Name: Bill Cadogan.
Born: Boston, 1946.
Education: Engineering graduate, then an MBA.
Marital status: Married, four children aged between 16 and 22.
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Career: Worked for AT&T before it was broken up under deregulation; chief executive of ADC since 1990.
Hobbies: Golf, skiing, water sports.
Why in the news: His rapidly-growing company has just bought Galway-based Saville Systems for $700 million, and he is considering moving all of the European operations of ADC to Ireland.
