John Chambers

Name: John T. Chambers

Born: August 23, 1949, in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Computer-related contributions

• Joined Cisco in 1991 as senior vice president of Worldwide Sales and Operations and later assumed the role of CEO in January 1995.
• In 2006, named chairman of the board, in addition to his CEO role.
• Before Cisco, he spent eight years at Wang Laboratories (1982-1990) and six years with IBM (1976-1982). Chambers served on the board of directors of myCFO.

Honors and awards

• Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People."
• CNN's Top 25 Most Powerful People.
• Clinton Global Citizen Award.
• U.S. State Department Top Corporate Social Responsibility Award.
• Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship.
• Silicon Valley Education Foundation Pioneer Business Leader Award (2009).