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  CNN.com - Black History Month 2002
Chenault had to lay off thousands of employees over the last year, before and after September 11, when the devastating attack on the World Trade Center damaged American Express' headquarters.
Chenault spent 20 years at American Express before becoming the company's CEO and held a variety of senior posts, including a four-year stint as chief operating officer.
Chenault is married; he and his wife, Kathryn, have two sons, Kenneth Jr.
www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2002/black.history/stories/08.chenault   (337 words)

  
 Kenneth Chenault - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kenneth Chenault (born 2 June 1951) is a former president (1997-2001) and current CEO (2001-present) of American Express.
Chenault was born on Long Island in 1951, attended the Waldorf School of Garden City and is a graduate of Bowdoin College (1973) and Harvard Law School (1977).
He was the first African-American CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kenneth_Chenault   (108 words)

  
 Wednesday, April 04, 2001 Hot off the press: It's Time to Put The 'E' in Amex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Chenault's Internet directives are to become a leader in the on-line payments field, to make the American Express Web site "a superior consumer experience"; to make customer service as strong on-line as it is in the physical world and to cut costs, company officials say.
Chenault considers consumers "value conscious," and has pointed out that over the past decade other premium-priced, regarded brands such as Procter and Gamble found there was a limit to prices consumers would pay, even for great products.
Chenault's cost-cutting talents may be called upon again, though, since on-line businesses have discovered that one of their key competitive advantages is the ability to sell things at lower prices.
www.collectionsworld.com /hotpress/040301_3.htm   (2435 words)

  
 12/21/98 KEN CHENAULT: THE RISE OF A STAR
For his part, Chenault declines to speculate on his prospects of making CEO at AmEx, or anywhere else, insisting that he is wholly focused on the job at hand--and a demanding job it is.
Chenault added his voice to demands that Bowdoin recruit more fl students and professors but took issue with the militant fl nationalism of his fellow Afro-Am activists.
Chenault belonged to a rising generation of AmEx managers who saw MasterCard International and especially Visa USA as a dire competitive threat.
www.businessweek.com /1998/51/b3609001.htm   (4274 words)

  
 Memorandum on Franchise Online Information
Chenault is researching past responses American Express took during the Gulf War, in hopes that past successful endeavors will help in planning strategies for present successes.
With all eyes his every move, Chenault is staying strong in hopes of President Bush's proposal to add another $75 billion in government spending and tax cuts will stimulate the economy and further drive their sales.
Chenault has now moved to the high moderate quandrant where everyday the future of his company and its employees are questioned.
oak.cats.ohiou.edu /~mt375001/esp/memo2.html   (532 words)

  
 Yale School of Management: Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman and CEO, American Express Company to Speak in the Yale SOM ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Chenault is credited for helping to right his company, at one point by eliminating $3 billion in costs, along with over 15,000 jobs, to keep the firm competitive with other major credit card companies.
Chenault was a management consultant with Bain and Co. He previously was an associate with the law firm of Rogers and Wells.
Chenault has received numerous awards from a wide variety of civic, social service and community organizations, as well as a number of honorary degrees.
mba.yale.edu /news_events/cms/articles/2673.shtml   (410 words)

  
 American Express Names President, COO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kenneth Chenault will be first Black to control one of the country's largest firms.
American Express Co. named Kenneth I. Chenault president and chief operating officer, marking the first public anointment of a Black executive to run one of the nation's biggest companies.
Chenault, 45, would be the first African American to take control of a company the size of American Express, which Fortune magazine ranks as the 65th largest in the U.S., based on annual revenues.
afgen.com /amerex.html   (478 words)

  
 dailypennsylvanian.com - AmEx CEO plugs integrity, grit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
American Express CEO and Chairman Kenneth Chenault outlined the qualities of good leadership to a capacity crowd Thursday afternoon in Huntsman Hall.
Chenault also underlined the need for leaders to be both decisive and compassionate.
Chenault graduated from Bowdoin College in 1973 and Harvard Law School in 1976.
dailypennsylvanian.com /vnews/display.v/ART/2005/03/18/423a8c2fd3a64   (377 words)

  
 Project 21 Black Conservative New Visions Editorial: Profiles of Empowerment
* Kenneth Chenault is now chairman and CEO of the American Express Company after spending over 20 years working his way up the ranks of the Fortune 500 giant.
Chenault helped revolutionize the company by increasing the variety of credit cards issued from four to 60.
Chenault serves on the board of CASA, a drug-use prevention group.
ncppr.org /P21NVBeatoBHM105.html   (688 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kenneth Chenault was expected to be the first fl CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
In past interviews, Chenault said he is also of a generation that spent many evenings debating with college friends the merits of the Black Panthers.
Chenault has told audiences of fl students that "America is not yet a meritocracy." He warns them that fl executives still stand out at meetings and must be more prepared.
www.usatoday.com /careers/special/minstor4.htm   (1201 words)

