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Search Business Roundtable Members 08/12/2020 Members | Business Roundtable Business Roundtable CEOs Reect on the Anniversary of LEARN MORE the Updated Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation (/purpose) Business Roundtable members are the chief executive officers of MEMBERS leading U.S. companies. Collectively, they represent every sector of the economy and bring a unique and important perspective to bear on policy issues that impact the economy. Roundtable members are thought leaders, advocating for policy solutions that foster U.S. economic growth and competitiveness. Search Business Roundtable Members Mike Roman Kevin J. Wheeler Robert Ford 3M A.O. Smith Corporation Abbott Chief Executive Officer Chairman and Chief President and Chief (/about- Executive Officer Executive Officer us/members/mike- (/about- (/about- roman-chief-executive- us/members/kevin-j- us/members/robert- officer-3m) wheeler-chairman- ford-president-and- and-chief-executive- chief-executive-officer- officer-ao-smith- abbott) corporation) https://www.businessroundtable.org/about-us/members 1/27 08/12/2020 Members | Business Roundtable Richard A. Gonzalez Julie Sweet Carlos A. Rodriguez AbbVie Accenture ADP Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer President and Chief Chief Executive Officer Executive Officer (/about- (/about- (/about- us/members/richard- us/members/julie- us/members/carlos-a- a-gonzalez-chairman- sweet-chief-executive- rodriguez-president- of-the-board-and- officer-accenture) and-chief-executive- chief-executive-officer- officer-adp) abbvie) Andrés Gluski Dan Amos John O. Larsen The AES Corporation Aflac Incorporated Alliant Energy Corporation Director, President and CEO Chairman, Chief Executive President, CEO and (/about- Officer and President Chairman of the Board us/members/andrés- (/dan-amos-chairman- (/about- gluski-director- chief-executive-officer- us/members/john-o- president-and-ceo-the- and-president-aflac- larsen-president-ceo- aes-corporation) incorporated) and-chairman-of-the- board-alliant-energy- corporation) Lee J. Styslinger, III Jeff Bezos Doug Parker Altec, Inc. Amazon American Airlines Chairman and Chief Founder, Chairman, CEO Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and President Executive Officer (/about- (/about- (/about- us/members/lee-j- us/members/jeff- us/members/doug- styslinger-iii- bezos-founder- parker-chairman-and- chairman-and-chief- chairman-ceo-and- chief-executive-officer- executive-officer-altec- president-amazon) american-airlines) https://www.businessroundtable.org/about-us/members 2/27 08/12/2020 Members | Business Roundtable p inc) Stephen J. Squeri Thomas A. Bartlett Nicholas K. Akins American Express Company American Tower American Electric Power Chairman and Chief Corporation Chairman, President and Executive Officer President and Chief Chief Executive Officer (/about- Executive Officer (/about- us/members/stephen- (/about- us/members/nicholas- j-squeri-chairman- us/members/thomas- k-akins-chairman- and-chief-executive- a-bartlett-president- president-and-chief- officer-american- and-chief-executive- executive-officer- express-company) officer-american- american-electric- tower-corporation) power) James Cracchiolo Steven H. Collis Gail K. Boudreaux Ameriprise Financial AmerisourceBergen Anthem, Inc. Chairman and Chief Corporation Chief Executive Officer and Executive Officer Chairman, President and President (/about- Chief Executive Officer (/about- us/members/james- (/about- us/members/gail-k- cracchiolo-chairman- us/members/steven-h- boudreaux-chief- and-chief-executive- collis-chairman- executive-officer-and- officer-ameriprise- president-and-chief- president-anthem-inc) financial) executive-officer- amerisourcebergen- corporation) Gregory C. Case Tim Cook Juan R. Luciano Aon Apple, Inc. Archer Daniels Midland President and Chief Chief Executive Officer Company Executive Officer (/about- Chairman, President, and https://www.businessroundtable.org/about-us/members 3/27 08/12/2020 Members | Business Roundtable (/about (/about- us/members/tim-cook- Chief Executive Officer