[tps_title]Mike Thompson, Chairman & CEO, Thompson Tractor[/tps_title]
Thompson has been the CEO of his family’s company for the last quarter century and has grown it into a global industrial behemoth. If there is a major development project going on in Alabama, there’s a good chance his machines are doing the work.
The Business Council of Alabama named one of their highest honors the “Thompsonian Leadership Award” in honor of Thompson, who Chaired the BCA in 2003 and initiated the formal partnership between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Council.
He was a member of the Governor’s Circle, a $40,000 commitment to the successful push to elect a Republican majority in the Alabama legislature for the first time since Reconstruction. But he is also one of the few members of this year’s Power & Influence 50 whose political reach extends to the highest levels of national politics as well. He was a George W. Bush “Pioneer,” one of the few hundred individuals who raised a minimum of $100,000 for the Bush 2004 re-election effort. When presidential candidates come to the state, you can bet Thompson gets a personal phone call. In short, he puts his money where his mouth is.
If you’re considering a run for statewide office in Alabama, Mike Thompson is one of the first people you go see.
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