Who Is Herman Cain?

 

    The Brother Running For President On The Republican Ticket

 

 

                                             Interesting !!!

 

Herman Cain is running for President. He's not a career politician (in fact he has never held political office). He's known as a 'pizza guy', but there's a lot more to him. He's also a computer guy, a banker guy, and a rocket scientist guy.

Here's his early bio:

·        Bachelor's degree in Mathematics (Morehouse College)

·        Master's degree in Computer Science (Purdue)

 

·        Mathematician for the Navy - developed missile ballistics (a rocket scientist)

 

·        Computer systems analyst (Coca-Cola)

 

·        VP of Corporate Data Systems and Services (Pillsbury)

 

All of this achieved before reaching the age of 35.  After reaching the top of the IT, he changed careers:

 

·        Business Manager. Took charge of Pillsbury's 400 Burger King restaurants in the Philadelphia area, which were the company's poorest performers in the country.  Spent the first 9 months learning the business from the ground up, cooking hamburger and yes, cleaning toilets.  After three years he had turned them into the company's best performers.

·        Godfather's Pizza CEO.  Was asked by Pillsbury to take charge of their Godfather's Pizza chain - then on the verge of bankruptcy.  Achieved profitability in 14 months. 

·        In 1988 he led a management-led buyout of the Godfather's Pizza chain from Pillsbury.  Now the owner of a restaurant chain, he again reached the top of the ladder of another industry.

·        He was also chairman of the National Restaurant Association during this time.  This is a group that interacts with government on behalf of the restaurant industry, and it gave him political experience from the non-politician side.

 

Having reached the top of a second industry, he changed careers again!

·        Adviser to the Federal Reserve System.  Herman Cain went to work for the Federal Reserve Banking System advising them on how monetary policy changes would affect American businesses.

·        Chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank.  He worked his way up to the chairmanship of a regional Federal Reserve bank. This is only one step below the chairmanship of the entire Federal Reserve System (the top banking position in the country).  This position allowed him to learn how monetary policy is made from the inside, and understand the political forces that impact the monetary system.

 

After reaching the top of the banking industry, he changed careers for a fourth time!

 

·        Writer and public speaker.  He then started to write and speak on leadership. His books include Speak as a Leader, CEO of Self, Leadership is Common Sense, and They Think You're Stupid.

 

·        Radio Host.  In 2007 - after a remarkable 40 year career - he started hosting a radio show on WSB in Atlanta (the largest talk radio station in the country).

 

He did all this starting from rock bottom (his father was a chauffeur and his mother was a maid).  When you add up his accomplishments in his life - including reaching the top of three unrelated industries: information systems, business management, and banking - Herman Cain may have the most useful personal skillset of anyone that has run for the presidency in the last century.

 

Friday's Daily Brief

 

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