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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.
Warren Eisenberg, 70
Leonard Feinstein, 64
Co-CEOs since 1971

Industry: Consumer Products
Sales: $2.24 billion
Net Income: $156 million
Corporate Snapshot: BBBY

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Bed Bath & Beyond succeeded in last year's troubled retail environment by expanding as its rivals were cutting back. The superstore chain's sales of linens and other goods for the home jumped 30% in 2000, and according to the company, more than three-quarters of that came from new-store sales. The retailer differentiates itself from the competition with a decentralized management style. And by offering a more fashion-conscious blend of merchandise—and by increasing its coupon redemptions—the chain has been able to charge more per item and post better same-store sales numbers than its rivals this year.

Texas Instruments Inc.
Thomas J. Engibous , 48
CEO since 1996,
Chairman since 1998

Industry: Electrical & Electronics
Sales: $11.88 billion
Net Income: $3.09 billion
Corporate Snapshot: TXN

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Engibous was the surprise pick for CEO in 1996. Then he delivered his own surprise by shedding almost all the units in TI's empire. Today, TI concentrates on chips—especially for wireless phones and the Internet. Engibous is betting the farm on so-called digital-signal processing; he believes DSP chips will overtake microprocessors because they're better at handling speech and pictures. TI had been increasing its share of the $6.1 billion DSP market, reaching 48% in 1999, and total sales grew by 22% last year. However, 2001 may be a lot tougher, since the total DSP market could grow only 10%, vs. a rate of 40% in 2000.



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