U.S. CEOs 40 and Under
These young chief executives oversee companies worth as much as $17 billion in a range of industries
| CEO | AGE | COMPANY | TICKER | LOCATION | TITLE | SECTOR | MARKET CAP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin A. Plank | 34 | Under Armour | UARM | Baltimore | Founder, Chairman, CEO, and President | Consumer Cyclical: Apparel/Accessories | $2.40 billion |
| Jon E. Kirchner | 38 | DTS | DTSI | Agoura Hills, Calif. | CEO, President, and Director | Consumer Cyclical: Audio & Video Equipment | $462.38 million |
| George G. Mueller | 36 | Color Kinetics | CLRK | Boston | Co-Founder and Chairman | Consumer Cyclical: Furniture & Fixtures | $368.31 million |
| Jeffrey T. Housenbold | 36 | Shutterfly | SFLY | Redwood City, Calif. | CEO, President, and Director | Consumer Cyclical: Photography | $355.01 million |
| Barry Buchholtz | 35 | Orange 21 | ORNG | Carlsbad, Calif. | CEO and Director | Consumer Cyclical: Recreational Products | $36.99 million |
| Richard R. Woolcott | 40 | Volcom | VLCM | Costa Mesa, Calif. | Founder, CEO, President, and Director | Consumer Cyclical: Apparel/Accessories | $789.88 million |
| Julie Smolyansky | 31 | Lifeway Foods | LWAY | Morton Grove, Ill. | CEO, President, and Director | Consumer/Noncyclical: Food Processing | $175.84 million |
| James Fogarty | 37 | American Italian Pasta | PLB | Kansas City, Mo. | CEO and President | Consumer/Noncyclical: Food Processing | NA |
| Jon S. Brumley | 36 | Encore Acquisition | EAC | Fort Worth | CEO, President, and Director | Energy: Oil & Gas Operations | 1.39 billion |
| Nicholas J. DeIuliis | 38 | CNX Gas | CXG | South Park, Penn. | CEO, President, and Director | Energy: Oil & Gas Operations | $4.26 billion |
| Ezra Uzi Yemin | 38 | Delek US Holdings | DK | Franklin, Tenn. | CEO, President, Director, and CEO and President of MAPCO Express | Energy: Oil & Gas Operations | $892.59 million |
| Trevor Turbidy | 38 | Trico Marine Services | TRMA | Houston | CEO, President, and Director | Energy: Oil Well Services & Equipment | $554.33 million |
| Brett A. Roberts | 39 | Credit Acceptance | CACC | Southfield, Mich. | CEO, President, and Director | Financial: Consumer Financial Services | $1.01 billion |
| David T. Blair | 38 | Healthextras | HLEX | Rockville, Md. | CEO, President, and Director | Financial: Insurance (Accident & Health) | $944.37 million |
| Todd S. Farha | 38 | Wellcare Health Plans | WCG | Tampa | CEO, President, Director, and Chairman of Quality Improvement Committee | Financial: Insurance (Accident & Health) | $2.77 billion |
| David S. Kalt | 39 | OptionsXpress Holdings | OXPS | Chicago | CEO, Director, and President of OptionsXpress Inc. | Financial: Investment Services | $1.80 billion |
| J. Brandon Black | 39 | Encore Capital Group | ECPG | San Diego | CEO, President, and Director | Financial: Misc. Financial Services | $309.56 million |
| Kirk E Sanford. | 39 | Global Cash Access Holdings | GCA | Las Vegas | CEO, President, and Director | Financial: Misc. Financial Services | $1.36 billion |
| J. Mariner Kemper | 33 | UMB Financial | UMBF | Kansas City, Mo. | Chairman, CEO, Member of Executive Committee, Chairman of Western Region, and Director of UMB Bank Colorado N.A. | Financial: Regional Banks | $1.55 billion |
| Mark F. Bradley | 36 | Peoples Bancorp | PEBO | Marietta, Ohio | CEO, President, Director, and Chairman of Executive Committee; CEO, President, COO, and Director of Peoples Bank; President of Peoples Insurance Agency | Financial: Regional Banks | $314.10 million |
| Robert R. Hill | 40 | SCBT Financial | SCBT | Columbia, S.C. | CEO, President, Director, Member of Executive and Policy Committees; CEO and President of South Carolina Bank & Trust N.A. | Financial: Regional Banks | $352.88 million |
| Scot T. Wetzel | 38 | United Western Bancorp | UWBK | Denver | CEO, President, and Director; Chairman, CEO, and President of United Western Bank | Financial: S&Ls/Savings Banks | $148.25 million |
| Greg Steffens | 39 | Southern Missouri Bancorp | SMBC | Poplar Bluff, Mo. | Principal Executive Officer, President, CFO, Principal Accounting Officer, Director, and Member of Executive Committee; Director of Southern Missouri Bank & Trust | Financial: S&Ls/Savings Banks | $33.44 million |
