Charles Ergen (1974) started EchoStar Communications Corporation in 1980. EchoStar launched DISH Network in 1996. He has been named to Forbes magazine’s Top Ten CEOs list.
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Gill Duff (1983) is president and CEO of Publicis in New York, one of the world’s largest advertising and public relations agencies.
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G. Mack Dove (1958) is president and CEO of AAA Cooper Transportation in Dothan, Alabama.
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Condessa Curley (2004) is vice president and chief medical officer of Project Africa, which provides medical, educational, and humanitarian services to the people of Africa. She is a faculty member …
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Jim Copley (1981) is president and CEO of the Crom Corp. of Gainesville, Fla., a leading builder of circular, prestressed concrete tanks in use throughout the Southeast and the Caribbean.
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Joseph C. Cook Jr. (1965) is chairman of the board of Amylin Pharmaceuticals in San Diego. Previously he was a vice president of Eli Lilly. He also serves as chairman …
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John Compton (1983) is chief executive officer for North America with PepsiCo. He is former president and CEO of Quaker Tropicana Gatorade.
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Jim Clayton (1957, 1964) is founder and chairman of Clayton Homes, headquartered in Knoxville. Clayton received the Coopers and Lybrand Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1988, the Horatio Alger …
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John Clarence Bolinger Jr. (1943) was president of East Tennessee Natural Gas Company, president and director of Houston National Bank, chairman and president of Mississippi River Transmission Corporation, co-founder, chairman, …
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Samuel E. Beall III (1973) is the founder of Ruby Tuesday restaurants and chairman and chief executive officer of Ruby Tuesday Inc. He is former president, CEO, and chairman of …