us/members/gregory- chief-executive-officer- (/about- us/members/juan-r- c-case-president-and- apple-inc) chief-executive-officer- luciano-chairman- aon) president-and-chief- executive-officer- archer-daniels- midland-company) Alan B. Colberg John Stankey John A. Hayes Assurant, Inc. AT&T Inc. Ball Corporation President and CEO Chief Executive Officer Chairman, President and (/about- (/about- Chief Executive Officer us/members/alan-b- us/members/john- (/about- colberg-president-and- stankey-chief- us/members/john-a- ceo-assurant-inc) executive-officer-att- hayes-chairman- inc) president-and-chief- executive-officer-ball- corporation) Brian T. Moynihan José E. Almeida Bayer Corporation Bank of America Baxter International Inc. Corporation Chairman and Chief (/about- Chairman of the Board and Executive Officer us/members/bayer- Chief Executive Officer (/about- corporation) (/about- us/members/josé-e- us/members/brian-t- almeida-chairman- moynihan-chairman- and-chief-executive- of-the-board-and- officer-baxter- chief-executive-officer- international-inc) bank-of-america- corporation) https://www.businessroundtable.org/about-us/members 4/27 08/12/2020 Members | Business Roundtable Brendan P. Bechtel Corie Barry Laurence D. Fink Bechtel Group, Inc. Best Buy Co. Inc. BlackRock, Inc. Chairman and Chief CEO Founder, Chairman and Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer (/about- (/about- us/members/brendan- (/about- us/members/laurence- p-bechtel-chairman- us/members/corie- d-fink-founder- and-chief-executive- barry-ceo-best-buy-co- chairman-and-chief- officer-bechtel-group- inc) executive-officer- inc) blackrock-inc) Stephen A. Todd Gibbons David Calhoun Schwarzman BNY Mellon The Boeing Company Blackstone Chief Executive Officer President and Chief Chairman, CEO and Co- (/about- Executive Officer Founder us/members/todd- (/about- (/about- gibbons-chief- us/members/david- us/members/stephen- executive-officer-bny- calhoun-president- a-schwarzman- mellon) and-chief-executive- chairman-ceo-and-co- officer-the-boeing- founder-blackstone) company) Glenn Fogel Frédéric Lissalde Rich Lesser Booking Holdings BorgWarner Boston Consulting Group Chief Executive Officer and President and Chief CEO President Executive Officer (/about- (/about- (/frédéric-lissalde- us/members/rich- us/members/glenn- president-and-chief- lesser-ceo-boston- fogel-chief-executive- executive-officer- consulting-group) officer-and-president- borgwarner) booking-holdings) https://www.businessroundtable.org/about-us/members 5/27 08/12/2020 Members | Business Roundtable Bernard Looney Giovanni Caforio, M.D. Kewsong Lee BP Bristol-Myers Squibb The Carlyle Group Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer (/about- (/about- (/about- us/members/bernard- us/members/giovanni- us/members/kewsong- looney-chief-executive- caforio-md-chairman- lee-chief-executive- officer-bp) of-the-board-and- officer-the-carlyle- chief-executive-officer- group) bristol-myers-squibb) David L. Gitlin D. James Umpleby, III Robert E. Sulentic Carrier Caterpillar Inc. CBRE Group, Inc President and Chief Chairman of the Board of President & Chief Executive Executive Officer Directors and Chief Officer (/about- Executive Officer (/about- us/members/david-l- (/about- us/members/robert-e- gitlin-president-and- us/members/d-james- sulentic-president- chief-executive-officer- umpleby-iii-chairman- chief-executive-officer- carrier) of-the-board-of- cbre-group-inc) directors-and-chief- executive-officer- caterpillar-inc) Michael F. Neidorff W. Anthony Will Mike Wirth Centene Corporation CF Industries Chevron Corporation Chairman, President, and President and Chief Chairman of the Board and CEO Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer (/about- (/about- (/about- us/members/michael- us/members/w- us/members/mike- f-neidorff-chairman- anthony-will- wirth-chairman-of- president-and-ceo- president-and-chief- the-board-and-chief- centene-corporation) executive-officer-cf- executive-officer- https://www.businessroundtable.org/about-us/members 6/27 08/12/2020 Members | Business Roundtable p industries) chevron-corporation) Bob Biesterfeld Evan G. Greenberg Brian Niccol C.H. 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