| Alexis Borisy | 35 | CombinatoRx | CRXX | Boston | CEO, President, and Director | Health Care: Biotechnology & Drugs | $254.68 million |
| Charles Randal Mills | 35 | Osiris Therapeutics | OSIR | Baltimore | CEO, President, and Director | Health Care: Biotechnology & Drugs | $700.67 million |
| Michael D. Becker | 38 | Cytogen | CYTO | Princeton, N.J. | CEO, President, Head of Sales & Marketing, and Director | Health Care: Biotechnology & Drugs | $60.08 million |
| Paul L. Berns | 39 | Allos Therapeutics | ALTH | Westminster, Colo. | CEO, President, and Director | Health Care: Biotechnology & Drugs | $395.58 million |
| Wayne M. Bos | 40 | Natrol | NTOL | Chatsworth, Calif. | CEO, President, and Director | Health Care: Biotechnology & Drugs | $27.43 million |
| Richard Chin | 40 | Oxigene | OXGN | Waltham, Mass. | CEO, President, and Director | Health Care: Biotechnology & Drugs | $162.30 million |
| Mitchell H. Gold | 40 | Dendreon | DNDN | Seattle | CEO, President, and Director | Health Care: Biotechnology & Drugs | $309.02 million |
| Michael S. Weiss | 40 | Keryx Biopharmaceuticals | KERX | New York | Chairman and CEO | Health Care: Biotechnology & Drugs | $624.86 million |
| Rajat Rai | 40 | Option Care | OPTN | Buffalo Grove, Ill. | CEO and Director | Health Care: Health-Care Facilities | $490.68 million |
| W. Gray Hudkins | 31 | Langer | GAIT | Deer Park, N.Y. | CEO, President, COO, and Director | Health Care: Medical Equipment & Supplies | $42.66 million |
| Joseph M. DeVivo | 39 | RITA Medical Systems | RITA | Fremont, Calif. | CEO, President, and Director | Health Care: Medical Equipment & Supplies | $191.59 million |
| Michael R. Minogue | 39 | Abiomed | ABMD | Danvers, Mass. | Chairman of the Board, CEO, President, Member of Executive and Special Stock Option Committees | Health Care: Medical Equipment & Supplies | $339.93 million |
| Timothy C. Choate | 40 | Aptimus | APTM | San Francisco | Founder and Chairman of the Board | Services: Advertising | $49.86 million |
| Peter Kosann | 36 | Westwood One | WON | New York | CEO, President, and Director | Services: Broadcasting & Cable TV | $581.69 million |
| Vincent L. Sadusky | 40 | LIN TV | TVL | Providence | CEO, President, CFO, VP, Treasurer, and Director | Services: Broadcasting & Cable TV | $456.21 million |
| Michael Rapino | 40 | Clear Channel Communications/ Live Nation |
CCU / LYV | San Antonio/Beverly Hills | CEO/CEO and Director | Services: Broadcasting & Cable TV/Services: Recreational Activities | $17.46 billion / $1.50 billion |
| I. Joseph Massoud | 38 | Compass Diversified Trust | CODI | Westport, Conn. | CEO and Director | Services: Business Services | $353.17 million |
| J. Boyd Douglas | 39 | Computer Programs & Systems | CPSI | Mobile, Ala. | CEO, President, and Director | Services: Business Services | $388.11 million |
| Russell C. Horowitz | 39 | Marchex | MCHX | Seattle | Chairman of the Board, CEO, and Treasurer | Services: Business Services | $532.55 million |
| Thomas L. Monahan | 39 | Corporate Executive Board | EXBD | Washington, D.C. | CEO and Director | Services: Business Services | $3.64 billion |
| Frank J. Williams | 40 | Advisory Board | ABCO | Washington, D.C. | Chairman, CEO, and EVP | Services: Business Services | $1.01 billion |
| Keith A. Meister | 32 | American Real Estate Partners | ACP | New York | Vice-Chairman, General Partner, and CEO of American Property Investors Inc., General Partner | Services: Casinos & Gaming | $4.86 billion |
| Jeffrey M. Stibel | 33 | Web.com | WWWW | Atlanta | CEO, President, and Director | Services: Communications Services | $62.08 million |
| Jeffrey Citron | 35 | Vonage Holdings | VG | Holmdel, N.J. | Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Strategist | Services: Communications Services | $1.05 billion |
| David A. Steinberg | 37 | Inphonic | INPC | Washington, D.C. | Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO, and Member of M&A Committee | Services: Communications Services | $438.86 million |
| Jasper Knabb | 38 | Pegasus Wireless | PGWC | Fremont, Calif. | CEO, President, and Director | Services: Communications Services | NA |
| Philip N. Kaplan | 40 | VitalStream Holdings | VSTH | Irvine, Calif. | President, COO, and Director | Services: Communications Services | 234.37 million |
