John Hess, son of the company founder, will hold on to the CEO title, but the non-executive chairmanship will go to John Krenicki, former GE vice chairman, if shareholders approve during the company's annual meeting next week.

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The MacGregor family, including Global's founder and chairman Roy MacGregor, hold 75% of the shares in the new venture.

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In the shadow of the towering slide and just a few hours drive south from the offices of silicon valley executives, parents gathered around Kim Wishon, the founder of Wishing Well Elementary, who may hold the secret answer to parents greatest worries.

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"Anything unique is discoverable, " said William Heath, chairman and co-founder of Mydex, a startup that allows individuals to hold their own personal data.

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But is this not all romantic nonsense when Belgium, a founder of the EU as well as the host to its capital, struggles to hold together?

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But Peter Slatin, founder of the real estate newsleter The Slatin Report, said it was generally Dubai World's strategy to hold onto real estate properties for a long time.

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