Figures are for 48 UC alumni who headed publicly traded companies with at least $1 billion in annual sales as reported in 2009.*
(as published in UC Magazine 2010)

Paul Heldman, JD '77
Executive VP
Kroger Co.
Cincinnati
Revenue: $76 billion
Employees: 326,000

Lynn Marmer, Ed '74, DAAP '80, JD '86
Group VP, corporate affairs
Kroger Co.
Cincinnati
Revenue: $76 billion
Employees: 326,000

Michael McNamara, A&S '79
CEO
Flextronics International
Singapore
Revenue: $31 billion
Employees: 160,000

Paul Polman, MA (A&S) '79, MBA '79, HonDoc '09
CEO
Unilever N.V.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Revenue: $28 billion
Employees: 174,000

David Clark, Univ '72, SSW '74
Senior VP, human resources
Macy's
Cincinnati
Revenue: $23.5 billion
Employees: 161,000

Myron Ullman III, Bus '69, HonDoc '06
Chairman, CEO
J.C. Penney Co.
Plano, Texas
Revenue: $18.5 billion
Employees: 155,000

Patrick Yang, MS (Eng) '72
Head, global technical operations
Genentech
San Francisco, Calif.
Revenue: $13 billion
Employees: 11,186

Julie Janson, JD '88
President
Duke Energy Ohio & Kentucky
Cincinnati
Revenue: $12.7 billion
Employees: 18,680

Daryl Bible, Bus '83, MBA '85
Senior executive VP, CFO
BB&T Corp.
Winston Salem, N.C.
Revenue: $10.8 billion
Employees: 32,400

Daniel Poston, Bus '79
Executive VP, CFO
Fifth Third Bancorp
Cincinnati
Revenue: $9.5 billion
Employees: 21,901

Bruce Besanko, A&S '82
Executive VP, CFO, CAO
OfficeMax
Naperville, Ill.
Revenue: $7.2 billion
Employees: 20,000

Claire Watts, Bus '82
President, U.S. commerce
QVC
West Chester, Pa.
Revenue: $7 billion
Employees: 11,000

James Goetz, MBA '83
Executive VP, finance; CFO
David J. Joseph Co.
Cincinnati
Revenue: $6.4 billion
Employees: 1,700

Jeffrey Stamps, Phar '84
Senior VP, pharmacy operations
Omnicare
Covington, Ky.
Revenue: $6.2 billion
Employees: 13,700

Craig Muhlhauser, Eng '71, MS (Eng) '75
President, CEO
Celestica
Toronto, Canada
Revenue: $6.1 billion
Employees: 29,000

Gregory Reid, Bus '74
Executive VP, CMO
YRC Worldwide
Overland, Kan.
Revenue: $5.3 billion
Employees: 36,000

Bruce Schwallie, Phar '76
Executive VP, business development & managed care
Longs Drug Stores Corp.
Walnut Creek, Calif.
Revenue: $5.3 billion
Employees: 22,000

Gary Garfield, JD '81
President, CEO
Bridgestone Americas Holdings
Nashville, Tenn.
Revenue: $4.6 billion
Employees: 900

Gregory Lampert, Eng '90
Executive VP; president/CEO, North America
General Cable Corp.
Highland Heights, Ky.
Revenue: $4.4 billion
Employees: 11,300

Carl Lindner III, Bus '75
Co-president, CEO
American Financial Group
Cincinnati
Revenue: $4.3 billion
Employees: 600

S. Craig Lindner III, Bus '77
Co-president, CEO
American Financial Group
Cincinnati
Revenue: $4.3 billion
Employees: 600

Thomas Mischell III, Bus '70
Senior VP, taxes
American Financial Group
Cincinnati
Revenue: $4.3 billion
Employees: 600

Roger Newport, Bus '88
Chief accounting officer
AK Steel
West Chester, Ohio
Revenue: $4.1 billion
Employees: 6,500

Tammy Serati, Bus '81, MS (Bus) '82
Senior VP, human resources
H&R Block
Kansas City, Mo.
Revenue: $4.1 billion
Employees: 8,300

Kenneth Stecher, Eve '75, A&S '75
President, CEO
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
Fairfield, Ohio
Revenue: $3.9 billion
Employees: 8,340

