which former railroad ceo used the title " traveling freight agent" on his business card?
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John W. Barriger III, a solid railroader, financial expert, transportation visionary and master of public relations. He assumed the presidency of Monon Railroads in 1946.\n\nClieck here for complete information on Barriger and the Monon railroads:http://www.lakemirabel.com/Railroad/Monon1.html
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John E. Potter is the current United States Postmaster General and CEO of the United States Postal Service. Since becoming the 72nd Postmaster General on June 1, 2001, Potter has led the Postal Service to record levels of service, efficiency, and financial performance.\n\nPrior to becoming Postmaster General, he had been CEO of the U.S. Postal Service, a position he continues to hold. He also served as Vice President, Labor Relations, as well as a number of other senior operational positions.\n\nPotter holds a degree in economics from Fordham University and earned a master's degree in management from the Sloan Fellows program at the MIT Sloan School of Management.\n\nYou can write to the Postmaster General by addressing your envelope to Postmaster General of the United States. No further addressing is necessary.
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Bill Gates of Microsoft.
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The International Association of Air Travel Couriers\nhttp://www.courier.org/\n\nBe aware, couriers do not get paid. They only get to travel at very reduced rates.\n\nBTW, I think your picture looks like Johnny Carson, not Barker
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Bill Gates.\n\nNo question about it. Fully documented.
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I'm looking for confirmation, but the answer is probably J. Edgar Hoover. Hoover's (and therefore the FBI's) position had always been that there was no such thing as the mob - especially in the U.S. - and the 2-volume 1958 monograph provided solid evidence of the Mafia's operations.\n\nMark Felt, the agent recently identified as "Deep Throat", headed many of the agency's early investigations into organized crime in the U.S.
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Ticket Master.\n\nEBAY
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The Transportation business (Railroad)  Followed closely by technology
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I don't recall any he sold outright, but I remember him allowing logging on federal lands without being subject to federal environmental standards. Here's an article about it:
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1995  August  Barry Diller named Chairman and CEO of Silver King Communications, Inc.  \n \n \n1996 December Silver King, Home Shopping Network, and Savoy Pictures Entertainment merge; Silver King Communications, Inc. renamed HSN, inc. (announced 11/95) \n \n \n1997 July HSN, inc. acquires 50% of Ticketmaster Group, Inc. from Paul Allen (announced 5/97) \n \n \n1998 February HSN, inc. acquires USA Network, SCI FI, and Universal domestic TV (renamed Studios USA) from Seagram; HSN, inc. renamed USA Networks, Inc. (USAI) (announced 10/97) \n \nMarch USAI two-for-one stock split on March 26 \n \nJune USAI acquires remaining interest in Ticketmaster from public \n \nSeptember Ticketmaster Online merges with CitySearch (announced 8/98) \n \nDecember Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch, Inc. (TMCS) completes IPO (merged 9/98) \n \n \n1999 May USAI acquires Hotel Reservations Network (later renamed Hotels.com) (announced 4/99) \n \nMay TMCS acquires the Sidewalk city guides from Microsoft (announced 7/99) \n \nJune TMCS acquires Match.com \n \n \n2000 February USAI two-for-one stock split on February 24 \n \nApril USAI acquires Precision Response Corporation (announced 1/00) \n \n \n2001 January Ticketmaster combined with TMCS (announced 11/00) \n \nAugust USAI completes sale of USA Broadcasting to Univision (announced 12/00) \n \n \n2002 February USAI acquires a controlling interest in Expedia (announced 7/01) \n \nMay \n\nUSAI acquires TV Travel Group (announced 2/02)\n\n \nMay USAI contributes USA Entertainment to Vivendi Universal Entertainment, a joint venture controlled by Vivendi; USA Networks, Inc. renamed USA Interactive (announced 12/01) \n \nSeptember USAI acquires Interval International (announced 5/02) \n \n \n2003 January USAI acquires remainder of Ticketmaster (announced 10/02) \n \nMarch USAI acquires Entertainment Publications Inc. (announced 11/02) \n \nApril USAI acquires uDate.com (announced 12/02) \n \nJune USA Interactive renamed InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) \n \nJune IAC acquires remainder of Hotels.com (announced 4/03) \n \nAugust IAC acquires remainder of Expedia (announced 3/03) \n \nAugust IAC acquires LendingTree (announced 5/03) \n \nOctober IAC acquires Anyway.com \n \nNovember IAC acquires Hotwire (announced 9/03) \n \nDecember \n\nIAC acquires RealEstate.com and GetSmart (announced 10/03)\n\n \n \n2004 March IAC acquires ZeroDegrees \n \nApril IAC acquires TripAdvisor, Inc. (announced 3/04) \n \nJuly InterActiveCorp renamed IAC/InterActiveCorp \n \nAugust IAC makes 30% investment in eLong, Inc. (announced 7/04) \n \nSeptember IAC acquires ServiceMagic, Inc. (announced 7/04) \n \nSeptember IAC announces acquisition of Home Loan Center \n \n \n2005 January IAC completes eLong warrant exercise (announced 12/04) \n \nMarch IAC launches Gifts.com \n \nApril IAC acquires Cornerstone Brands, Inc. (announced 3/05) \n \nJune IAC unwinds its interest in VUE \n \nJune IAC completes the sale of its interest in Euvía Media (announced 03/05) \n \nJuly \n\nIAC acquires Ask Jeeves, Inc. (announced 3/05)\n\n \nAugust IAC completes spin-off of Expedia, Inc. (announced 12/04) \n \nAugust IAC one-for-two reverse stock split on August 9 \n \n \n2006 February IAC acquires Shoebuy.com, Inc. (announced 1/06)
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Tom Kean, Jr.\nhttp://www.nrsc.org/newsdesk/document.aspx?ID=2452
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Mr. Howard Schultz is the current CEO of SBUX.\nSee valuable write up on Starbucks at http://ibooyah.com
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William Gates III \n\nFor the  whole list:\nhttp://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/Rank_1.html
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Officials and workers of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railways met on Promontory Summit, in Utah Territory to drive in the Golden Spike on May 10, 1869. This spike symbolized completion of the first transcontinental railroad, an event which joined the nation from coast to coast and reduced a journey of four or more months to just one week.
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New York Board of Trade
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As in trading?\n\ntry strategyrunner
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Web definitions for Captain of industry \n Captain of industry was a term originally in the U.S. during the Industrial Revolution describing a business leader who, as well as amassing a personal fortune, contributes positively to the country in some way. This may have been through increased productivity, expansion of markets, providing more jobs, or acts of philanthropy. ...\nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_of_industry - Definition in context \n\n\nWeb definitions for Interstate Commerce Act \n The United States Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, signed into law by President Grover Cleveland, created the Interstate Commerce Commission. The members of the commission were appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate. This was the first of the so-called Fourth Branch agencies. Its aim was to regulate surface transportation (initially railroads, later trucking), to ensure fair prices and regulate other aspects of the conduct of common carriers. ...\nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Commerce_Act - Definition in context \n\n\nInterstate Commerce: Definition and Much More from Answers.comGiven this state of affairs, farmers were in the market for transport services to carry ... Law Dictionary definition of Interstate Commerce Law Dictionary. ...\nwww.answers.com/topic/interstate-commerce-1 - 59k - Cached - Similar pages