Michael J. Ward
Michael J. Ward | |
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| Born | Michael John Ward September 2, 1950 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Education | University of Maryland (BBA, 1972) Harvard Business School (MBA, 1976) |
| Occupation | Railroad executive |
| Known for | Chairman and CEO of CSX Corporation |
| Notes | |
Michael J. Ward was the Chairman and CEO of CSX Corporation, a holding company focused on railroads, from 2003 to 2017.
Life[]
Michael Ward served as chairman and chief executive officer of CSX Corporation for fourteen years. Over his 40-year career, Mr. Ward headed CSX's operations, coal sales and marketing, and finance departments.[4]
He is the oldest of eight siblings; his father owned a pool hall, which he started working in at the age of eleven. He was the first in his family to earn a college degree, which he paid for by working at an asphalt company during the summer. After getting his MBA from Harvard at his father's suggestion, he started working at Chessie System, which would later become CSX.[5] He became President of CSX Transportation in 2000, then of CSX Corporation in 2002, then Chairman and CEO in 2003.[1][6] In 2009, he was named Railway Age's Railroader of the Year.[7] He stepped down as CEO of CSX in May 2017[8] and was succeeded by E. Hunter Harrison.
References[]
- ^ a b "Michael J. Ward". NNDB.com. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
- ^ "Michael Jon Ward: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
- ^ Wrinn, Jim (2016-02-15). "CSX's Michael Ward: I'll be around three more years". Trains. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
- ^ "Board-One Love Foundation". Join One Love. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
- ^ Smith Business School (2012-05-24). Michael Ward, Chairman and CEO of CSX, speaks at 2012 Smith graduation. YouTube. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
- ^ Kapadia, Reshma (2014-02-21). "CSX Boss Has Been Working on the Railroad". Barron's. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
- ^ "Ward honored as Railroader of the Year". Railway Age. 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
- ^ "CSX Is Cutting 1,000 Managers and Losing Its CEO". Reuters via Fortune. February 22, 2017.
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