Robert Nardelli

Robert Nardelli joined Chrysler in August 2007 as chairman and CEO and as a member of the board of directors. Before joining Chrysler, Nardelli served as chairman, president and CEO of The Home Depot Inc. beginning in 2000. Nardelli began his career at General Electric Co. in 1971 and advanced through a series of leadership positions in the company's appliances, lighting and transportation systems business units. In 1988, he left GE to join Case Corp. in Racine, Wis., where he led Case construction equipment's global business. He returned to GE in 1992 and was ultimately named president and CEO of GE power systems and senior vice president of GE.

He chairs the Atlanta board of visitors of the Savannah College of Art and Design, and has also served on President Bush's council on service and civic participation. He has received the Distinguished Pennsylvanian Award from Gannon University (1995) and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Business and Technology at Western Illinois University (1997 and 1999). He is an alumni fellow and 2001 Alumnus of the Year of the University of Louisville, and serves on the board of advisors, University of Louisville Graduate School of Business, as well as on the College of Business & Technology advisory board for Western Illinois University, and is a member of The Business Council. Nardelli was born on May 17, 1948, in Old Forge, Penn.