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A conversation with Peter Lewis about philanthropy
with Peter Lewis on Apr 2, 2002
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with Peter Lewis on Apr 2, 2002
Peter B. Lewis is the Chairman of Progressive Insurance Companies. Lewis cultivates a reputation as a maverick, a controversial leader and businessman, and creative thinker.
In 1965 Lewis inherited his father’s company as chief executive officer after joining as an underwriting trainee in 1955. At that time Progressive had 100 employees and $6 million in revenues. As of 1997, Progressive had grown to 14,000 employees with sales of $4.8 billion and become the fifth largest auto insurance company in the United States. In 2002 Lewis retired as CEO of Progressive, though he remains as Chairman of the Board.
Lewis is a trustee of Princeton University, former chairman of the board of directors at the Guggenheim Museum (resigned January 19 2005), and serves on the board of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
