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George Alfred Lawrence David (born April 7, 1942) is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Technologies Corporation. David was elected UTC’s President in 1992 and Chief Executive Officer in 1994. He joined UTC’s Otis Elevator subsidiary in 1975 and became its President in 1986. ==Life and career== David was born in Pennsylvania. His mother's name was Margaret; his father, Charles Wendell, was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and one of America's first Rhodes scholars. David left home after he graduated from high school in 1962 and enrolled in Harvard University on a full scholarship. He received his B.A. from Harvard and M.B.A. from the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. He worked for the Boston Consulting Group. He is a board member of Citigroup, a member of The Business Council and the Business Roundtable, and Vice Chairman of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He has served on the boards of the Graduate Business School at the University of Virginia, the National Minority Supplier Development Council, the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, the Transatlantic Business Dialogue and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. In 1999, the Russian Federation awarded David with the Order of Friendship for his contributions to that nation’s economy, particularly to its aerospace industry. In 2001, he received the Air Force Association's John R. Alison Award for contributions to national defense by an industrial leader. In 2002, France named him to its Legion of Honor. In 2000, he was named as one of America's Most Powerful People by Forbes magazine; and CEO of the Year by ''Industry Week'' in 2003. He was awarded "CEO of the Year 2005" by Chief Executive Magazine. In 2007, his last full year as chief executive of United Technologies Corp., David reaped $65 million in total compensation. He married his high school sweetheart, adopted three children with her and divorced her about twenty-five years later. In 2009, David divorced his second wife Marie Douglas-David. She contested a $43 million postnuptial agreement and requested a settlement of approximately $100 million. Marie Douglas-David ended up with only $5 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Now They Are Two David, Douglas-david 'Happy' Their Divorce Is Final )〕 In July 2012, David married Wendy Touton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Former UTC Mogul George David Marries Wendy Touton, 'The Other Woman' )〕 David is a member of the New York Yacht Club. He is an avid yachtsman and racer actively campaigning his R/P 90 named Rambler〔http://sailmagazine.com/racing/rambler_video/〕 (formerly Alfa Romeo I, ex-Shockwave) in regattas around the world. He then owned the Rambler 100. The ship capsized during the 2011 Fastnet race. All crew, including David, were rescued. George David's maxi Rambler shattered the 2012 Newport to Bermuda yacht Race record, shaving 14 hours off the previous fastest time recorded in the 635 mile race. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George David」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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