  
 Kenneth Chenault is Durland Lecturer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kenneth I. Chenault, chairman and chief executive officer of the American Express Company, will deliver the 2001 Durland lecture Thursday, Oct. 17, at Cornell.
Chenault's talk, titled: "Global Leadership in Changing Times," will take place in the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall at 5 p.m.
In 1997 Chenault was made president and chief operating officer of AmEx and was identified by then CEO Harvey Golub as a possible successor.
www.news.cornell.edu /Chronicle/01/10.11.01/Chenault.html   (432 words)

  
 Black Enterprise: Someone's knocking at the door: Kenneth Chenault's appointment as president and COO of American ...
Ken Chenault's recent appointment as president and chief operating officer of American Express Corp. places him within a hair's breadth of becoming the first African American to run one of the largest firms in the country.
Many have remarked that American Express Chairman and CEO Harvey Golub's selection of Chenault as the primary internal candidate for the top spot in seven years, when he retires, was unusual in its candor and forward thinking.
But Golub's adulation of Chenault was nothing short of glowing as he praised him for spearheading a number of initiatives at the company over his 16-year career.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1365/is_n10_v27/ai_19340490   (1527 words)

  
 Edinburgh Evening News - Business - Amex credit boss with £11m bonus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
KENNETH CHENAULT, the chairman and chief executive of American Express, received a £11.15 million bonus package in 2004 - up 24 per cent from a year earlier, as profit and revenue increased to record levels.
Mr Chenault’s reward rose 71 per cent, in a year when the New York-based credit card and travel services company increased profit 15 per cent to £1.8 billion and revenue rose 13 per cent to £15.15bn.
Mr Chenault, who became American Express chairman and CEO in 2001, joins a growing list of financial services executives to have received eight-figure compensation packages for 2004.
edinburghnews.scotsman.com /business.cfm?id=285542005   (245 words)

  
 Harvey Golub and Kenneth I. Chenault, American Express
In restructuring AmEx from stem to stern, the hard-driving Golub shrewdly came to rely on Kenneth I. Chenault, a first-rate marketer who had joined AmEx in 1981.
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.
Over the past few years, Golub has shared more and more of his duties with Chenault, who was eager--but not too eager--to assume them.
www.businessweek.com /2001/01_02/b3714003.htm   (410 words)

  
 American Express CEO doubles compensation - Mar. 12, 2002
Chenault's $14.1 million compensation included a salary of $1 million in 2001, up from $700,000 the year earlier, a bonus of $2.2 million, and incentive awards of about $10.9 million, according to the report filed Monday.
In the filing, American Express said it did not meet its long-term financial targets in 2001 and, as a result, reduced Chenault's bonus by $700,000 and will cut his salary by 5 percent in 2002.
The increase in Chenault's compensation comes after the company recorded a charge of $1.01 billion before taxes, or $669 million after taxes, in the first half of 2001.
money.cnn.com /2002/03/12/news/companies/americanexpress   (282 words)

  
 KeepMedia | U.S.News & World Report: Al Hirt; Kenneth Chenault; David Carradine; Jill Dando
Al Hirt; Kenneth Chenault; David Carradine; Jill Dando
QWorking his way up the ranks of law and corporate America for more than two decades has made Kenneth Chenault one of the most visible African-American executives.
Chenault, 47, who will succeed Harvey Golub as chief executive officer of American Express in the spring of 2001, was a lawyer at New York-based Rogers & Wells and then a consultant after his graduation from Harvard Law School.
keepmedia.com /pubs/USNewsWorldReport/1999/05/10/220630?...&oliID=229   (246 words)

  
 blackenterprise.com
Kenneth Chenault, chairman and CEO of American Express (AXP) is among the highest-paid executives in New York City, according to a study of all public companies registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, earning a reported $18,304,163 (including salary, bonuses and direct cash compensation) in 2002.
Chenault is one of only three African American CEOs of a Fortune 500 company in the U.S. Yet, he took home top dollar, while the average salary of New York City chief executives was down, according to Corporate Library, a New York-based independent research group.
Chenault, who heads the $20 billion American Express, joined the company in 1981 as the director of strategic planning.
www.blackenterprise.com /ExclusivesekOpen.asp?id=406   (481 words)

