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How Well Do You Know Fortune 500 CEOs?

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Christopher Tkaczyk
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June 2, 2016, 4:50 PM ET

In the age of social media and Shark Tank entrepreneurs, celebrity CEOs are household names, even to those who don’t read the Wall Street Journal every day. In an informal street poll conducted by Fortune, nearly everyone surveyed was able to name Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, and Warren Buffett. But do you know who’s running Dow Chemical (DOW) or DuPont (DD)? What about the chief executives of Target (TGT), Starbucks (SBUX), or your favorite retail chain?

To test your business trivia chops, we’ve assembled a few boldfaced business executives below. Check out our trivia game and see if you can match the CEOs to the companies they run. Who knows? One day you might be running your own Fortune 500 company.

 

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Check out the new 2016 ranking of the Fortune 500 on Monday, June 6, 2016 on Fortune.com.

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