“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.
* 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”
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Excellent bio. And, that is why it is so sad to see himself look like a fool on public policy issues. Time and again. He should go back to private sector or try to become a politician on a smaller stage.
Sure, sure...
Let me ask you this - if Mr. Cain is so smart and capable, how come he doesn’t have a government job?
Lord knows the government always keeps an eye out for smart people!
Having watched the two man debate/conversation - it was clear that Newt and Herman would be a perfect team in the WH.
Herman and Newt bring so many strengths to a broken Nation. Brains, mutual respect, optimism, redemption, faith, practicality, vision, experience, success,failures, lessons learned and love of the Constitution.
I admire what he’s done. Cain’s lived a decent, hard working life. The real American dream. He does not come off as emotionally stunted at age 16, as does Newt, probably because he was sexually abused by an authority figure at that age. Newt is too emotionally needy to be a firm conservative.
Herman does not have a perfect grasp of every policy issue or foreign entanglement, but neither does Perry and neither does Obama. So what? When faced with an issue, President Cain will hear the situation and decide on the basis of conservative Constitutional principles. Newt has proven that he won’t.
I’d vote for newt or even mitt if I had to, to stop Obama, but I would actually like to vote for an outsider conservative. The fact that a Cain nominee will neutralize the race issue (and it will, as Cain is a real African-American, emphasis on the latter) is for me just the cherry on top.
Where are his college transcripts and where is a record of his business accomplishments written by somebody other than himself?