General John Gordon Coburn is Chairman and CEO of VT Systems, Inc., a global company, which he joined in November 2001 and grew from 61 million dollars to 1.3 billion dollars. Prior to joining VT Systems, he served as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command. He assumed the duties of Commanding General on May 14, 1999 and retired from the Army in 2001. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, U.S. Army, Pentagon. AMC is one of the largest commands in the Army with over 60,000 employees, and activities in 42 states and more than 24 foreign countries. [More at Wikipedia]

October 9th, 1941 in West Virginia (Age 82)