| Edward B. Meyercord | 40 | Talk America Holdings | TALK | New Hope, Penn. | CEO, President, and Director | Services: Communications Services | $247.75 million |
| Dara Khosrowshahi | 36 | Expedia | EXPE | Bellevue, Wash. | CEO, President, Director, and Member of Executive Committee | Services: Personal Services | $6.18 billion |
| Jeffrey D. Thomas | 40 | Ambassadors Group | EPAX | Spokane, Wash. | CEO, President, Director, and CEO of Ambassador Programs Inc. | Services: Personal Services | $588.24 million |
| Zev Weiss | 39 | American Greetings | AM | Cleveland | CEO, Director, and Member of Executive Committee | Services: Printing & Publishing | $1.41 billion |
| Ian Morris | 38 | Housevalues | SOLD | Kirkland, Wash. | CEO and Director | Services: Real Estate Operations | $129.34 million |
| Christopher A. Milner | 39 | Anthracite Capital | AHR | New York | CEO | Services: Real Estate Operations | $734.29 million |
| Scott Rechler | 39 | Reckson Associates Realty | RA | Uniondale, N.Y. | Chairman, CEO, Chairman of Executive Committee, and Member of Pricing Committee | Services: Real Estate Operations | $3.83 billion |
| Gordon F. DuGan | 40 | WP Carey & Co. | WPC | New York | CEO, President, Director, Member of Executive Committee, and Vice-Chairman of W.P. Carey advised Corporate Property Associates | Services: Real Estate Operations | $1.16 billion |
| Jonathan Z. Cohen | 36 | Resource Capital/ Resource America |
RSO / REXI | Philadelphia | CEO, President, Director, Member of Investment Committee, CEO of Resource America Inc./CEO, Manager, President, and Director of Resource Capital Manager Inc. | Services: Real Estate Operations/Financial: Misc. Financial Services | $301.71 million / $459.59 million |
| Mark Shapiro | 36 | Six Flags | SIX | New York | CEO, President, Director, and Member of Executive Committee | Services: Recreational Activities | $542.71 million |
| Robert A. Katz | 39 | Vail Resorts | MTN | Avon, Colo. | CEO, Director, Chairman of Compensation Committee, Member of Executive and Audit Committees | Services: Recreational Activities | $1.83 billion |
| Brian M. Sondey | 38 | TAL International Group | TAL | Purchase, N.Y. | CEO, President, and Director | Services: Rental & Leasing | $790.35 million |
| Matthew McCauley | 33 | Gymboree | GYMB | San Francisco | Services: Retail (Apparel) | $1.27 billion | |
| Eric J. Kuhn | 35 | Varsity Group | VSTY | Washington, D.C. | Founder and Chairman of the Board | Services: Retail (Catalog & Mail Order) | $30.18 million |
| Jonathan C. Coon | 36 | 1-800 Contacts | CTAC | Draper, Utah | Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO | Services: Retail (Catalog & Mail Order) | $226.38 million |
| Michael J. Soenen | 36 | FTD Group | FTD | Downers Grove, Ill. | CEO, President, and Director; CEO, President, and Director of FTD Inc. | Services: Retail (Catalog & Mail Order) | $498.96 million |
| Matthew C. Diamond | 37 | Alloy | ALOY | New York | Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, CEO, Treasurer, and Member of Administration Committee | Services: Retail (Catalog & Mail Order) | $156.47 million |
| Kenneth McBride | 38 | Stamps.com | STMP | Los Angeles | CEO, President, and Director | Services: Retail (Catalog & Mail Order) | $347.53 million |
| William P. Angrick | 39 | Liquidity Services | LQDT | Washington, D.C. | Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO | Services: Retail (Catalog & Mail Order) | $531.82 million |
| Frank F. Khulusi | 39 | PC Mall | MALL | Torrance, Calif. | Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO, and President | Services: Retail (Catalog & Mail Order) | $118.70 million |
| Mark C. Vadon | 36 | Blue Nile | NILE | Seattle | Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, CEO, President, and Member of Stock Award Committee | Services: Retail (Specialty) | $543.50 million |
| Robert A. Frist | 39 | Healthstream | HSTM | Nashville | Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, CEO, and President | Services: Schools | $83.54 million |
| D. L. Becker | 40 | Laureate Education | LAUR | Baltimore | Chairman and CEO | Services: Schools | $2.61 billion |
