BORN

June 28, 1947, Wellington, Kan.EDUCATION

B.S., business administration, Kansas State College, 1969; M.S., international business, American Graduate School of International Management, Glendale, Ariz., 1973POSITION

Chairman & CEO, Bridgestone/Firestone Inc.HOW HE STARTED

Changing tires in a Firestone retail store as a management trainee in Cincinnati in 1973BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY

If you take care of the customer, the rest takes care of itselfBEST OFFICE TCHOTCHKE

A Depression-era, Firestone-brand hatchetHOW HE RELAXES

Plays bridge and goes antiquing with his wife, BarbaraFAMILY

They have a son and daughter