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Who are the company's directors and officers?
Seeking information about a company that a particular person works
for but for which you do not know the name can be difficult using general
directories. Most do not necessarily index the names of chief officers
or products even though this is often the only clues that researchers
have to work with.
Luckily, there are directories dedicated specifically to providing
this type of information. Deciding on which of these to use will be
easier if you are aware of the type of organizational structure that
the company operates under (ie. if there is a single owner or the types
of managing executives).
Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors,
and Executives
(near McGraw Desk; *R-HG4057 .A4
or Standard & Poor's Net Advantage in EIC)
Vol. 1 includes entries for 55,000+ public and private US companies. Vol.
2 contains biographies of directors and executives. Geographical, SIC classification,
and Corporate family group indexes available.
Dun's Million Dollar Directory
(near McGraw; *R-HC102.D8 or EIC)
Great for finding information about a specific company or companies with
similar attributes. Contains over 1,300,000 U.S. leading public and private
business records which can be searched for executives by name, company, title
and/or biography.
Index to Marquis Who's Who publications
(McGraw Desk; *R-Z5301 .M37a .CT104)
Index which allows you to search by the name of the executive's name in order
to find out which Marquis publication has a biographical profile on that
person. Profiles usually include career histories where company names will
appear.