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The following is a list of chief executive officers of notable companies. The list also includes lead executives with a position corresponding to chief executive officer (CEO), such as managing director (MD), and any concurrent positions held. Companies with a revenue of at least US$ 10 billion are included in the list.
In 1988, John Morgridge was appointed CEO. [13] The name "Cisco" was derived from the city name San Francisco, which is why the company's engineers insisted on using the lower case "cisco" in its early years. [14] The logo is a stylized depiction of the two towers of the Golden Gate Bridge. [1]
A year later, Chambers left Wang to join Cisco, which had gone public on February 16, 1990. [12] In 1995 Chambers became CEO of Cisco, a position he held until 2015. He had also been promoted to board chairman in 2006. [13] During his tenure as CEO, the company's annual sales grew from $1.9 billion [14] to $49.2 billion. [15]
Cisco entered the Chinese market in 1994 and established its Greater China division in 2010. The company employs about 4,000 people in China and has branches in 16 cities.
David Meads, Cisco’s UK and Ireland CEO, didn’t plan on being a teenage academic dropout. In fact, he had every intention of pursuing further education at the time.
On this episode of Fortune’s Leadership Next podcast, Alan Murray sits down with Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins to discuss a new role he's added to his resume, chair of the Business Roundtable. Founded ...
Cisco's product was developed in their garage and was sold beginning in 1986 by word of mouth. In their first month alone, Cisco was able to land contracts worth more than $200,000. The company produced revolutionary technology such as the first multiport router-specific line cards and sophisticated routing protocols , giving them domination ...
John Chambers stepped down as CEO of Cisco in 2015, and left the board at the end of 2017. "I'm not retired, but I am on to my next chapters," John Chambers told Business Insider in the hours ...