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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.
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]
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]
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.
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.
Internet-telephone service Skype has hired Tony Bates, a former senior vice president at Cisco Systems (CSCO), as its new chief executive. Bates replaces Josh Silverman, the former head of eBay's ...
Ullal thereby joined Cisco and began work on the Cisco Catalyst switching business, which grew from its beginning in 1993 to a $5 billion business in 2000. [12] As vice president and general manager of LAN switching in the Enterprise group, [ citation needed ] Ullal initiated strategic initiatives such as unified communications, IP telephony ...
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 ...