COMPANY

Founded 1906 by Henry Royce and Charles Stewart Rolls as Rolls-Royce Limited. Rolls-Royce is a manufacturer of aircraft engines and other defense-related systems, nationalized in 1971 and privatized in 1987. The automobile manufacturer of the same name is a subsidiary of BMW, having been spun off in 1973.

Official Website:
http://www.rolls-royce.com/

Industry:
Aerospace

Ticker:
LSE:RR

Corporate headquarters:
Derby, England

Sales:
$12.9B (2005)

Employees:
36,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James M. Guyette	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Rolls-Royce North America
Edward A. Pease	Politician	22-May-1951		Congressman from Indiana, 1997-2001
Charles Stewart Rolls	Business	27-Aug-1877	12-Jul-1910	Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce
Henry Royce	Engineer	27-Mar-1863	22-Apr-1933	Designed the first Rolls-Royce

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Iain Conn	Business	c. 1963		CEO Refining & Marketing, BP
James M. Guyette	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Rolls-Royce North America

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Vernon E. Clark	Military	7-Sep-1944		US Chief of Naval Operations, 2000-05
Ratan N. Tata	Business	28-Dec-1937		Chairman of Tata Group

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