John ChambersSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

At a recent White House event, President Clinton and Vice President Gore referred to Cisco as "one of the most respected companies, not only in [the networking] field, but in any field" and described Chambers as "a true leader in this industry, in America's economy and in the global economy."

Just fifteen years ago, Cisco Systems did not exist. Today, Cisco is the fastest growing company in the history of the computer industry. With a market cap of more than $200 billion after only fifteen years in business, Cisco is among the ten highest valued companies in the world.

Cisco is also the best example of a company that has made the most of the Internet's vast opportunities to gain a sustainable, competitive advantage. In 1997, Cisco did one-third of the world's electronic commerce. Today, over 80% of the company's orders are transacted over the Internet. In 1998, Forbes ASAP designated Cisco as the country's most dynamic company and Fortune calls Cisco one of the 25 best companies to work for in the U.S. Network World rated Cisco 'thee most powerful company' and John Chambers 'thee most powerful CEO in the industry.' And, this year, Cisco was ranked #1 and described as the "most intelligently Net-savvy company going" by Business 2.0 in its report on the "Top 100 Hottest Companies on the Net".

Prior to joining Cisco, Mr. Chambers spent eight years at Wang Laboratories and six years with IBM. Mr. Chambers holds an M.B.A. degree in finance and management from Indiana University. He later received a J.D. degree and B.S./B.A. degree in business from West Virginia University.