CEO Material
Leading black executives and their career prospects
ANN FUDGE
The first black woman to crack the top corporate ranks, she heads Philip Morris' Maxwell House Coffee unit.
PROSPECTS: Very strong candidate.
RICHARD NANULA
After starring at Disney, he joined Starwood Hotels this year as president.
PROSPECTS: He's young (37), but he's top-notch.
FRANKLIN RAINES
Will get the CEO post at Fannie Mae on Jan. 1 after two years heading the Office of Management & Budget.
PROSPECTS: He's cracked the ceiling.
A. BARRY RAND
Top sales exec quit Xerox on Nov. 14, a year after the company hired Richard Thoman as CEO-in-waiting.
PROSPECTS: He'll find a great job--but maybe not as CEO.
ROY ROBERTS
Heads General Motors' North American sales and marketing.
PROSPECTS: The best of any black in the industry, but still not great.
LLOYD WARD
Former Pepsi exec was named Maytag's president last February.
PROSPECTS: The CEO job is his to lose.
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