James R. Barker (businessman)

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James R. Barker
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Columbia University (BA)
Harvard Business School (MBA)
Occupation(s) Chairman of Interlake Steamship Company and SeaStreak
Known forCo-founder of Temple, Barker & Sloane
CEO of Moore-McCormack

James R. Barker is an American shipping businessman who is the chairman of the Interlake Steamship Company and SeaStreak. [1] He was also a management consultant who co-founded Temple, Barker & Sloane, which formed the global consulting firm Oliver Wyman. [2] He is the namesake of the lake freighter MV James R. Barker. [3]

Biography

Barker grew up spending summers with his uncle, a boat captain in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and worked on ships doing the Great Lakes trade. [4] Barker graduated from Columbia College in 1957 and became a coast guard officer. He then graduated from Harvard Business School, and worked for Pickands Mather & Co., a raw materials production and shipping company. [4]

Barker later joined Harbridge House, a consulting firm as a transportation scientist. In January 1970, he formed shipping consultancy Temple, Barker & Sloane with Carl Sloane and Peter Temple and was hired by Moore-McCormack to tackle its business problems. [5] In 1971, he became chairman and CEO of Moore-McCormack, becoming then the youngest CEO of a major American corporation at 35 years old. [6] [7] In 1973, he led the purchase of the Pickands Mather Group. [8] Barker served in his chief executive role until 1988, when he acquired the company's cargo shipping operations. [9]

He has served as chairman of the Interlake Steamship Company since he acquired the subsidiary from McCormack in 1987. [10] [9] He served as a director of Verizon and its predecessor, GTE from 1976 to 2007. [1] [11] He was also a former Chairman of the National Maritime Council and a director of the American Bureau of Shipping. [12] [13]

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  3. ↑ "Self-unloading Ore Carrier James R. Barker". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  4. 1 2 Smith, William D. (1973-09-02). "A Cure for Mooremack - Rubbing Buddha's Belly Seems to Pay Off". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-02-05.
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