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2. Donald E. Brown

Title: Chairman, President and CEO

Company: Interactive Intelligence

FSB 100 Rank: 10

Value of stock owned: $103.9 million

Value of options: $12.5 million

Total ownership value: $116.4 million

Donald Brown's second passion - the first is his thriving business-communications company - is taking to the skies. He pilots his Piper Meridian turboprop aircraft for both business and pleasure and averages about a flight per week.

"I enjoy the convenience and utility of flying privately, as well as the personal challenge and the ongoing training that's necessary," Brown says.

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Notes: Data as of the companies' most recent fiscal year-ends. Options valued net of their strike price. Equity holdings data provided by Equilar. Due to a data collection error on the part of Equilar, the rankings have been revised since they were first posted.

LAST UPDATE: Jul 01 2008 | 12:04 PM ET