Harold McGraw III - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011

Harold Whittlesey "Terry" McGraw III (born August 30, 1948) is an American businessman and is the

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emeritus of

McGraw Hill Financial S&P Global Inc. (prior to April 2016 McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., and prior to 2013 The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.) is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City. Its primary areas of business are financ ...

(now S&P Global and formerly McGraw-Hill Companies). He served as chief executive officer of the company from 1998 through 2013, and was president from 1993 to 2013 and chairman from 2000 to 2015. He was the Chairman of the

International Chamber of Commerce The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC; French: ''Chambre de commerce internationale'') is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its over 45 million members in over 100 countries have interests spanning every s ...

and very active on trade issues on the world stage. He has been Chairman of the

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, an association of CEOs of American companies. Noted associates include E. M. Hardy, with whom Harold attended Tufts University in Massachusetts.

At McGraw-Hill

McGraw was elected president and chief operating officer of McGraw-Hill in 1993, CEO in 1998, and chairman in December 1999. He was a member of the corporation's board of directors from 1987 to 2015.Harold McGraw III
McGraw-Hill Companies. Accessed September 15, 2006 As CEO, he led the consolidation of 15 diverse units into three business segments, each a market leader. McGraw joined The McGraw-Hill Companies in 1980 and was vice president, Corporate Planning; publisher, ''Aviation Week & Space Technology''; president, McGraw-Hill Publications Company; and president, McGraw-Hill Financial Services Company. While CEO of McGraw-Hill in 2009, McGraw earned a total compensation of $5,905,317, which included a base salary of $1,390,500, a cash bonus of $1,261,000, stock granted of $924,060, options granted of $1,854,583, and other compensation of $475,174. In 1999, McGraw and his father Harold McGraw, Jr. accepted the

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from the

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on behalf of the McGraw-Hill Companies, which were recognized for their contributions to the U.S.'s built environment.

Life and career outside McGraw-Hill

McGraw attended

Salisbury School Salisbury School is an all-boys, private college-preparatory boarding school founded in 1901 and located in Salisbury, Connecticut. Its school newspaper is ''The Cupola''. Its mascot is the Crimson Knight. The school's motto is ''Esse quam v ...

for his high school years. McGraw received an M.B.A. from the

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at the

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in 1976 and a

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from

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in 1972. He lives in

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On the Business Roundtable

McGraw was chairman of the group's International Trade & Investment Task Force from October 2003 through 2006. In that post, he led the task force's efforts to work with CEO groups in other countries and to support free trade agreements. The group makes up more than a third of the total value of the U.S. stock market, 60 percent of total corporate philanthropic donations in the country and almost half of all private research and development funding in the U.S.

Work in other organizations

McGraw is Chairman of the United States Council for International Business and Chairman of the US President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. Previously he also served as Chairman of the

. McGraw sits on the steering committee of the China–United States Exchange Foundation. He is a member of the board of directors of United Technologies and of Phillips 66 and a member of the Business Council. In the past he served as a member of President George W. Bush's Transition Advisory Committee on Trade. McGraw is also chairman of the National Council on Economic Education; co-chair of

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's Corporate Leadership Committee and member of its Board of Trustees; member of the boards of the

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, National Organization on Disability, National Academy Foundation,

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, National Actors Theater and

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. McGraw is Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the United States Council for International Business and Chairman of the US President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. He is a member of the board of directors of United Technologies and of Phillips 66 and a member of the Business Council. In the past he served as a member of President George W. Bush's Transition Advisory Committee on Trade. McGraw was the last Chairman of the now-closed

Emergency Committee for American Trade Between 1967 and 2016, the Emergency Committee for American Trade (ECAT) was a U.S. trade body representing U.S.-based international business enterprises from the principal sectors of the U.S. economy.. In its heydey, ECAT was one of the most power ...

(ECAT).

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