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Philip J. Burguieres |
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Philip J. Burguieres began leading Cameron Iron Works when he was just 35, distinguishing himself as one of the nation’s youngest CEOs of a Fortune 500 company. Within 20 years, and by the age of 53, Burguieres had built his second Fortune 500 company, Weatherford International, into a major force in the oil services industry.
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Tom Hamilton |
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Tom Hamilton’s odyssey in the oil business began thirty years ago, and included senior positions at Exxon and British Petroleum, president of Pennzoil’s exploration division, and chair and CEO of EEX Corporation.
None of those experiences prepared him for a more personal odyssey.
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Jim Hackett |
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Jim Hackett is President & CEO of Anadarko, a Fortune 500 oil & gas company with more than $20 billion in assets. He and his wife Maureen came face-to-face with a true parental nightmare—their 16-year-old daughter had been sexually assaulted at a boarding school.
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John Sage |
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Folks who knew John Sage thought he was a golden boy. An All-State football player growing up in Houston, Sage went on to establish himself as college football star as a defensive tackle. He started 33 state games on an LSU team ranked in the Top 10 for two of the three years he played there. Sage was named defensive captain, first-team all SEC, second-team All-American, and subsequently drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Jim McIngvale |
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Jim McIngvale is known throughout Houston as “Mattress Mack,” owner of Gallery Furniture, one of largest single store furniture companies in the United States, with sales $150-200 million and approximately 300 employees. Mack, as he calls himself, is also known for his civic work, and currently serves as the Houston Chair of the Bush-Clinton Tsunami Relief Fund.
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Garnet Coleman |
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As a state representative, Garnet Coleman has spent the past 14 years making decisions that impact 22 million Texans. However, for 14 years prior to being elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1991, and for three years after, Coleman was living with undiagnosed bipolar disorder.
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