Ralph Reed (American Express)

**Ralph Thomas Reed**  (6 ga Yuli, 1890, Philadelphia - 21 ga Janairu, 1968, Birnin New York) shine shugaban Kamfanin American Express daga 1944 zuwa 1960. Ya shiga kamfanin a 1919 a matsayin mataimakin mai kula da shi.  Shi ne mutumin da ya yanke shawarar ƙirƙirar katin caji na American Express, wanda aka fara bayarwa a 1958.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haife shi a ranar 6 ga Yuli, 1890 a Philadelphia, ga William Arter da Jennie Smith Reed.  Ya girma a Philadelphia, ɗansa na biyu ga akawun kamfanin katako wanda aka haifa a Welsh. Ya sami tallafin karatu a Princeton, amma ya daina aiki lokacin da mahaifinsa ya rasa aikin yi. Reed ya sami aikin lissafi, kuma da dare, ya fara zuwa Makarantar Wharton.  A shekarar 1915, ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Wharton ta Jami'ar Pennsylvania . 

Ya shiga American Express a matsayin mataimakin mai kula da harkokin kasuwanci a shekarar 1919.  Daga 1944 zuwa 1960 ya kasance shugaban American Express.  Mujallar *TIME* a shekarar 1956 ta bayyana Reed, a matsayin shugaban Amex, a matsayin "ɗan kasuwa wanda ya fara neman tafiye-tafiyen ƙasashen waje duk wani fasaha da albarkatun masana'antar Amurka," yana mai cewa ya yi "fiye da kowa a duniya don jawo hankalin Amurkawa zuwa ƙasashen waje da kuma sa tafiyarsa ta yi nasara." A cikin shekaru goma sha biyu da ya yi a matsayin shugaban ƙasa, ya ƙara ofisoshin kamfanin daga 50 zuwa 344, ya ƙara ma'aikata daga 1,500 zuwa 8,600, kuma ya ga ƙaruwar kadarori da kashi 318%, a dala miliyan 621. Ya kuma ga aiwatar da shirye-shiryen Amex da aka yi niyya don sauƙaƙa tafiya da araha ga Amurkawa, gami da ayyukan tsara tafiye-tafiye, da ayyukan bincike don nemo 'yan uwa masu tafiya da abubuwan da suka ɓace.  *TIME* ta lura da yadda yake yin tafiye-tafiye na ƙasashen waje masu tsada da kuma bayar da kuɗi, kuma ya taɓa "hayar dukkan bene na farko na Otal ɗin Savoy na Landan don karɓar baƙi 500 na hadaddiyar giya."  Reed ya amince da katin Amex na farko, wanda ya bayyana a shekarar 1958.  Howard L. Clark ya gaje shi a matsayin shugaban Amexco a shekarar 1960.  Ya kasance shugaban kwamitin zartarwa na Amex daga 1960 zuwa 1965, lokacin da ya yi ritaya. 

Ya kasance a kwamitin ba da shawara na Cibiyar Ayyukan Ƙasashen Waje ta Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje ta Amurka kuma ya kasance mai ba da shawara ga Muryar Amurka .  Shugaba Dwight D. Eisenhower ya naɗa shi wakilin Amurka a bikin rantsar da Shugaban Nicaragua a 1957. 

Ya auri Edna May Young, kuma 'yarsu mai suna Phyllis Ann Reed.  Ralph T. Reed, mazaunin birnin New York da Palm Beach, ya mutu a Asibitin Roosevelt da ke New York a watan Janairun 1968 bayan ya yi rashin lafiya, yana da shekaru 77. 

## Hukumomi da kwamitoci
Ya kasance darakta a Kamfanin Western Union Telegraph, Kamfanin American International Life Assurance Company na New York, Bankin Farko na Ƙasa na West Palm Beach, Florida, da kuma Gidauniyar Lafayette Fellowship ta Philadelphia.

Ya kasance cikin kwamitin gudanarwa na ƙungiyar American Cancer Society, amintaccen makarantar American School of Classical Studies da ke Athens, amintaccen asibitin Roosevelt, kuma amintaccen kamfanin United States Trust Company na New York. 

## Duba kuma

* Jerin tsofaffin ɗaliban makarantar sakandare ta tsakiya (Philadelphia)

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