Facts: - caption: chenault state dinner and his wife at barack obama 's second - spouse: kathryn chenault - birth date: 2 june 1951 - name: kenneth chenault - image: chenaultstatedinner.jpg - birth place: mineola , new york - alma mater: bowdoin college harvard university - occupation: ceo of american express Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kenneth chenault .
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kenneth irvine chenault -lrb- born june 2 , 1951 -rrb- is an american business executive .he has been the ceo and chairman of american express since 2001 .he is the third black ceo of a fortune 500 company .