Corporate titles or business titles are given to corporate officers to show what duties and responsibilities they have in the organization. Such titles are used by publicly and privately held for-profit corporations, cooperatives, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, partnerships, and sole proprietorships also confer corporate titles.
This list brings together authority figures—people who hold on-screen power—in professional wrestling promotions or brands within North America. The North American wrestling industry portrays authority figures as responsible for making matches, providing rules and generally keeping law and order both in and outside the ring. The role can vary according to disposition as a face authority figure tends to give what the fans want and does what is fair while a heel authority figures tend to run their shows out of their own self-interest.
Ronald Meyer is an American entertainment executive and former talent agent. He co-founded Creative Artists Agency in 1975, and served as the President and Chief Operating Officer at Universal Studios Inc. from 1995-2013 and the President and Chief Operating Officer of Vivendi Universal Entertainment from 2002-2004. He was then promoted to Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal at Comcast Corp. and held that position until his resignation in 2020. He is currently the CEO of Wild Bunch, and an advisor to the Doha Film Institute.
Charles H. Noski was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wells Fargo & Company from March 2020 to August 2021. He previously held a variety of positions, including the position of CFO at AT&T, Bank of America, and Northrop Grumman, as well as the positions of director and chairman of the audit committee of Microsoft.
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) is a United States industry trade group representing securities firms, banks, and asset management companies. SIFMA was formed on November 1, 2006, from the merger of the Bond Market Association and the Securities Industry Association. It has offices in New York City and Washington, D.C.
John P. Surma is an American businessman. He was the executive chairman of the board of United States Steel Corporation. Surma retired as CEO of U.S. Steel effective September 1, 2013, and Chairman effective January 1, 2014, positions he held since 2004.
Charles Wickliffe "Wick" Moorman IV is an American businessman and railroader. Moorman is currently a consultant with Amtrak, where he formerly served as president and CEO as well as co-CEO. Prior to his hiring by Amtrak, Moorman served as chairman, president and CEO of Norfolk Southern Railway. At Norfolk Southern, he succeeded David R. Goode on February 1, 2006. Moorman served as president from 2004 to 2013 and chief executive officer from 2005 until his initial retirement in 2015.
Lynton Ronald 'Red' Wilson, is a Canadian business executive. He served as chairman of the board at both Nortel and CAE, Chief Executive Officer at BCE, and corporate director of DaimlerChrysler.
James Alan Skinner is an American business executive. He was the executive chairman of Walgreens Boots Alliance. He was the vice chairman and CEO of McDonald's Corporation.
David Nelson Farr is an American business executive. He was the chairman and CEO of Emerson Electric Company, a Fortune 500 company. Farr has worked at the company since 1981 and retired as CEO on Feb 5, 2021. He is married to Lelia Far, with whom he has two children, and is a resident of Ladue, Missouri.
James "Jim" Cracchiolo is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., a leading diversified financial services company serving the comprehensive financial planning needs of the mass affluent and affluent. He has held these positions since September 2005, when the company was spun off from American Express. From 2003 to present, he has also been Chairman of Threadneedle Asset Management, a London-based global asset management firm.
Jay Steven Fishman served as chairman and chief executive officer of The Travelers Companies for 11 years prior to stepping down in December 2015, following a diagnosis of ALS. He was employed as the executive chairman of the board of Travelers from December 2015 until his death in August 2016.
Albert P. L. Stroucken is a Dutch businessman. He is the former president, chief executive and chairman of H.B. Fuller and Owens-Illinois.
Marshall O. Larsen is an American businessman. He served as the Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the Board of Goodrich Corporation from 2003 until its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation (UTC) in 2012. He now sits on the Board of Directors of UTC.
Walter James "Jim" McNerney Jr. is a business executive who was President and CEO of The Boeing Company, June 2005–July 2015. McNerney was also Chairman from June 2005 until March 1, 2016. McNerney oversaw development of the Boeing 737 MAX.
Merrill A. Miller Jr., more commonly known as Pete Miller, was the chairman and chief executive officer of National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV) a supplier of oilfield services, equipment and components to the worldwide oil and natural gas industry. In November 2013, Miller announced he would step down as chairman and CEO in order to become the executive chairman of the firm’s spinoff distribution business, DistributionNow.com (NYSE:DNOW) Since May 2015 he is also Chairman of the Swiss offshore drilling company Transocean.
Brian P. McAndrews is an American marketing and advertising executive, sports team owner who is a former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Pandora Media, Inc.
Charles "Charlie" W. Scharf is an American investment banker and business executive who serves as the chief executive officer and president of Wells Fargo. He was previously the CEO of Visa Inc. and BNY Mellon, and has been an independent director on the Microsoft board of directors since 2014.
Clay C. Williams is a businessman in the oil industry. He is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at National Oilwell Varco.
