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Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications, safety and protection, home and construction, transportation and apparel.
As chairman and CEO of DuPont since 1999, Charles (Chad) Holliday is the 18th executive to lead the company in the past two centuries since it was founded.
Charles Holliday may not have known what he was getting himself into when he joined DuPont in the summer of 1970 as a mere intern. Little did he know that only a few decades later, he'd be in charge of the world's second-largest chemical company, boasting some 60,000 employees.
As part of an effort to share the best practices of modern business among organizations across the globe, CNN is talking to some of the world's top executives.
Ron Sim is an entrepreneur at heart. As a child, he sold noodles on the streets of Singapore for pocket money. In the early 1980s he set up a trading company selling household goods and appliances. Over time, that evolved into Osim, which today generates most of its 380 million dollar annual revenues from high-end massage chairs, as well as a host of other healthy-lifestyle products. The Boardroom's Andrew Stevens caught up with Ron Sim at his Singapore headquarters.
Ron Sim Chye Hock is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Osim International Ltd.
Best known for its luxury massage chairs, Osim opened its first commercial outlet in the Philippines in February 2003.
If your drug company is on its death-bed, this is the man you want as your corporate doctor. He's Fred Hassan, the CEO of drug giant Schering-Plough. In the past 25 years, he has turned around his fair share of ailing pharmaceutical firms, including the recovery and subsequent 56 billion dollar sale of Pharmacia. He's so renowned within his industry that they coined a phrase for his brand of management: "The Fred Factor." Hassan tells The Boardroom's Maggie Lake how he is able to assess, diagnose and cure.
Based in New Jersey, USA, Schering-Plough is a pharmaceutical company that employs some 55,000 people, operating in more than 140 countries worldwide. Conducting research in the areas of cardiovascular disease, central nervous system disorders, immunology and infectious disease, oncology, respiratory diseases and women's health, its best-selling products are Vytorin, Zetia, Remicade and Nasonex.
Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications, safety and protection, home and construction, transportation and apparel.
As chairman and CEO of DuPont since 1999, Charles (Chad) Holliday is the 18th executive to lead the company in the past two centuries since it was founded.
Charles Holliday may not have known what he was getting himself into when he joined DuPont in the summer of 1970 as a mere intern. Little did he know that only a few decades later, he'd be in charge of the world's second-largest chemical company, boasting some 60,000 employees.
As part of an effort to share the best practices of modern business among organizations across the globe, CNN is talking to some of the world's top executives.
Ron Sim is an entrepreneur at heart. As a child, he sold noodles on the streets of Singapore for pocket money. In the early 1980s he set up a trading company selling household goods and appliances. Over time, that evolved into Osim, which today generates most of its 380 million dollar annual revenues from high-end massage chairs, as well as a host of other healthy-lifestyle products. The Boardroom's Andrew Stevens caught up with Ron Sim at his Singapore headquarters.
Ron Sim Chye Hock is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Osim International Ltd.
Best known for its luxury massage chairs, Osim opened its first commercial outlet in the Philippines in February 2003.
If your drug company is on its death-bed, this is the man you want as your corporate doctor. He's Fred Hassan, the CEO of drug giant Schering-Plough. In the past 25 years, he has turned around his fair share of ailing pharmaceutical firms, including the recovery and subsequent 56 billion dollar sale of Pharmacia. He's so renowned within his industry that they coined a phrase for his brand of management: "The Fred Factor." Hassan tells The Boardroom's Maggie Lake how he is able to assess, diagnose and cure.
Based in New Jersey, USA, Schering-Plough is a pharmaceutical company that employs some 55,000 people, operating in more than 140 countries worldwide. Conducting research in the areas of cardiovascular disease, central nervous system disorders, immunology and infectious disease, oncology, respiratory diseases and women's health, its best-selling products are Vytorin, Zetia, Remicade and Nasonex.
"How do live concerts, radio broadcasts and pre-recorded music complement each other in the successful marketing of classical music?
