, President and CEO, IDS Financial Services, Inc. Success can be yours with this straight-from-the-hip handbook by self-made Minnesota millioniare Harvey Mackay.
Swim With the Sharks by Harvey MacKay (1995)
Swim With the Sharks by Harvey MacKay PB
product.ebay.com /Swim-With-the-Sharks_ISBN_0804104263_W0QQfvcsZ1392QQsoprZ1108989   (551 words)

  
 "MFINLEY.COM" by Michael Finley
By all accounts, that was Harvey Golub, a hands-on, and in this case, on-his-knees high-level patron of project management.
Many, like Golub, saw the advantage of closely aligning projects with their own strategic direction, even sponsoring projects themselves.
It was the same kind of hands-and-knees leadership Harvey Golub displayed, searching under his desk for a plug.
www.mfinley.com /clips/PM-hands-and-knees.htm   (2408 words)

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