Man of the north

In 30 years, he's ascended to the uppermost stratum of world business.

As a youth, Tom Alban­ese fled a small industrial New Jersey town for Alaska. Albanese, now 50, is the first American CEO of the venerable London-based mining giant Rio Tinto PLC, which last year took over Alcan Inc. in a $38-billion deal. He went to university in Fairbanks, Alaska, for degrees in mineral economics and mining engineering. more...

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