Background
Ralph Owen was born on October 3, 1905 in Hartsville, Tennessee.
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Ralph Owen
Edit ProfileBusinessman Chairman of American Express
Education
He graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1928.
Career
He served as the Chairman of American Express (New York Stock Exchange: AXP). In 1930, Owen founded the Equitable Securities Corporation of Nashville, an investment bank offering cr cards, travel and banking services. lieutenant merged with American Express in 1968.
Later, he served as the Chairman of American Express.
Additionally, Owen served on the Board of Directors of the Nashville Gas Company, the R. C. Owen Company and Tennessee Natural Gas Lincolnshire Incorporated.
Owen sat on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Vanderbilt University, and later as the President of its Board of Trust. The Owen Graduate School of Management was renamed in his honor in 1977.
Additionally, the Ralph Owen Chair is also named in his honor. lieutenant is currently by Professor Eric Johnson, Dean of the Owen Graduate School of Management.
Owen died at the Vanderbilt University Hospital in 1983.
