Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> April 16, 2001
JAMES W. KEYES is President and Chief Executive Officer of 7-Eleven,
Inc., the world's largest convenience store retailer. Mr. Keyes served
in a number of senior management positions before being elected to his
current role in 2000. He joined 7-Eleven stores' former subsidiary Citgo
Petroleum in 1985 as General Manager of marketing and business strategy.
A year later, he became General Manager of national gasoline, with
responsibility for the company's retail gasoline business in the United
States and Canada. He was named Vice President of national gasoline in
1991. Mr. Keyes served as the company's Senior Financial Officer in 1992
and was named Chief Financial Officer in 1995. He was elected to the
company's Board of Directors in 1997 and promoted to Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer in 1998. Before joining 7-Eleven,
he held various field and corporate positions at Gulf Oil Corporation
over five years. Mr. Keyes earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Holy
Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he was named to the Phi
Beta Kappa honor society and graduated Cum Laude in 1977. He also
attended the University of London and received a Master's of Business
Administration degree from Columbia University in New York City. Mr.
Keyes is an executive board member of Southern Methodist University's
Cox School of Business and is on the Board of Trustees for the Boys and
Girls Club. He also is a board member of the Greater Dallas Chamber of
Commerce and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. In addition, Mr. Keyes
maintains memberships with professional and civic groups such as the
Dallas Citizens Council, Links and the Young Presidents Organization. He
also is Chairman-elect of the Dallas Symphony Association. Mr. Keyes was
born on March 17, 1955 in Grafton, Massachusetts. He and his wife Margo
live in Dallas. Profile
accompanied by a historical sketch if you would?
Mr. Keyes: We're about to celebrate our 75th anniversary next year,
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