1998 Fortune 500 Company CEOs

These Chief Executive Officers head companies ranked by Fortune magazine among the top 500 in the U.S. in 1998, based on revenues and profits.

• David D. Glass
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Wal-Mart Stores
• Kenneth T. Derr
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Chevron
• Lewis E. Platt
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Hewlett-Packard
• Steven A. Burd
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Safeway
• John F. Welch, Jr.
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company General Electric
• George David
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company United Technologies
• Edward B. Rust, Jr.
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company State Farm Insurance Group
• Arthur C. Martinez
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Sears Roebuck
• John F. Smith, Jr.
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company General Motors
• Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company International Business Machines
• Geoffrey C. Bible
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Philip Morris
• Sanford I. Weill
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Travelers Group
• John H. Biggs
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company TIAA-CREF
• John E. Pepper
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Procter & Gamble
• Lee R. Raymond
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Exxon
• Edward E. Whitacre, Jr.
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company SBC Communications Inc.
• Kenneth L. Lay
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Enron
• Lucio A. Noto
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Mobil
• Philip M. Condit
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Boeing
• Arthur Ryan
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Prudential Ins. Co. of America
• Peter I. Bijur
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Texaco