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Former 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate
Businessman, Politician & Media
Herman Cain
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Cain Age & Birthday
• Born: Herman Cain on Thursday December 13th, 1945
• Herman Cain is 66 years old.
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Cain Ancestry
| Cain is of African-American ancestry. There are unfortunately no genealogical records of his family line.
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Cain Career
| •After graduating from Morehouse College, Cain joined the U.S Department of the Navy, working as a mathematician. He left after six years and joined Coca-Cola in 1973 as a business analyst. Four years later, he joined Pillsbury, a holding company for an array of F&B related entities, as an executive.
•Despite the inherently challenging atmosphere for Africa-Americans at the time, Cain’s qualities shone through and he was promoted to Vice-President of Corporate Systems and Services of Pillsbury in 1981. He was soon tasked to lead the sprawling and under-performing chain of over 400 Burger King restaurants in the Philadelphia region. Within three short years, Cain managed to turn around the whole division into one of the best performing region in the country.
•His performance did not go unnoticed, as the board appointed him President and CEO of their subsidiary, the almost bankrupt Godfather’s Pizza chain in 1986. Cain accepted the challenge and in less than 14 months, the firm returned to profitability.
•Cain’s impressive performance at Godfather’s Pizza resulted in an invitation by the National Restaurant Association of America to join their board in 1988. Six years later, he was elected as the Chairman of the Association and in 1996, he became its permanent CEO and President. His stellar leadership of the Association raised his profile within the region, and he was soon offered the prestigious role of Chairman and board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, among others.
•Cain grew in strength from there, and has since established two firms, The New Voice and RetailDNA, firms that markets Cain’s extensive corporate, marketing and leadership experience through various self-help books, DVDs and speaking engagements.
•Today, Cain sits on the board of Hallmark, Whirpool and AGCO. He hosts his own radio talk show, WSB’s The Herman Cain Show. He contributes regularly to Fox News and several other broadcasters. He also spends time speaking on the Republican speaking circuit.
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Cain Childhood
| •Cain grew up in a loving, working class environment in Atlanta, Georgia, with strict Christian parents who worked hard to put their children through school and gave them a chance at the life that they never had.
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Cain Children
| •Cain has two children, Melanie and Vincent. Melanie is currently the manager of Herman's Intelligent Thinkers Movement (HITM) while Vincent is in the banking industry.
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Cain Education
| •Cain graduated from Morehouse College in 1967 with a degree in Mathematics (minoring in Physics). He continued his studies part-time while working with the US Department of Navy and obtained his MA in Computer Science from Purdue University in 1973.
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Cain and the Military
| •Cain does not have any direct military experience. However, he did spend six years in the United States Department of Navy, which provides operational and organizational support for both the Navy and Marines.
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Cain Parents & Grandparents
| •Father : Luther Cain Jr. (1925 – 1982)
•Mother : Lenora Davis Cain (1925 – 2005)
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Cain Religion
| •Cain is a devout, churchgoing Baptist
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Cain Siblings
| •Herman Cain has only one other sibling, a younger brother, Thurman Cain.
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Cain Spouse
| Cain married Gloria Etchison Cain in 1968, a year after graduating from Morehouse College. They are still together after 43 years of marriage.
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