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Article: Power in the boardroom: our exclusive list of black corporate directors at America's 250 largest companies.(SPECIAL REPORT)(Cover story)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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CONSIDER THEN THE GUARDIANS of shareholder value. Charged with protecting trillions in assets, the directors who serve on the boards of the nation's largest corporations play the most critical role in business development. Collectively, they've deliberated and debated decisions on multibillion-dollar acquisitions that made enterprises globally competitive, on divestitures that rescued moribund companies, on restructurings that have downsized tens of thousands of employees, on technological advancements that transformed industries, and on dismissals of legions of underperforming CEOs. "I've seen it all, and it's been incredibly fascinating," ...