John T. Chambers
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| Born |
John Thomas Chambers August 23, 1949 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
West Virginia University, Morgantown Indiana University, Bloomington Duke University |
| Occupation | Executive Chairman, Cisco Systems |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Elaine Chambers |
| Children | Lindsay John |
| Website | LinkedIn Profile |
John Thomas Chambers (born August 23, 1949) is the executive chairman and former CEO of Cisco Systems
Chambers was born on August 23, 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio to John Tuner "Jack" and June Chambers. His mother was a psychiatrist and his father was an obstetrician. The family resided in Kanawha City, West Virginia.
When Chambers was nine years old, he was diagnosed with dyslexia. Aided by a therapist, Chambers learned to cope with his disability.
He holds a bachelor of science / bachelor of arts degree in business and a law degree from West Virginia University and a master of business administration degree in finance and management from Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Previously, he also attended the School of Engineering at Duke University from 1967 to 1968.
After obtaining his MBA, Chambers began his career in technology sales at IBM 1976–1983 when he was 27 years old. In 1983, when he was 34 years old he moved to Wang Laboratories. There, he became the vice president of US operations in 1987. Wang had gone from a $2 billion profit in 1989 to a $700 million loss in 1990. In 1991,when he was 42 years old he left Wang and joined Cisco in 1991. Cisco went public on February 16, 1990.
Chambers joined a startup Cisco founded in 1983 as senior vice president, worldwide sales and operations. 1990–1994, senior vice president of worldwide operations,1994–1995, executive vice president. Since January 1995, when he was 46 years old he assumed the role of CEO, the company grew from $70 million in annual revenues to a run-rate of approximately $40 billion in 2007. In November 2006, he was named chairman of the board, in addition to his CEO role. In October 2016, he was reported to own over 1.7 million Cisco shares worth of approximately US$ 54 million.
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