Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 3, 1999

Richard R. Wackenhut – Wackenhut Corporation

RICHARD R. WACKENHUT, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Wackenhut Corporation, joined the company in 1973, after leaving the United States military, where he was in the air force. Mr. Wackenhut has numerous civic positions and memberships including: Vice Chairman, Associated Industries of Florida; Chairman 1998 Walk for the Cure, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation; member, American Security Management Association, International Association of Chiefs of Police. He attended The Citadel, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and also studied Administration at Harvard University's School of Business. Profile
TWST: Can you begin by giving our readers a brief overview of

Wackenhut's business as you view it today, and a little bit of the

company's history?

Mr. Wackenhut: The Wackenhut Corporation