James D. Robinson III
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James Dixon Robinson III (born 1935) was the chief executive officer of American Express Co. from 1977 until his retirement in 1993.[1]
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[edit] Education
He attended Woodberry Forest School and is a 1957 graduate of Georgia Tech's School of Industrial Management[2] where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity.[3] He gained an MBA from Harvard in 1961.[4]
[edit] Business career
[edit] American Express
While at American Express, Robinson played a prominent role in the RJR Nabisco leveraged buyout battle as chronicled in the book Barbarians at the Gate. Former Senator Fred Dalton Thompson played Robinson in the 1993 movie.
[edit] Other positions
Robinson has been a director of The Coca-Cola Company since 1975.[5] He is a general partner and co-founder of RRE Ventures, a private information technology venture investment firm, along with his son, James D. Robinson IV, a venture capitalist, and a classmate of his son from Harvard Business School, Stuart J. Ellman. Robinson is also president of J.D. Robinson, Inc., a strategic consulting firm. He was chairman of Violy, Byorum & Partners, who operated in South America.[1] He also serves on the Boards of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company Inc. and PrimeRevenue,[6] and is honorary chairman of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He is a member of the Business Council and the Council on Foreign Relations, and an honorary trustee of the Brookings Institution. In previous years, he served as co-chairman of the Business Roundtable and chairman of the Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations.
[edit] Personal life
Robinson and two of his partners at RRE Ventures, James D. Robinson IV and Richard McGinn, are all members of the Augusta National Golf Club.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Olan, Kerry A. (20 September 1999). "The return of Jimmy Three Sticks". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/0920/6407055a.html?partner=whiteglove_google. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ Schwartz, Jerry (Summer 1993). "On His Own". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. http://gtalumni.org/Publications/magazine/sum93/own.html. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI OF CHI PHI FRATERNITY". Chi Phi Fraternity. http://www.chiphi.org/Alumni/AlumniMenAchievement.aspx. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "James D. Robinson III". NNDB. http://www.nndb.com/people/339/000124964/. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "James D. Robinson III". Board of Directors. The Coca-Cola Company. http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/ourcompany/bios/bio_28.html. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "Former American Express CEO Joins PrimeRevenue Board". SDCExec. 19 September 2005. http://www.sdcexec.com/web/online/Payment-Trends/Former-American-Express-CEO-Joins-PrimeRevenue-Board/23$7426. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
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| Preceded by Howard L Clark |
CEO of American Express 1977-1993 |
Succeeded by Harvey Golub |
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