Operating from its corporate headquarters in New York City's Rockefeller Center, Sirius Satellite Radio broadcasts over 130 digital-quality channels, including 69 channels of commercial-free music, plus exclusive channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather and data to more than 7.1 million subscribers.
There is often a lot of confusion around Corporate Responsibility and what organizations need to do to account for their actions. What are the key facets of a good Corporate Responsibility policy and how exactly will it benefit the business?
He's a media maverick. A man who has been shaking the establishment for much of his career. Mel Karmazin began his professional life in radio in New York City, and over the next 40 years built a coast-to-coast business, ran the CBS network, and more recently became a driving force in one of America's newest media ventures, satellite radio.
JWT is the largest advertising agency in the United States and the fourth-biggest in the world. With clients ranging from spirit-makers to sports equipment manufacturers, it has stayed cutting-edge in this fiercely competitive, creative and rapidly changing industry. CNN's Todd Benjamin caught up with CEO Bob Jeffrey and began by asking him about the future of advertising.
"What is a viable business model for distributing music independently via the Internet?"
Klaus Heymann may not know how to read music or play a musical instrument, but he has been attending classical concerts with his parents since he was 9 years old. Today he is best known as a successful entrepreneur, who is a classical music amateur.
JWT was originally founded by William James Carlton in 1864, renamed after James Walter Thompson in 1877, and finally relaunched as JWT in 2005.
From piano concertos to violin masterpieces, Klaus Heymann knows his classical music -- and the classical music business.
Searing summer temperatures, melting polar ice-caps and extreme weather have all been attributed to climate change.
Head N.V. is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of premium sports equipment. It is a technology-driven company, with the motto "Superior performance through superior technology."
Johan Eliasch has served as Chairman of the Management Board of Head N.V. and Group Chief Executive Officer since September 1995.
Budget classical music label Naxos is named after the Greek island, home to the legend of Ariadne on which Richard Strauss based his opera "Ariadne auf Naxos" in 1912.
As part of an effort to share the best practices of modern business among organizations across the globe, CNN is talking to some of the world's top executives.
Mo Ibrahim is a man who believes in Africa; and the continent has been good to him.
"In the last few years, there has been considerable media attention around the potential dangers to a business, such as flooding or the breakdown of IT systems. How do I make sure that our business continuity is robust and fit for purpose?"
Mohamed Ibrahim is the founder of Celtel, one of Africa's leading mobile telephone companies, with networks in 15 countries on the continent.
The company began life in 1989 as MSI Cellular Investments, a telecommunications consultancy company based and operating in Africa. It was founded by Dr Mo Ibrahim.
Dr. Craig Barrett joined Intel as a technology manager in 1974, and was with the company during most of its major developments.
The company was founded in 1968 by Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore, two of the original brains behind one of the major players in early computer chip development, Fairchild Semiconductors.
"We have a long-hours culture in our organization but I often feel that the extra time managers are putting in is not generating better results. How do we address this issue to make sure that, where individuals do work excessive hours, input equals output?"
They don't come much more Australian than Telstra. The former state-owned monopoly which literally linked Australians together, across a harsh and unforgiving continent.
Soloman Trujillo was made CEO of Telstra in July, 2005 and has been leading an end-to-end transformation of the company, continuing to develop the company as a media communications organization.
Telstra is Australia's leading telecommunications and information services company, with customers throughout the country.
They've been in the banking business for more than 200 years, Pictet and Company came to prominence when Europe was booming, specializing in personalized, discrete banking services.
Ivan Pictet is the senior managing partner of one of Switzerland's biggest private banks, Pictet & Cie.
Founded in 1805 in Geneva, Pictet & Cie is today one of Switzerland's largest private banks, and one of the premier independent asset management specialists in Europe.
It's both time-honored tradition and cutting-edge technology blended in this small factory in Osaka, Japan. This is the home of Japan's best known sporting export, Mizuno.
