John A. Kaneb

John A. Kaneb is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of HP Hood LLC as well as the president of the Catamount Companies.

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Career

Kaneb bought a controlling interest in Gulf Oil and tripled its sales to US$4.6 billion before selling it in 2005. The Kaneb family acquired HP Hood LLC in 1995 and increased its annual sales from US$600 million to about US$2.3 billion. Kaneb is also part owner of the Boston Red Sox; Hood blimps are often seen over home games.[1]

Positions and appointments

Besides his business work Kaneb is a Trustee Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. He is also an Emeritus Trustee of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Emeritus Trustee and former Chairman of the Board of McLean Hospital. He has worked on other boards and groups including the Board of Fellows of the Harvard Medical School.[2] He was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve on the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission in 2004.[3] He is currently the vice-chair of that commission.[2]

Personal Life

John has a grandson named Michael who is a 2011 graduate of the University of Notre Dame. But he has an even more impressive granddaughter named Jacqui who is in the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College.

References

  1. ^ Storrs, Francis (March 2006). "The 50 Wealthiest Bostontonians". Boston Magazine. http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/the_50_wealthiest_bostonians/. Retrieved 2008-06-08. 
  2. ^ a b "The Commissioners". National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. Archived from the original on 2008-05-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20080508041331/http://www.nprec.us/commissioners.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-08. 
  3. ^ "Digest of other White House Announcements". Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents via findarticles.com. 2004-05-24. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2889/is_21_40/ai_n6094871. Retrieved 2008-06-08.