Timothy Timmel, Bus '72
Senior VP, operations
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
Fairfield, Ohio
Revenue: $3.9 billion
Employees: 8,340

J. Phillip Holloman, Eng '78
President, COO
Cintas Corp.
Cincinnati
Revenue: $3.7 billion
Employees: 31,000

Kenneth Thompson II, JD '85
Senior VP, chief legal officer
LexisNexis Group
Miamisburg, Ohio
Revenue: $3.2 billion
Employees: 18,000

Prakash Bedapudi, MS (Eng) '91
Executive VP, CTO
Lennox International
Richardson, Texas
Revenue: $3 billion
Employees: 4,800

Peter Woo, A&S '70, HonDoc '94
Chairman
Wheelock and Co., Ltd.
Hong Kong
Revenue: $3 billion
Employees: 13,600

Harold Miller, Bus '75
President, International Tire Div.
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
Findlay, Ohio
Revenue: $2.8 billion
Employees: 12,568

John Barrett, Bus '71
Chairman, president, CEO
Western-Southern Financial Group
Cincinnati
Revenue: $2.7 billion
Employees: 5,000

Ming-Kai Tsai, MS (Eng) '76
Chairman
Media Tek
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Revenue: $2.6 billion
Employees: 4,081

Dane Miller, MS (Eng) '71, PhD (Eng) '74, HonDoc '03
Founder
Biomet
Warsaw, Ind.
Revenue: $2.5 billion
Employees: 3,548

Michael Czinege, Bus '75, MBA '76
Senior VP, CIO
AMC Entertainment
Kansas City, Mo.
Revenue: $2.3 billion
Employees: 800

Robert Fealy, Bus '73
President, COO
The Duchossois Group
Elmhurst, Ill.
Revenue: $2 billion
Employees: 300

Mark White, Bus '79
CFO
SAP North America
Newton Square, Pa.
Revenue: $2 billion
Employees: 4,138

Thomas Caneris, A&S '84, JD '87
Senior VP, secretary, general counsel
PharMerica Corp.
Louisville, Ky.
Revenue: $1.8 billion
Employeees: 4,700

Robert Buck, Bus '70
Chairman, president, CEO
Beacon Roofing Supply
Peabody, Ma.
Revenue: $1.7 billion
Employees: 2,258

Kevin Bloomfield, A&S '73, JD '77
Senior VP, general counsel, secretary
Belden
St. Louis, Mo.
Revenue: $1.4 billion
Employees: 6,200

Frederic Eshelman, Phar '74
Chairman
Pharmaceutical Product Development
Wilmington, N.C.
Revenue: $1.4 billion
Employees: 10,860

Howard Becker, Bus '71
Senior VP, CAO
Ohio National Financial Services
Cincinnati
Revenue: $1.2 billion
Employees: 850

Robert Conrad, Eng '83
Executive VP, general manager
Fairfield Semiconductor International
South Portland, Maine
Revenue: $1.2 billion
Employees: 8,563

Ronald Dolan, A&S '69
Vice chairman, chief risk officer
Ohio National Financial Services
Cincinnati
Revenue: $1.2 billion
Employees: 850

Michael Haverkamp, Bus '71
Senior VP, general counsel
Ohio National Financial Services
Cincinnati
Revenue: $1.2 billion
Employees: 850

Hans Vanden Noort, Bus '80
Senior VP, CFO
Rayonier
Jacksonville, Fla.
Revenue: $1.2 billion
Employees: 1,800

Jay Stein, att. A&S '63
Chairman
Stein Mart
Jacksonville, Fla.
Revenue: $1.2 billion
Employees: 6,400

William Morelli, A&S '74, JD '78
Executive VP, general counsel
Ingram Industries
Nashville, Tenn.
Revenue: $1 billion+
Employees: 5,200

*Figures are for alumni who headed publicly traded companies with at least $1 billion in annual sales in 2009. Alumni on the list held executive positions higher than a vice president. If someone fits the criteria and is missing from the list, you can submit the following information: the executive's name, college from which he or she graduated, years of graduation, corporation, title, total revenue of the company, total number of employees and year for which the data is valid. E-mail the data to Deb.Rieselman@UC.edu.

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