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Mr. Gonzalez is a graduate of Stanford University. He was employed by Kimberly-Clark in 1956 and by Kimberly-Clark de Mexico in 1957. He was elected... vice president of operations of Kimberly-Clark de Mexico in 1962 and executive vice president and managing director in 1966. He assumed his present position in 1973. Mr. Gonzalez is also a director of America Movil, Grupo Carso, Grupo ALFA, Grupo Mexico, Grupo Televisa, Home Depot, Inc., Kellogg Company, The Mexico Fund, Inc. and Investment Co. of America.
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A graduate of Smith College, Ms. Lazarus holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University. She joined Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, a multinational... advertising agency, in 1971, becoming president of its U.S. direct marketing business in 1989. She then became president of Ogilvy & Mather New York and president of Ogilvy & Mather North America before becoming president and chief operating officer of the worldwide agency in 1995, chief executive officer in 1996 and chairman in 1997. Ms. Lazarus also serves as a director of Merck & Co., New York Presbyterian Hospital, American Museum of Natural History and the World Wildlife Fund, and is a member of the board of overseers of Columbia Business School.
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Alan George "A.G." Lafley is the former Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Procter & Gamble, retiring from the... company in 2010. Lafley is largely credited for turning around P&G during his tenure under the mantra “Consumer is Boss.” During the decade of his leadership organic sales grew at an average rate of 5% pa and P&G’s share price doubled . Lafley graduated from Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois, to earn an A.B. from Hamilton College in 1969. In 1970, after beginning a doctoral program at the University of Virginia, he took a commission with the U.S. Navy as a supply officer during the Vietnam War. Afterwards, he studied at Harvard Business School, receiving his M.B.A. in 1977. He joined P&G upon his graduation, where he worked until his retirement. He is credited with revitalizing the company by focusing on P&G’s billion dollar brands like Crest, Tide, and Pampers, But he also brought in several new brands, like Swiffer and Febreze, by merging P&G’s internal resources with outside “open” innovation.
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