Henry Schacht
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Henry Schacht | |
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| Born | October 16, 1934 Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BS) Harvard University (MBA) |
Henry Schacht (born October 16, 1934) is an American businessman, a former chairman and chief executive officer of Cummins Diesel (1973–1994), and later CEO of Lucent Technologies.[1]
Previously he was on the boards of CBS, Chase Manhattan, and Alcoa.[2]
He assumed the Lucent CEO role in a transitory capacity upon Lucent's spinoff from AT&T Corporation, and served from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Schacht was brought back in 2001 to replace , who had served as Lucent's CEO during the intervening years. He is currently the managing director and senior advisor of the private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC New York.[3]
Schacht was a member of both the American Philosophical Society[4] and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[5]
Sources[]
- "Lucent Technologies' Board of Directors names Henry Schacht Chairman and CEO". Lucent Technologies. October 23, 2000. Archived from the original on August 23, 2006.
References[]
- ^ "Henry Brewer Schacht - History and Genealogy of Lake Maxinkuckee". www.maxinkuckee.history.pasttracker.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ Endlich, Lisa (2004). Optical Illusions, Lucent and the crash of Telecoms. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-2667-4.
- ^ "Henry B. Schacht: University Honors and Awards: Indiana University". University Honors & Awards. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ^ "Henry Brewer Schacht". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
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