Chairman & CEO
First American Corp.
Appointed to his current position in December 2003 after serving as president of the parent corporation for nearly 12 years. As great-grandson of the company’s founder, C.E. Parker he joined the group in 1977 and subsequently served various senior management positions in the group before being elected to the board of The First American Corporation in 1987. In May 2003, Kennedy was recognized as one of America's top chief executives on Forbes Magazine's prestigious list of "Best-Performing Bosses." He is a current board member of the Orange County Council of the Boy Scouts of America and is a past chairman of the board of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce and of Bowers Museum as well as past president of the American Land Title Association. Previously Kennedy practiced law for four years with Levinson & Lieberman in Beverly Hills Calif. He graduated from the University of Southern California with an A.B. degree in economics, and received his law degree from Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco. |
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