Ronald D. Sugar (born July 30, 1948) is an American business executive. He served as the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the

Northrop Grumman Corporation Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American multinational aerospace and defense technology company. With 90,000 employees and an annual revenue in excess of $30 billion, it is one of the world's largest weapons manufacturers and military tech ...

from 2003 to 2009. On August 1, 2018 he was unanimously elected as independent Chairman of

Uber Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber), based in San Francisco, provides mobility as a service, ride-hailing (allowing users to book a car and driver to transport them in a way similar to a taxi), food delivery ( Uber Eats and Postmates), pack ...

Early life

Ronald D. Sugar was born on July 30, 1948. He received a

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in electrical engineering from UCLA in 1971 after he graduated summa cum laude in engineering from the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...

in 1968.

Career

Sugar served as the president and chief operating officer of TRW Aerospace and Information Systems. From 2000 to 2001, he served as the president and chief operating officer of

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. He then served as the president and chief operating officer of

from 2001 to 2003, and as its chairman and CEO from 2003 to 2009. He was succeeded by Wesley G. Bush. Sugar has also been a director of

Chevron Corporation Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation. The second-largest direct descendant of Standard Oil, and originally known as the Standard Oil Company of California (shortened to Socal or CalSo), it is headquartered in Sa ...

since 2005 and

Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company ...

since 2010.

Awards and honors

Sugar was elected a member of the

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for major contributions to advanced space communication systems and leadership in innovative aerospace programs.

Philanthropy

He is a member of the Board of

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s of the

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.Board of Trustees
, University of Southern California, ''Accessed April 13, 2008.''

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American people of Canadian descent Directors of Chevron Corporation Northrop Grumman people UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni 1948 births Living people Directors of Apple Inc. American corporate directors Canadian corporate directors Canadian chief executives American chief operating officers Directors of Uber {{US-CEO-stub

Early life

Career

Awards and honors

Philanthropy

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