Kenneth Chenault Biography

Kenneth Chenault biography

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NAME: Kenneth Irvine Chenault
OCCUPATION: Business Leader
BIRTH DATE: June 02, 1951 (Age: 60)
EDUCATION: Waldorf School, Bowdoin College, Harvard University Law School
PLACE OF BIRTH: Mineola, New York

ZODIAC SIGN: Gemini

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American businessman Kenneth Chenault was one of the first African Americans to become the CEO of a Fortune 500 firm, the American Express Company.

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Kenneth Chenault was born June 2, 1951 in Mineola, N.Y. He accepted a job in 1981 with American Express. He rose through the ranks and implemented strategies that revived the firm in an era of cutthroat competition. By the time of his appointment as CEO and president in 1997, it was evident that he would likely be chosen as American Express's next CEO, which he was in 2001.