Matthew K. Rose (born 1960 in
Salina, Kansas
Salina is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,889.
In the early 1800s, the Kanza tribal land reached eastward from the middle of the Kansas Territory. In 1858 ...
) is the former chairman and CEO of
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
BNSF Railway is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and over 8,000 locomotives. It has three Transcontinental railroad, transcontine ...
Corp., serving in that role from 2002 to December 31, 2013. In December 2013, Rose's role was shifted to that of executive chairman, renewing speculation he might be in line to replace
Warren Buffett
Warren Edward Buffett ( ; born August 30, 1930) is an American investor and philanthropist who currently serves as the chairman and CEO of the conglomerate holding company Berkshire Hathaway. As a result of his investment success, Buffett is ...
at Berkshire's helm.
Background
He attended the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...
and is a member of
Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha (), commonly referred to as Lambda Chi, is a fraternities and sororities, collegiate fraternity in North America. With over 300,000 initiates as of 2024, it is the third-largest social fraternity in the world by number of initia ...
fraternity. Rose has a wife, Lisa, and two children.
Rose is a member of the
National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America, the organization's governing body.
Boy Scouts of America Annual Report 2011
Rose was named the Railroader of the Year by ''Railway Age'' for 2010.
See also
* List of chief executive officers
References
External links
BNSFHoover's Company Profile
21st-century American railroad executives
University of Missouri alumni
Living people
1960 births
National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America members
BNSF Railway people
AT&T people
People from Salina, Kansas
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