Masato Mizuno was made president of the Mizuno Corporation, which was founded by his grandfather in 1906, in 1989.
Mizuno was founded in 1906 when Rihachi Mizuno and his younger brother Rizo established Mizuno Brothers Ltd. in Osaka, selling western sundries, including baseballs.
Yum! Brands, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is the world's largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants, with more than 35,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries and territories.
David C. Novak became chairman of the board at Yum! Brands on January 1, 2001, and chief executive officer on January 1, 2000.
30 days from bankruptcy and KarstadtQuelle was no longer packing a profit.
Arcandor AG's headquarters are in Essen, Germany and the company's profile is based on three core business areas: department stores, mail order services and tourism.
When Thomas Middelhoff arrived at Arcandor in May 2005 he set himself a 100-day target to bring the group back from the brink of financial turmoil, and today the company is a leader in its various industries.
It's one of the biggest airlines in Asia, but in the 1990s it was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. A spate of crashes at Korean Air raised worldwide concerns about safety issues sent the stock price tumbling and put an enormous strain on staff morale.
Korean Air was established as a private airline in March 1969. In nearly 35 years, it has grown 150 times and is poised to continue that growth into the next millennium.
Cho Yang-Ho is chairman and chief executive officer of Korean Air, one of Asia's largest airlines and the world's largest commercial airline cargo carrier.
Kim Shin Bae was appointed as the CEO of SK Telecom in March 2004. Since then the company has continued to maintain its impressive 51 percent market share in its native South Korea, and expand overseas.
Hotels, high-life and haute cuisine. Former college boxing champion Sol Kerzner has fought his way from humble beginnings to become a heavy weight in the international hotel business.
Kerzner International Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, is a leading international developer and operator of destination resorts, casinos and luxury hotels.
Sol Kerzner is the founder, CEO and chairman of the board of Kerzner International Holdings Limited (formerly Sun International). Mr. Kerzner has gained international acclaim for his imaginatively designed, high-quality resorts and business acumen.
"One of our line managers has made a sizeable mistake on a project which has impacted negatively on the business. How can I address the problem tactfully and ensure they learn from this mistake?"
From the runway to the store rack, Vivienne Tam is one designer who uses creativity and business acumen in equal measure.
Vivienne Tam has become well known for creating clothes that appeal to all ages, ethnicities, and income levels. She has earned the reputation for offering a stylish and high-quality product while at the same time inviting the consumer to experience the inspiration behind it.
Vivienne Tam is a leading designer fashion house founded in 1984, named for the designer and founder Vivienne Tam.
In the high-tech world of South Korea, it's difficult to find someone who isn't plugged in. Demand here is fulfilled by the country's largest mobile phone carrier, SK Telecom.
Howard Schultz joined Starbucks in 1982. While on a business trip in Italy, he visited Milan's famous espresso bars -- impressed with their popularity and culture, he saw their potential in Seattle.
Starbucks Coffee Company is the leading retailer, roaster and brand of specialty coffee in the world, with more than 6,000 retail locations in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim.
One of the most recognizable brands in the world. And the man who made it happen -- Howard Schultz. He took over Starbucks in 1987 with a vision of bringing Italian coffeehouse culture to the U.S. -- The Starbuck Experince, he called it.
The company started out in 1984, as the Korea Mobile Telecommunications Services Company, and offered a car phone service.
From a country which brought the world brands like Sony and Toyota, there's another name that's crept quietly to global prominence. Hello Kitty, the moon-faced cat with a bow in her hair and no mouth.
Sanrio is a worldwide designer and distributor of character-branded stationery, school supplies, gifts, and accessories.
The recipe for the Boston Beer Company's Samuel Adams Boston Lager brand was stored in James Koch's attic since the 1800s by his great-great grandfather.
James Koch founded the company in 1984 using his great-great grandfather's recipe and revolutionized the American beer industry.
