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Robert W. MacDonald was born February 11, 1943, in Rochester, New York. He is an American insurance entrepreneur, business consultant, blogger, and author of business books. MacDonald began his career as a door-to-door salesman and became a CEO of three major insurance companies. He was president of ITT Life Insurance Company, and was a founder and CEO of LifeUSA. He sold LifeUSA in 1999 to Allianz SE for $540 million and became CEO of Allianz Life of North America〔Agents Sales Journal, January, 2008〕 before retiring in 2002. With a 40+-year career in the financial services industry, MacDonald has been cited in the media as a business maverick,〔Best’s Review, December, 2007〕 who has “earned a reputation as a business contrarian who rewrote the rules of business and corporate culture.”〔Twin Cities Business Monthly, Sept. 2005.〕 He was twice voted Entrepreneur of the Year in Minnesota.〔Twin Cities Business Monthly, Aug. 1998〕 MacDonald has since 2002 headed CTW Consulting, LLC, a vehicle he used to offer his experience and unique approach to management, marketing and corporate culture development. == Early life == Robert W. “Bob” MacDonald was born in Rochester, N.Y., and the son of middle-class parents. His father had been a mortician before World War II, but later became an X-ray technician after developing an allergic reaction to embalming chemicals. His mother also worked in the medical field as a nurse and medical secretary.〔'Cheat To Win – The Honest Way to Break All the Dishonest Rules in Business.''〕 The MacDonald family moved West in 1946, first to Arizona and then to California where MacDonald spent most of his formative years. A rebellious and often mischievous youth, MacDonald’s parents attempted to shape up the youth by sending him in the highly structured St. John’s Military Academy and then to Loyola High School,() a Jesuit college preparatory school for young men in hopes of reforming his contrarian lifestyle, but his disrespect for traditional rules continued. Although he grew up in a family of health care specialists, he was hired as a 17-year-old high school junior by Coast Federal Savings & Loan of Los Angeles (now merged with Bank of the West) to deliver patriotic speeches to rotary clubs, churches, veterans’ groups and other organizations. He was paid $50 a speech plus gas mileage and $1 for every audience member. He often earned hundreds of dollars each week. 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「Robert W. MacDonald」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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