Herman Cain is running for president. He’s not a career politician (in fact he has never held political office). He’s known as a pizza guy, but there’s a lot more to him. He’s also a computer guy, a banker guy, and a rocket scientist guy.
Here’s his bio:• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics.• Master’s degree in Computer Science.• Mathematician for the Navy, where he worked on missile ballistics (making him a rocket scientist).• Computer systems analyst for Coca-Cola.ENTAL• VP of Corporate Data Systems and Services for Pillsbury (this is the top of the ladder in the computer world, being in charge of information systems for a major corporation).
All achieved before reaching the age of 35. Since he reached the top of the information systems world, he changed careers!• Business Manager. Took charge of Pillsbury’s 400 Burger King restaurants in the Philadelphia area, which were the company’s poorest performers in the country. Spent the first nine months learning the business from the ground up, cooking hamburger and yes, cleaning toilets. After three years he had turned them into the company’s best performers.• Godfather’s Pizza CEO. Was asked by Pillsbury to take charge of their Godfather’s Pizza chain (which was on the verge of bankruptcy). He made it profitable in 14 months.• In 1988 he led a buyout of the Godfather’s Pizza chain from Pillsbury. He was now the owner of a restaurant chain. Again he reached the top of the ladder of another industry.• He was also chairman of the National Restaurant Association during this time. This is a group that interacts with government on behalf of the restaurant industry, and it gave him political experience from the non-politician side.Having reached the top of a second industry, he changed careers again!• Adviser to the Federal Reserve System. Herman Cain went to work for the Federal Reserve Banking System advising them on how monetary policy changes would affect American businesses.• Chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. He worked his way up to the chairmanship of a regional Federal Reserve bank. This is only one step below the chairmanship of the entire Federal Reserve System (the top banking position in the country). This position allowed him to see how monetary policy is made from the inside, and understand the political forces that impact the monetary system.After reaching the top of the banking industry, he changed careers for a fourth time!• Writer and public speaker. He then started to write and speak on leadership. His books include Speak as a Leader, CEO of Self, Leadership is Common Sense, and They Think You're Stupid.• Radio Host. Around 2007—after a remarkable 40 year career—he started hosting a radio show on WSB in Atlanta (the largest talk radio station in the country).
He did all this starting from rock bottom (his father was a chauffeur and his mother was a maid). When you add up his accomplishments in his life—including reaching the top of three unrelated industries: information systems, business management, and banking—Herman Cain may have the most impressive resume of anyone that has run for the presidency in the last half century.
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5 comments:
I didn't realize just how accomplished Mr. Cain is. It's remarkable how much more qualified he is than the current occupant was in 2008. But that won't stop the lefties from dismissing him as a gadfly. I remember someone else being dismissed by the left punditocracy a little over 30 years ago. We all know how that turned out.
These accomplishments need to be trumpeted out there; I was also unaware of them. I only knew about the pizza!
I was listening to Chuck Schumer, who disgusts me, trumpeting in the Senate, today, where Harry Reid pulled his tyrannical rule change, how he has been either in the House or Senate for the past 34 years...and all I could think was how we need to get rid of these thieving dinosaurs and put fresh blood in there; let it start at the very top.
Someone like Mr. Cain could turn this country around like he turned around other things. We'd go from a con artist, who lied and cheated to obtain "victories" in all his races, a man who has no real talents except demagoguery, and no experience except in being a "community organizer", whatever the HELL that is...and we know the community he organized, south Chicago, is about as bady come; this man couldn't even accomplish anything there.
Bring on Herman. He would be the antithesis of Obama.
The lack of foreign policy, one nonsense against Mr. Cain, could be achieved by Cain's use of smart picks to help him. He cannot have reached the top of so many areas without smart delegating.
The man is a proven winner. We need someone who is, who can bring this country back around. Thanks for summarizing his story.
He needs to quit playing the race card with Perry. It has caused me to lose a lot of respect for him.
I received this from my son who has been a fan of HC for quite some time now and has brought me on board too.
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