[7] James D. Robinson III served as Chairman & CEO of the American Express Company for approximately 16 years.

Robinson went on to purchase Shearson Lehman, IDS, First Data Corporation, Trade Development Bank (Switzerland), and several others.

[8] He played a prominent role in the RJR Nabisco leveraged buyout battle as chronicled in the book Barbarians at the Gate.

He was previously a long-time Director and Chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb, and of Violy, Byorum & Partners, which operated in South America.

[1] Robinson also served on the Boards of Directors of PrimeRevenue[11] and was honorary chairman of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

In previous years, he served as co-chairman of the Business Roundtable and chairman of the Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations.