Choose three business leaders from the list below. Look each one up on Yahoo.com and find information on their biographies and what they did to become successful in business. Use that information to answer your short essay question:
Do the business leaders of today have the same qualities of the Robber Barons/Captains of Industry mentioned in Unit 4? Explain and give examples for your answer.
Jeff Bezos is Founder & CEO of Amazon.com, one of the largest e-retailers
Michael Dell
Michael Dell is CEO of Dell Computer, the largest computer manufacturer
Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman is CEO of eBay, an online auction marketplace
Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison is CEO of Oracle, an integrated database software company
Gerald Levin
Gerald Levin is Chairman & CEO of Time Warner, a media conglomerate about to merge with AOL
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina is President & CEO of Hewlett Packard, a global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services and communications products
Tim Koogle
Tim Koogle is Chairman, CEO & President of Yahoo!, one of the most popular Internet portals. He was named one of "The Top 25 Executives of the Year" for 1999 by Business Week
Mel Karmazin
Mel Kamazin is CEO, Board member and largest shareholder of CBS, which is currently in negotiations witn Viacom to create a company with 20 billion dollars in revenues
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg is the founder, principal owner, and CEO of Bloomberg LP. His company provides information services to over 140,000 users in over 91 countries
Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Edgar Bronfman Jr. is president and CEO of Seagram Co., which includes the beverage business, and the Universal and Polygram studios
Steve Case
Steve Case is chairman and CEO of America Online Inc., the global leader in the online services industry
John F. Welch Jr.
John F. Welch Jr. is chairman and CEO of General Electric Co.