- Aon Founder Pat Ryan on Entrepreneurship
- 12.04.2006
In a keynote address at the U of C's Gleacher Center, Patrick Ryan, the executive chairman and founder of Aon Corporation, talked about the role four factors — refreshing leadership, selective recruiting, bias for action and customer centricity — played in his success.
The occasion for the speech was the GSB Alumni Entrepreneurship Conference held Thursday, Nov. 30. The event highlighted recent research conducted by The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and the Market Strategy Group that identified these four factors, all of which are critical for entrepreneurs in overcoming growth plateaus and sustaining success.
Patrick G. Ryan is executive chairman and founder of Aon Corporation, a global leader in risk management, reinsurance and human capital consulting. He started as an entrepreneur and founded an insurance agency, which grew to become Aon. Ryan has been chairman of Aon's Board of Directors since 1990. He served as chief executive of Aon and its predecessor company from 1964 to April 2005.
www.chicagogsb.edu/alumni/events/2006-11-30_polsky.aspx
www.chicagogsb.edu/entrepreneurship/
www.mkt-strat.com/
www.aon.com
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