Wackenhut

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Wackenhut

COMPANY

America's largest (and the world's second-largest) private security company. Founded in Miami by four ex-FBI agents in 1954, under the name Special Agent Investigators Inc. Acquired by a Danish corporation in 2002.

Wackenhut provides security personnel for many prisons, nuclear facilities, and military installations within the U.S. They also furnish staff for many U.S. Embassies around the world.

Official Website:
http://www.wackenhut.com/

Ticker:
(private)

Corporate headquarters:
Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Employees:
38,000

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

George Zoley Business 7-Feb-1950 CEO, Wackenhut Corrections

EXECUTIVES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Gary A. Sanders Business c. 1952 CEO of Wackenhut

George Wackenhut Business 1919 31-Dec-2004 Founder of Wackenhut

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Gary A. Sanders Business c. 1952 CEO of Wackenhut

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Richard G. Capen Publisher c. 1935 US Ambassador to Spain, 1992-93

Frank Carlucci Government 18-Oct-1930 US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89

Bobby Ray Inman Military 4-Apr-1931 Admiral, NSA Director, Deputy CIA Director

Paul X. Kelley Military 11-Nov-1928 28th USMC Commandant, 1983-87

Thomas P. Stafford Astronaut 17-Sep-1930 Gemini 6 & 9, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Clarence M. Kelley Government 24-Oct-1911 5-Aug-1997 FBI Director, 1973-78

James R. Thompson Politician 8-May-1936 Governor of Illinois, 1977-91

George Wackenhut Business 1919 31-Dec-2004 Founder of Wackenhut

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

William Casey Spy 13-Mar-1913 29-Jan-1987 CIA Director, 1981-87

EMPLOYMENT

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Kendrick Meek Politician 6-Sep-1966 Congressman from Florida, 2003-11

EXTRANEOUS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Michelle Bernard Activist c. 1964 Conservative commentator

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