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Herman Cain (born December 13, 1945)[2] is an American politician and author, business executive, radio host, syndicated columnist, and Tea Party activist from Georgia.[3][4][5] He was a candidate for the 2012 U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination.[3]
Cain grew up in Georgia and graduated from Morehouse College in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.[6] Cain pursued graduate studies at Purdue University and graduated with a Master of Science in Computer Science in 1971,[7] while also working full-time for the U.S. Department of the Navy.[8] In 1977, he joined Pillsbury Company in Minneapolis where he later became vice president.[9] During the 1980s, his success as a business executive at Burger King prompted Pillsbury Company to appoint him as chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza, in which capacity he served from 1986 to 1996.[10]
Cain was chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Omaha Branch from 1989 to 1991.[11] He was deputy chairman, from 1992 to 1994, and chairman, from 1995 to 1996, of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.[11] In 1995, Cain was appointed by Newt Gingrich to the Kemp Commission,[12] and was a senior economic adviser to the Bob Dole presidential campaign.[13] Cain became the CEO of the National Restaurant Association,[14]