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Originally Posted by dbussone
You may be correct about "most" but I personally know the ceo of the company ranked 324 on the 500 list. Alan Miller founded Universal Health Services (UHS) in 1979. He is the chairman and ceo. The company provides health care to millions each year and employs 80,000 people. Revenue is about $8B. He is as nice as they come, and his salary is well below that of other Fortune 500 companies CEOs. I know-he is not typical and my notation is anecdotal-nonetheless it is a factual account.
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You stimulated me to read up on your friend, and as I say, most of the Fortune 500 CEOs are really inspirational. A very quick check of Wiki to find out more about him...
"Throughout his career, Alan Miller has been an ardent supporter of education for students of all economic backgrounds. He served on the executive board of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and is currently a member of The Board of Overseers of the internationally known business school.
He has served as a trustee of The College of William & Mary Endowment Fund and is a life member of the college’s President’s Council. In 2007, the College of William & Mary announced the creation of the Alan B. Miller Center for Entrepreneurship in recognition of Miller’s extensive support for his alma mater. The center, as well as the entire Mason School of Business at the College of William & Mary, will be housed in the new Alan B. Miller Hall. Miller has also served as trustee of the William & Mary Endowment Fund and Is a life member of the school’s President’s Council.
In addition to his work with the business school at the College of William & Mary, Miller also funded the construction of the campus gymnasium and established liberal arts and basketball scholarships to honor his parents, Mary and Manuel. Miller’s involvement is not limited to colleges where he studied. For example, when the University of South Carolina Aiken needed help persuading the state legislature to fund the construction of a new building for its nursing school, he provided a significant financial gift that made it possible to get the remainder of the money it needed from the state of South Carolina. Today, the Alan B. Miller Nursing Building stands on the campus as a reminder of Alan's spirit of community involvement. In 1995 Miller received an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina Aiken.
He has also served as the chairman of the Philadelphia United Negro College Fund Corporate Campaign, and received that organizations Chairman’s Award in 1996. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, an organization in which he was active for years, has also honored Miller.
A lover of the opera, Miller is chairman emeritus of the Opera Company of Philadelphia and also serves as a director of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia."
You should be very proud to have him as a friend, and again, in my opinion he is more prototypical of CEO's of large companies than anything.