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Dan Amos
Also Known As null, Dan Amos, Daniel Paul Amos
CEO of Aflac
Daniel Paul Amos in Pensacola, Florida is an American business executive. He serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of Aflac Incorporated, Inc.(AFL)
Career :
Amos joined Aflac in 1973, working in sales for 10 years, during which time, he was the Company's top sales person. He was named president of Aflac in 1983, chief operating officer in 1987, chief executive officer of Aflac Incorporated in 1990(2), and chair in 2001(3). Aflac, a Fortune 500 company, insures more than 50 million people worldwide. It is the leading provider of individual insurance policies offered at the worksite in the United States and is the largest life insurer in Japan in terms of individual policies in force.
During Mr. Amos's tenure as CEO, revenues at Aflac have grown from $2.7 billion in 1990 to $22.1 billion as of December 31, 2021. The company has appeared on Fortune's Most Admired Companies list 21 times. Aflac also appeared on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list for 20 consecutive years. Aflac is the only insurance company listed as an Ethisphere Magazine World's Most Ethical Company 16 times, or every year since the inception of the award in 2007. Amos received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Award and the Torch of Liberty Award from the Anti-Defamation League. He was named by the Harvard Business Review as one of the Best-Performing CEOs in the World four times and has been named as one of America's Best CEOs by Institutional Investor magazine five times. He has also appeared on Chief Executive Magazine's annual Wealth Creation Index.
In 2013, Dan proudly accepted the Salute to Greatness Award from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta, joining a distinguished list of past recipients, including Ambassador Andrew J. Young, U.S. Poet Laureate Maya Angelou, Ervin "Magic" Johnson, and musicians Bono and Stevie Wonder. He has also received the Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty Award.
In 2008, Aflac became the first major U.S. firm to voluntarily afford shareholders an advisory vote on executive pay packages, including that of the CEO. Shareholders supported the company's executive compensation packages annually from 2008 to 2020.
Amos previously served as a member of the Consumer Affairs Advisory Committee of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Early Life
Daniel Amos was born on August 13, 1951, in Pensacola, Florida. He is the son of Aflac co-founder Paul Amos.
Amos graduated from the University of Georgia, where he received a bachelor's degree with a focus on risk management and was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. He also attended Emory University, where he earned an MBA.
Education
- Graduated - University of Georgia
- Bachelor's degree -
- MBA - Emory University
Career
- Aflac - CEO
Recognition
every year since the inception of the award in 2007. Amos received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Award and the Torch of Liberty Award from the Anti-Defamation League. He was named by the Harvard Business Review as one of the Best-Performing CEOs in the World four times and has been named as one of America's Best CEOs by Institutional Investor magazine five times. He has also appeared on Chief Executive Magazine's annual Wealth Creation Index.
In 2013, Dan proudly accepted the Salute to Greatness Award from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta, joining a distinguished list of past recipients, including Ambassador Andrew J. Young, U.S. Poet Laureate Maya Angelou, Ervin "Magic" Johnson, and musicians Bono and Stevie Wonder. He has also received the Anti-Defamation League's Torch of Liberty Award.