| Jeffrey M. Jagid | 37 | ID Systems | IDSY | Hackensack, N.J. | Chairman of the Board, CEO, and General Counsel | Technology: Communications Equipment | $225.38 million |
| John S. Stroup | 40 | Belden CDT | BDC | St. Louis | CEO, President, and Director | Technology: Communications Equipment | $1.73 billion |
| Stephen E. Pomeroy | 37 | Pomeroy IT Solutions | PMRY | Hebron, Ky. | CEO, President, COO, Chief Accounting Officer, and Director; CEO and President of Pomeroy Select Integration Solutions Inc. | Technology: Computer Hardware | $90.57 million |
| Peter J. Ungaro | 38 | Cray | CRAY | Seattle | CEO, President, and Director | Technology: Computer Hardware | $246.15 million |
| David C.Habiger | 37 | Sonic Solutions | SNIC | Novato, Calif. | CEO and President | Technology: Computer Networks | $413.27 million |
| Michael G. Rubin | 33 | GSI Commerce | GSIC | King of Prussia, Penn. | Chairman and CEO | Technology: Computer Services | $784.10 million |
| Colin Angle | 39 | iRobot | IRBT | Burlington, Mass. | Co-Founder, CEO, and Director | Technology: Computer Services | $452.15 million |
| Neil M. Ashe | 39 | CNET Networks | CNET | San Francisco | CEO and EVP | Technology: Computer Services | $1.44 billion |
| Norwood H. Davis | 39 | TRX | TRXI | Atlanta | CEO, President, and Director | Technology: Computer Services | $121.18 million |
| Ralph Bartel | 40 | Travelzoo | TZOO | New York | Founder, Chairman, CEO, President, and Chairman of Compensation Committee | Technology: Computer Services | $458.26 million |
| Kevin M. Cameron | 40 | Emdeon | HLTH | Elmwood Park, N.J. | CEO, Director, and Member of Executive Committee | Technology: Computer Services | $3.44 billion |
| Dustin M. Shindo | 33 | Hoku Scientific | HOKU | Kapolei, Hawaii | Founder, Chairman, CEO, President, and Member of Stock Award Committee | Technology: Electronic Instr. & Controls | $48.72 million |
| Patrick W. Smith | 37 | TASER International | TASR | Scottsdale, Ariz. | CEO and Director | Technology: Electronic Instr. & Controls | $518.91 million |
| Drew Fromkin | 40 | Clinical Data | CLDA | Newton, Mass. | CEO and President | Technology: Scientific & Technical Instr. | $164.01 million |
| Charles M. Swoboda | 39 | Cree | CREE | Durham, N.C. | Chairman of the Board, CEO, and President | Technology: Semiconductors | $1.42 billion |
| Joshua G. James | 32 | Omniture | OMTR | Orem, Utah | Co-Founder, CEO, and Director | Technology: Software & Programming | $578.62 million |
| R. Jordan Greenhall | 35 | DivX | DIVX | San Diego | Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO | Technology: Software & Programming | $904.09 million |
| Jason Hart | 36 | ActivIdentity | ACTI | Fremont, Calif. | CEO, SVP of Sales & Marketing, and Director | Technology: Software & Programming | $238.93 million |
| Michael L. Chasen | 35 | Blackboard | BBBB | Washington, D.C. | CEO and President | Technology: Software & Programming | $784.50 million |
| Jim McIntire | 39 | Websidestory | WSSI | San Diego | Chairman, CEO, and President | Technology: Software & Programming | $223.39 million |
| Stephen G. Waldis | 39 | Synchronoss Technologies | SNCR | Bridgewater, N.J. | Founder, Chairman, CEO, and President | Technology: Software & Programming | $423.53 million |
| Louis Hernandez | 40 | Open Solutions | OPEN | Glastonbury, Conn. | Chairman of the Board and CEO | Technology: Software & Programming | $777.28 million |
| Benjamin A. Horowitz | 40 | Opsware | OPSW | Sunnyvale, Calif. | Co-Founder, CEO, President, and Director | Technology: Software & Programming | $894.79 million |
| Joe Ueberroth | 37 | Ambassadors International | AMIE | Newport Beach, Calif. | Chairman, CEO, President, and Director of Ambassadors Group | Transportation: Misc. Transportation | $478.61 million |
| Todd M. Hornbeck | 37 | Hornbeck Offshore Services | HOS | Covington, La. | Chairman, CEO, President, and Secretary | Transportation: Water Transportation | $1.04 billion |
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Certain public company data provided by Computershare
Certain data are the copyrighted (2006) material of Dun & Bradstreet, which reserves all of its rights
Fixed income security data provided by Mergent
Standard & Poor's ratings information is updated on a daily basis.
Market caps taken from Yahoo! Financial on 12/7/06