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Business 100 - 1998

The 100 Most Powerful Irish Americans in in Corporate America (Moore – Welch)

By Darina Molloy, Sarah Buscher, and Ann Scott

November / December 1998

March 1, 1998 by Leave a Comment

As we enter the new millennium, the Irish in the U.S. have reached a level of success that the immigrants of the last and early part of this century could have not possibly imagined. Our annual list of the "Best and the Brightest" offers more than a few surprises, such as Harvard being the number one graduate school, and the unusually large percentage of Irish-born. … [Read more...] about The 100 Most Powerful Irish Americans in in Corporate America (Moore – Welch)

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