1997 Fortune 500 Company CEOs

These Chief Executive Officers head companies ranked by Fortune magazine among the top 500 in the U.S. in 1997, based on revenues and profits.

• David D. Glass
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Wal-Mart Stores
• Kenneth T. Derr
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Chevron
• Lewis E. Platt
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Hewlett-Packard
• Steven A. Burd
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Safeway
• John F. Welch, Jr.
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company General Electric
• George David
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company United Technologies
• John A. Krol
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company E.I. Du Pont De Nemours
• Edward B. Rust, Jr.
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company State Farm Group
• Arthur C. Martinez
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Sears Roebuck
• H. Laurance Fuller
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company AMOCO
• John F. Smith, Jr.
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company General Motors
• Alexander J. Trotman
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Ford Motor
• Robert J. Eaton
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Chrysler
• Arthur F. Ryan
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Prudential Insurance of America
• Robert E. Allen
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company AT&T
• Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company International Business Machines
• Geoffrey C. Bible
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Philip Morris
• John S. Reed
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Citicorp
• Sanford I. Weill
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Travelers Group
• John H. Biggs
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company TIAA-CERF
• John E. Pepper
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Procter & Gamble
• Lee R. Raymond
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Exxon
• Edward E. Whitacre, Jr.
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company SBC Communications Inc.
• Kenneth L. Lay
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Enron
• Lucio A. Noto
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Mobil
• Philip M. Condit
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Boeing
• Peter I. Bijur
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company TEXACO