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5. David L. Hatcher

Title: Chairman and Former CEO*

Company: KMG Chemicals

FSB 100 Rank: 72

Value of stock owned: $85.5 million

Value of options: $0.0 million

Total ownership value: $85.5 million

Avid cyclist David Hatcher spends his leisure time on long-distance rides - up to 100 miles - in and around Houston on his Italian carbon-fiber bike, made by Colnago. His entrepreneurial spirit draws inspiration from Warren Buffett. As Hatcher explains, "[Buffett] is very much a steady, get-rich-slowly type of guy, and I really admire that. That's the way we do things here at KMG. We put our left foot in front of our right and just keep on plodding away."

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* Former executive
Notes: Data as of the companies' most recent fiscal year-ends. Options valued net of their strike price. Mr. Hatcher resigned as CEO on June 1, 2007. 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