Donald Trump has thrown his hat into the ring for the 2016 presidential race. The real estate mogul and ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ star claimed to have a net worth of $9 billion and promised that he would be the world’s greatest jobs president. He’s not the first corporate titan to attempt the jump from the corner office to the oval office but few have actually made it. Bain CEO Mitt Romney failed at his 2008 and 2012 attempts to make the presidential cut, following in the footsteps of other former presidential hopefuls. Media and publishing executive Steve Forbes ran for the White House in 1996 and 2000, both times as a Republican candidate. The 67 year old remains the editor in chief of the Forbes business media empire. Ross Perot gave it a try in 1992 and 1996, first as an independent candidate, then for the Reform party. He lost twice to Bill Clinton. Perot was the founder of Electronic Data Systems which was sold to General Motors (GM) and then to Hewlett Packard (HP) in 2008. Maurice Taylor took the plunge in 1996 but didn’t make much headway before Clinton was reelected. Taylor is the founder, chairman and CEO of Titan International (TWI), a tire and wheel manufacturing company.
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