Famous Company Executives Trivia Quiz

Answer: General Electric

During his tenure, the company rose in value 4,000%. He began his career at GE as a junior chemical engineer and eventually became the youngest CEO in GE history.

Answer: Toyota

It was under his leadership that Toyota was able to break into the US market. In addition to bringing Toyota to the American market, he also decided that Toyota should enter the luxury car market and as a result the Lexus brand was introduced in 1989.

Answer: Chrysler

He is best known for saving Chrysler in the late 1970s. Before joining Chrysler, he worked at Ford where he was participated in the design of several well known brands, such as, Mustang, Escort and the infamous Pinto.

Answer: Hewlett-Packard

She was the first woman to head a Fortune 20 company. After being forced from office by her board, she made an unsuccessful run for the US Senate seat from California. Despite never having held public office, she was briefly in the running to become the Republican presidential candidate for the 2016 election.

Answer: eBay

During her tenure the company grew from 30 employees and revenues of $4 million to 15,000 employees and $8 billion in revenues. She began her career at Proctor and Gamble then moved on to positions with Disney, Stride Rite and Hasbro. While at Hasbro, she was instrumental in importing the UK television series "Teletubbies" into the US.

Answer: Disney

He served only 14 months but he did get $38 million in cash and 3 million stock options worth about $100 million as a severance. Before taking over at Disney, he worked for ABC, CBS, NBC and Paramount pictures. While he was CEO at Paramount, the studio released such hits as: "Grease", the "Star Trek" movie franchise and "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

Answer: Cinnabon

She was featured on the American TV show "Undercover Boss". She began her career as a waitress at Hooters, then worked her way up through most positions until finally reaching Vice President of Training and Development.

Answer: General Motors

She is the first female CEO of a major global automaker. She began her career at GM in 1980 working as a co-op student while attending school. She eventually held multiple engineering and administrative positions, including manager of the Detroit/Hamtramck assembly plant.

Answer: Berkshire Hathaway

He is considered by many to be one of the most successful investors in the world. He is also a noted philanthropist. In 2009 he, along with Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg pledged to donate at least half of their wealth to charity and suggested other wealthy individuals do the same. He has gone even further and stated that he intends to donated 99% of his wealth to charities.

Answer: Papa John's

He founded Papa John's in a broom closet in the back of his father's tavern in Jeffersonville, Indiana. As he has mentioned in a commercial, he sold his beloved 1981 Camaro to buy used pizza equipment to start his business. Eventually he managed to track down that camaro and bought it back for $250,000. It is now on display at company headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky.