Western Union

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Western Union

COMPANY

Telegram and money transfer services, founded 1851 in Rochester by Ezra Cornell.

Acquired by First Data in 1994, spun off 2006.

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

Industry:
Communications

Ticker:
NYSE:WU

Corporate headquarters:
Englewood, CO

Sales:
$4.9B (2007)

Employees:
5900 (2007)

EXECUTIVES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Ezra Cornell Business 11-Jan-1807 9-Dec-1874 Founder of Cornell University

Christina A. Gold Business c. 1947 CEO of Western Union

Jay Gould Business 27-May-1836 2-Dec-1892 Railroad baron owned Union Pacific

Stewart J. Paperin Business c. 1946 EVP of Soros Foundations

Theodore Vail Business 16-Jul-1845 16-Apr-1920 Founder of AT&T

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Dinyar S. Devitre Business c. 1946 CFO of Altria, 2002-08

Christina A. Gold Business c. 1947 CEO of Western Union

Jack M. Greenberg Business 1942 CEO of McDonald's, 1998-2002

Betsy D. Holden Business 1956 CEO of Kraft Foods, 2001-03

Alan J. Lacy Business 19-Oct-1953 CEO of Sears, 2000-05

Linda Fayne Levinson Business c. 1942 Vendare Media Corporation

Roberto G. Mendoza Business 1945 Vice Chairman of JP Morgan, 1990-2000

Michael A. Miles, Jr. Business c. 1961 President of Staples

Dennis Stevenson Business 19-Jul-1945 Chairman of HBOS

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Stewart J. Paperin Business c. 1946 EVP of Soros Foundations

Paul M. Warburg Business 10-Aug-1868 24-Jan-1932 The Federal Reserve System

EMPLOYMENT

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Glenn Curtiss Aviator 21-May-1878 23-Jul-1930 American aviation pioneer

Thomas Edison Inventor 11-Feb-1847 18-Oct-1931 Invented the light bulb

Hutton Gibson Relative 26-Aug-1918 Father of Mel Gibson

Vera Miles Actor 23-Aug-1929 The Searchers

Alan B. Miller Business 17-Aug-1937 Founder of Universal Health Services

Claude Shannon Scientist 30-Apr-1916 24-Feb-2001 Pioneer in information theory

Floyd Tillman Country Musician 8-Dec-1914 22-Aug-2003 Honky-tonk drawler and guitarist

EXTRANEOUS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

John Diebold Author 8-Jun-1926 26-Dec-2005 Advocate of automation

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