  
 StockSelector.com Insider Transactions for AXP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 23, 1999 (States via COMTEX) -- Kenneth I. Chenault of New York, NY, a Director, President and COO of American Express Co. (SYMBOL: AXP), acquired by gift 154 shares for $.00 each on October 19, 1999.
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 23, 1999 (States via COMTEX) -- Kenneth I. Chenault of New York, NY, a Director, President and COO of American Express Co. (SYMBOL: AXP), disposed of 5,000 shares for $156.63 each on October 29, 1999.
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 23, 1999 (States via COMTEX) -- Kenneth I. Chenault of New York, NY, a Director, President and COO of American Express Co. (SYMBOL: AXP), disposed of by gift 154 shares for $.00 each on October 04, 1999.
www.stockselector.com /sec.asp?symbol=AXP   (426 words)

  
 Wall Street Rising
Governor George E. Pataki and Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman and CEO of American Express were honored this evening for their outstanding commitment to Lower Manhattan at Wall Street Rising’s First Annual Leadership Awards gala.
In recognition of Wall Street Rising’s significant contributions to revitalizing Lower Manhattan, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg issued a proclamation declaring Thursday, March 20, 2003 “Wall Street Rising Day.” A moment of silence was also observed for all U.S. servicemen and women overseas.
Julie Menin, president and founder of Wall Street Rising said, “In honoring Governor George Pataki and Ken Chenault, we salute two extraordinary individuals and their significant contributions in meeting the challenges imposed on us by September 11th.
www.wallstreetrising.org /GalaRelease.htm   (507 words)

  
 Michigan Chronicle: Kenneth L. Chenault@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kenneth L. Chenault is responsible for the United States businesses for the American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc. Chenault manages the following major TRS businesses: Cardmember Financial Services Group, the Consumer Card Group, Travel Services Group USA and the Establishment Services Group.
Chenault joined TRS in 1981 as director of Strategic Planning.
In 1983, he was promoted to vice president of Marketing for Merchandise Services.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1P1:2325659&refid=ink_tptd_np   (148 words)

  
 MIT Sloan Students to Present Business Plan to Top American Express Officials - MIT Sloan School of Management Newsroom
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 12, 2005 — A team of MIT Sloan students will travel from their Cambridge classroom to American Express headquarters in New York Monday to personally present their prize-winning global strategic business plan to American Express Chairman and CEO Kenneth Chenault and other top company officials.
The students earned their May 16 trip to corporate headquarters by winning MIT Sloan’s second annual First Year Challenge, in which teams of first-year MBAs develop business strategies to address a significant issue presented by a sponsoring company.
Sung-Dae Hong, one of seven students on the winning team, said the judges "appreciated that we understood how American Express runs its business and the models it employs." Hong, who worked as a management consultant for Bain and Co. for five years before attending MIT Sloan, is looking especially forward to the New York trip.
mitsloan.mit.edu /newsroom/2005-firstyear-challenge.php   (645 words)

  
 RPG Encyclopedia Entries: C
Includes an introductory adventure and setting (related to novels by John De Chancie?).
Set in a future where the Earth is covered by ice, and the only civilization that remains is a group of enormous trains.
1st ed by Robert Cowan, Dave Clark, Kenneth M. Dahl, Nick Smith (1978) Balboa, Inc.
www.darkshire.net /~jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/alphabetical/C.html   (3985 words)

  
 American Express CEO Paid $20.9 Mln In 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
ADVERTISEMENT NEW YORK, March 13 (Reuters) - American Express Co.'s (nyse: AXP - news - people) Chairman and Chief Executive Kenneth Chenault took home $20.9 million last year, 25 percent less than the year before, as the financial services company made
ADVERTISEMENT NEW YORK, March 13 (Reuters) - American Express Co.'s (nyse: AXP - news - people) Chairman and Chief Executive Kenneth Chenault took home $20.9 million last year, 25 percent less than the year before, as the financial services company made more profit, but its stock was virtually flat.
Chenault was paid $950,000 in salary in 2002, a 5 percent reduction from $1 million the year before, which the company said was a one-time cut as part of its efforts to cut costs.
www.webprowire.com /summaries/428434.html   (257 words)

  
 Letters to CEOs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Below is a copy of my letter to Kenneth Chenault, CEO of American Express
American Express, along with other charge and credit card companies, is guilty of unfair business tactics against business owners nationwide, not only nationwide, but internationally.
We will also recommend a boycott of both American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Airlines, etc., because they are accomplices with American Ex-cess in this scheme to raid and defraud merchants of their true profits!
www.howardsviews.com /howardsviewsD.html   (447 words)

  
 Charge! free review This is the moment Kenneth I. Chenault, chief executive of American Express Co. (NYSE:AXP - News), ...
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As a fresh recruit in charge of strategic planning more than two decades ago, he sought to move AmEx beyond its lucrative
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"The editorial said Sanford I. Weill, the chief executive of Citigroup, and Kenneth Chenault, chairman of American Express, should "lead the way" for other prominent members and resign from the club."
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