Air Asia, in its current incarnation as a low fare, no frills concept launched in December 2001.
Tony Fernandes is the CEO of Air Asia, Asia's leading low fare, no frills airline, flying to destinations across the region.
He's been described as the Richard Branson of Asian airlines. And he certainly knows a thing or two about building a brand.
"As a senior manager, I am expected to manage the organization's strategic goals and future growth. But how can I make sure that I am devoting time to everyday activities as well as the organization's long-term aims and objectives, and what are the implications of failing to do so?"
Reuters is a global information company providing material tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets. Its information is trusted and drives decision making across the globe.
Tom Glocer joined Reuters Group in New York in 1993 as Vice President and Deputy Counsel, Reuters America.
Reuters is one of the world's best known information companies, and it's got a merger plan to become number one.
Best Western was founded in 1946 by M.K. Guertin, as an informal link between existing hotels and lodging houses in the U.S.
David Kong is a hospitality industry leader and innovator with a distinguished 35-year career.
Build it and they will come. Make it different, and they'll come in droves. Sheldon Adelson's career is pretty much based on that mantra -- a philosophy that he tells us can be adapted to just about any business.
Shedlon Adelson is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp.
The company owns The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Sands Macau in The People's Republic of China's Special Administrative Region of Macau, as well as Venetian Macau Limited, a developer of additional multiple casino hotel resort properties in Macau.
Johnny Walker whiskey, Smirnoff vodka, Guinness beer, Captain Morgan rum and Jose Cuervo tequila are among the brands of the worlds biggest alcoholic drinks maker Diageo.
In 1997 Grand Metropolitan merged with Guinness UDV, the brewing company most famous for its dark stout beer. The combined company was dubbed Diageo, a name that merged the Latin for "day" with the Greek for "earth."
The young Paul Walsh initially wanted to become a pilot, but poor eyesight kept him out of the cockpit.
From TVs to handsets, LG Electronics is on a mission -- to become a top three player in the global electronics industry.
Yong Nam was appointed Vice Chairman and CEO of LG Electronics effective January 1, 2007.
LG Electronics was estqablished in 1958 as Goldstar, and produced some of Korea's first radios, TVs, refrigerators, washing machines and air conditioners through the 1960s.
Standard Chartered is betting big on emerging markets. They account for over 90 percent of the bank's revenue.
Mervyn Davies grew up near Abersoch, north Wales. He says he comes from a close family whose background is in farming and shipping and are all Welsh speaking. Mr Davies did not speak English until he was seven or eight.
Standard Chartered is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and is consistently ranked in the top 25 among FTSE-100 companies by market capitalization.
The partnership started as a single shop on Oxford Street in London, opened in 1864 by John Lewis.
The first part of Sir Stuart's career was spent in the Civil Service. He joined the Board of Trade in 1969, then served for two years in the UK Mission to the United Nations in Geneva.
It is one of the UK's most successful retailers, with an annual turnover of over $10 billion. Founded in 1864 by John Lewis, it was his son John Spedan Lewis who turned it into the unique business model it is today.
Noble Group was founded in Hong Kong in 1987 by CEO Richard Elman. This year marks the company's 20th Anniversary.
Richard Elman is the Founder and Chief Executive of the global supply chain manager Noble Group. He is responsible for overseeing the management team and formulation of its overall strategic planning.
Noble is one of the best companies in the world at managing the sourcing, processing and transportation of raw materials, whether they are coal or food grains.
Coca Cola was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. Dr. John Stith Pemberton, a local pharmacist, produced the syrup for Coca-Cola. It was put on sale at the nearby Jacobs' Pharmacy for five cents a glass as a soda fountain drink.
Neville Isdell was elected chairman, Board of Directors, and chief executive officer of The Coca-Cola Company on June 1, 2004.
The year was 1971, and Coca-Cola world-wide was the "real thing." One man selling that message was Neville Isdell, who at the time was working for Coke in Africa.
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