The Legends

Legends of Success features the stories and exclusive interviews with some of America's most respected entrepreneurs, business leaders and acclaimed individuals.  The list below provides a link to some of our nationally recognized legends.

Jack Welch
Legendary CEO of General Electric

Steve Forbes
Forbes, Inc., President & CEO
Forbes Magazine, Editor-In-Chief
Forbes Magazine
William Lauder, CEO
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
Evelyn H. Lauder, Senior Corporate Vice President
Bernie Marcus
The Home Depot, Co-Founder
The Marcus Foundation, Chairman
William Randolph Hearst, III
Hearst Corporation
Howard Schultz, Chairman
Jerry Lewis
Entertainment Legend
Walter Cronkite
American Legend
Eli Broad, Founder/Chairman
The Broad Foundation
KB Home
Jon M. Huntsman, Founder & Chairman
Huntsman Corporation
Denis Abrams, President & CEO
Benjamin Moore & Co.
A Berkshire Hathaway Company
Patrick J. McGovern, Chairman
International Data Group
Alan G. Hassenfeld, Chairman of the Board
Hasbro, Inc.
Robert J. Herbold, Retired Executive Vice President & COO
Microsoft Corporation
Michelle Peluso, President & CEO
Travelocity
Chris Sullivan, Founder
Outback Steakhouse
S. Truett Cathy, Founder & Chairman
Dan T. Cathy, President & COO
Johnny Carrabba, Founder
Carrabba's Italian Grill
Walter Anderson, Chairman & CEO
Parade Publications
Ed McMahon
Television and Radio Legend
Sidney Sheldon
Creator of  "I Dream Of Jeannie"
Bernie Brillstein, Founding Partner
Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
Pierre Cossette, Producer
The Grammy Awards
Kent "Oz" Nelson, Chairman & CEO
UPS
L. Lowry Mays, Chairman/CEO
Clear Channel Communications

Red McCombs, Co-Founder
Clear Channel Communications
NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, Past Owner

Jimmy Carter
Former U.S. President
Leon Gorman, Chairman
L.L. Bean, Inc.
John Schnatter, Founder & Chairman
Papa John's Pizza
David Neeleman, Founder & CEO
JetBlue Airways
R. Michael Mondavi
Folio Fine Wine Partners, Founder
Robert Mondavi Winery, Former Chairman of the Board
James Parker, Former CEO
Southwest Airlines
Jonathan Tisch, Chairman & CEO
John Paul DeJoria, Co-Founder & President
John Paul Mitchell Systems
Richard M. Schulze, Founder & Chairman
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Ron Shaw, Former President & CEO
Pilot Pen Corporation
George A. Cloutier, Chairman & CEO
American Management Services
Profits Aren't Everything, They're The Only Thing, Author
Roger Berkowitz, President & CEO
Legal Seafoods, Inc.
Sara Blakely, Founder
SPANX
Linda Kaplan Thaler, CEO
The Kaplan Thaler Group, Ltd.
Brian Scudamore, Founder & CEO
1-800-GOT-JUNK?
George Schlatter
Legendary TV Producer

Richard Thalheimer, Founder, Chairman & CEO
The Sharper Image

Tommy Lasorda, Sr. Vice President
Special Assistant to the Chairman
Los Angeles Dodgers
William Rosenberg, Founder
Dunkin Donuts
International Franchise Association
Paul Orfalea, Founder
Kinko's
George Shapiro
Legendary Talent Manager
Seinfeld, Executive Producer
William J. Gilbane, Jr., President & COO
Gilbane Building Company
Bobbi Brown, CEO
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
James F. McCann, Founder & CEO
1-800-FLOWERS.COM
James H. Amos, Jr.
Mail Boxes Etc., Chairman Emeritus
Tasti D-Lite LLC, Chairman & CEO
William Austin
Starkey Laboratories, CEO
The Starkey Hearing Foundation, Founder
Arthur Agatston, MD, Creator
The South Beach Diet
Robert Shapiro, Esq.
LegalZoom.Com
Robert Macauley, Founder
AmeriCares
Ellen Gordon, President
Tootsie-Roll Industries, Inc.
Howard Henschel, President & CEO
Norman's Hallmark Group
Kenneth Feld, Chairman & CEO
Feld Entertainment
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus; Siegfried & Roy; Disney on Ice
Alex Spanos, Owner
NFL's San Diego Chargers
A.G. Spanos Companies
Leo Hindery, Jr.
InterMedia Partners, Managing Partner
AT&T Broadband, Former CEO
B. Thomas Golisano, Founder & Chairman
Paychex, Inc.
Steve Sheetz, Chairman
Sheetz, Inc.
Stanton Sheetz, CEO
Sheetz, Inc.
Robert Schober, Founder
Super-Dog Pet Food Company
William F. "Rick" Cronk, Retired President
Edy's Ice Cream
Knight A. Kiplinger, Editor-in-Chief,
The Kiplinger Letter
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine
KiplingerForecasts.com
Derek C. Hathaway, Chairman & CEO
Harsco Corporation
Richard H. Lenny, Chairman, President & CEO
Hershey Foods Corporation

Rocco Ortenzio, Executive Chairman
Robert Ortenzio, CEO

Select Medical Corporation

Jim Perdue, Chairman
Perdue Farms Incorporated
Maria Rodale, Vice Chairman of the Board
Rodale Press

Warren Cowan
Warren Cowan & Associates, Chairman
Rogers & Cowan, Co-Founder

Miguel Forbes, V.P. of Business Development
Forbes, Inc
Peter Newcomb, Senior Editor
Forbes Magazine
Professor John A. Davis
Harvard Business School
John Eldred, Co-Founder
Wharton School’s Family Business Program
University of Pennsylvania

Transition One Associates, Founder
John Mackey, Founder & Chairman
Whole Foods Market
Dick Van Patten, Founder
Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc.
Dr. Robert H. Schuller
Crystal Cathedral
Brian Devine, Chairman
PETCO

Michael Rice, CEO
Jane Rice, Vice President of Public Relations

Utz Quality Foods, Inc.

Ross Born, Co-CEO
Just Born, Inc.
David Shaffer, Co-CEO
Just Born, Inc.
Anne Beiler, Founder & CEO
Auntie Anne's Pretzels
David Oreck, Founder and Chairman
Oreck Corporation
Paul Dowling, Creator & Executive Producer
Forensic Files Television Program
Ed Friendly, Executive Producer/Creator
Little House On The Prairie Television Series
Roy Clair, II, President
Clair Brothers
David M. Ritz, Chairman & CEO
Ritz Camera Centers, Inc.
George Parmer, Founder
Residential Warranty Corporation
Fine Line Homes Incorporated
Howard Henschel, President & CEO
Norman's Hallmark Group
Steve Zuckerman, President/ Co-Founder
Ian Ruzow, Vice President/Co-Founder
Bob Zuckerman, Secretary/Treasurer/Co-Founder
Clipper Magazine Inc.
Charles "Tremendous" Jones
An American Inspiration
ExecutiveBooks.com
Tami Longaberger, President & CEO
The Longaberger Company
Nell Newman, Director
Newman’s Own Organics
Gary Heavin, Founder & CEO
Curves International, Inc.
John Davis, Founder, Chairman and CEO
Davis Entertainment Co.
Stone Canyon Venture Partners, LP , Managing Director