COMPANY

Founded 1873 by John Fairfield Dryden as the Widows and Orphans Friendly Society, renamed to Prudential Friendly Society in 1875. Originally a mutual insurance company, Prudential Financial had its initial public offering in 2001.

Official Website:
http://www.prudential.com/

Industry:
Finance

Ticker:
NYSE:PRU

Corporate headquarters:
Newark, NJ

Sales:
$28.3B (2004)

Employees:
39,400 (2004)

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Neil A. Berkett	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Virgin Media
E. Michael Caulfield	Business	c. 1947		Former EVP, Prudential
Mark R. Fetting	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Legg Mason
Mark B. Grier	Business	c. 1953		Vice Chairman of Prudential
Garnett L. Keith, Jr.	Business	c. 1936		Vice Chairman of Prudential, 1984-96
Robert A. Knox	Business	c. 1951		Cornerstone Equity Investors
William J. Marino	Business	c. 1944		Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
Richard G. Merrill	Business	c. 1930		Former Prudential executive
Charles E. F. Millard	Government	c. 1957		Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 2007-09
John R. Muse	Business	c. 1951		HM Capital
Suze Orman	Author	5-Jun-1951		The Road to Wealth
Donald Payne	Politician	16-Jul-1934	6-Mar-2012	Congressman from New Jersey, 1989-2012
William L. Roper	Government	c. 1948		Director, Centers for Disease Control, 1990-93
Arthur F. Ryan	Business	1942		CEO of Prudential, 1994-2007
Bertram L. Scott	Business	c. 1951		EVP at TIAA-CREF
John R. Strangfeld	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Prudential
David A. Twardock	Business	c. 1957		Prudential Mortgage Capital
Lulu Wang	Philanthropist	c. 1944		Tupelo Capital Management
Doreen A. Wright	Business	27-Feb-1957		Senior VP and CIO of Campbell Soup

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frederic K. Becker	Attorney	1935		Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer
Gordon M. Bethune	Business	1941		CEO of Continental Airlines, 1994-2004
Gaston Caperton	Politician	21-Feb-1940		Governor of West Virginia, 1989-97
Gilbert F. Casellas	Attorney	c. 1952		Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo
James G. Cullen	Business	1942		President and COO of Bell Atlantic, 1998-2000
William H. Gray	Politician	20-Aug-1941		Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979-91
Mark B. Grier	Business	c. 1953		Vice Chairman of Prudential
Jon F. Hanson	Business	c. 1937		Hampshire Companies
Constance J. Horner	Government	24-Feb-1942		Former Civil Rights Commissioner
Karl J. Krapek	Business	1948		COO of United Technologies, 1999-2002
Christine A. Poon	Business	c. 1951		Vice Chairman, Johnson & Johnson
Arthur F. Ryan	Business	1942		CEO of Prudential, 1994-2007
John R. Strangfeld	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Prudential
James A. Unruh	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Unisys, 1990-97

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John T. Dorrance	Business	11-Nov-1873	21-Sep-1930	Invented condensed soup
Niall FitzGerald	Business	13-Sep-1945		Chairman of Reuters
Allan D. Gilmour	Business	1934		Twice Vice Chairman of Ford
Alexis Herman	Government	16-Jul-1947		US Secretary of Labor, 1997-2001
Glen H. Hiner	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Owens Corning, 1992-2002
Thomas S. Johnson	Business	c. 1940		President of Chemical Bank, 1983-89
Burton Malkiel	Economist	28-Aug-1932		A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Helen Stevenson Meyner	Politician	5-Mar-1928	2-Nov-1997	Congresswoman from New Jersey, 1975-78
Walter Mondale	Politician	5-Jan-1928		US Vice President under Jimmy Carter
Monroe Rathbone	Business	1-Mar-1900	2-Aug-1976	Formed Exxon

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Diego Asencio	Diplomat	15-Jul-1931		US Ambassador to Brazil, 1983-86
Peter Camejo	Activist	31-Dec-1939	13-Sep-2008	Persistent Green Party candidate
Shaun Donovan	Government	24-Jan-1966		US Secretary of HUD
Janice Hahn	Politician	30-Mar-1952		Congresswoman, California 36th
Patricia L. Herbold	Diplomat	24-Sep-1940		US Ambassador to Singapore
Starr Roxanne Hiltz	Sociologist	c. 1943		Mother of on-line education
William D. Jones	Business	c. 1955		CityLink Investment Corporation
Maria C. Richter	Business	c. 1955		Former Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Colonel Sanders	Business	9-Sep-1890	16-Dec-1980	Kentucky Fried Chicken
Bobby Schilling	Politician	23-Jan-1964		Congressman, Illinois 17th
John A. Somers	Business	c. 1944		Former EVP, TIAA
John E. Welsh III	Business	c. 1951		Avalon Capital Partners

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