Harold McGraw III

Harold Whittlesey "Terry" McGraw III (born August 30, 1948) of McGraw Hill Financial (now S&P Global and formerly McGraw-Hill Companies).

He served as chief executive officer of the company from 1998 through 2013, and was president from 1993 to 2013 and chairman from 2000 to 2015. He was the Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce and very active on trade issues on the world stage. He has been Chairman of the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of American companies.

Biography McGraw attended Salisbury School for his high school years. McGraw received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1976 and a B.A. from Tufts University in 1972.

As CEO, he led the consolidation of 15 diverse units into three business segments, each a market leader.

In 1999, McGraw and his father Harold McGraw, Jr. accepted the Honor Award from the National Building Museum on behalf of the McGraw-Hill Companies, which were recognized for their contributions to the U.S.'s built environment.

Other work

McGraw was chairman of the Business Roundtable's International Trade & Investment Task Force from October 2003 through 2006. In that post, he led the task force's efforts to work with CEO groups in other countries and to support free trade agreements. The group makes up more than a third of the total value of the U.S. stock market, 60 percent of total corporate philanthropic donations in the country and almost half of all private research and development funding in the U.S.

McGraw is Chairman of the United States Council for International Business and Chairman of the US President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. Previously he also served as Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce. McGraw sits on the steering committee of the China–United States Exchange Foundation.

He is a member of the board of directors of United Technologies and of Phillips 66 and a member of the Business Council. In the past he served as a member of President George W. Bush's Transition Advisory Committee on Trade.