23, successful people who get up early

Dan Ackerson (Dan Akerson), the head of General Motors

Akerson says he rarely gets later 4: 30-5: 00. Early in the morning he had to call the GM office in Asia, while they may not be too late. He calls his current job better, which just might be! It is complicated, interesting and exciting. Sometimes he even did not sleep at night. It is good that these nights are not very long.

Kash David (David Cush), head of Virgin America

Kash describes his morning so: rise at 4:15, sending mail, calls business partners from the East Coast. After that, he listens to sports radio morning program in Dallas, reading the newspaper and has been on an exercise bike in the gym.

Tim Cook (Tim Cook), Apple CEO

Tim Cook gets up at 4:30 am and the first thing parses the mail. By five o'clock you can find it in the gym. He works a lot and is proud to be the first to come to the office, and the last to leave.

Robert Iger (Robert Iger), Disney CEO

Iger gets up at 4:30 am and is using this morning free time to read a newspaper, play sports, listen to music, make out e-mails and watch TV. And all this he does almost simultaneously. Even in the quiet moments, he already

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Simon Irwin (Irwin Simon), head of the Hain Celestial Group

Irvine manages to nine in the morning to do so many things, how many do not have time and the day. Waking up at 5:00, it first checks the mail and business units in Europe and Asia. Then he prays, walking a dog, doing exercises. All this he can do before the kids wake up it. Before you come to my office on Long Island, he still manages to hold a business breakfast somewhere in Manhattan.

Jean-Martin Folz (Jean-Martin Folz), former CEO of Peugeot

The former head of Peugeot, the current head of Eutelsat Communications, Jean-Martin Folz boarded the train to Dijon - Paris and seven o'clock arrived at the office, where just a few minutes doing a report in the morning briefing. His car Renault Espace converted in such a way that it has become a mikroofis in which he could work on the road somewhere.

Laybourn Gerry (Gerry Laybourne), former head of the Oxygen Channel

Founder of Oxygen gets up at six in the morning and leaving the house in half an hour. Those who gets up as early, can get under her wing.

Here is what she says: "Several times a week in the morning I meet in Central Park with a young man who appeals to me for advice. Helping him, I can support the next generation. The one who He gets up early in the morning, Serious about life. I can not set aside time in the office on such conversations, such as morning walks in the park are useful to me, besides helping to keep in touch with the younger generation. "

Mike Sherwood (Mike Shearwood), head of Aurora Fashions

Day, the head of one of the most famous companies in the UK in the fashion world begins early. At five in the morning Sherwood wakes up to catch a train to Nottingham - London which arrives at 7:45. Long road it does not frighten, during the journey, he It is working with e-mailAnd addresses issues with the team on the phone.

Steve Murphy (Steve Murphy), head of Christie's

The former head of the publishing house Rodale in the morning is inspired by the words of the poet William Blake: "I think in the morning, act in the afternoon, read at night and sleep during the night." Since then, he knew the phrase, his life changed. Morning reflection and planning make Murphy, in his words, strategic and proactive, rather than reactive.

Yomark Brett (Brett Yormark), CEO of New Jersey Nets

It is the youngest CEO in the history of the NBA. Every morning he gets up at 3:30 to get to the office by 4:30. There he runs and does not forget to send a motivational letter to his team.

Over the weekend, his schedule is freer: in the office, he comes only to seven in the morning.

Lexi Funk (Lexy Funk), art director of the Brooklyn Industries

Art director of the popular clothing store bags and usually wakes up at four in the morning. And often can not decide what to choose: to check out and go back to sleep, or to pick up your BlackBerry. If she chooses the latter, it starts with the fact that parses the mail and email with colleagues from Brooklyn Industries.

Matt Ouimet (Matt Ouimet), head of Cedar Fair Entertainment

The former president of Starwood Hotels and CFO Disney has now become the head of the company that operates amusement parks. Although he calls his work time to play, but still loves to come to the office early. He gets up at 5:30 am and leaves the house at 6:00.

Heim Saban (Haim Saban), head of the Saban Capital

Heim Saban, the Israeli-American billionaire Egyptian origin, drink the first cup of coffee at 6:02 am. He then worked for an hour, and then 75 minutes doing exercises. Only then will his day begins.

Polmen Paul (Paul Polman), president of Unilever

To remain competitive mentally and physically, Polmen Dutchman stands at six. Early in the morning it can run on the treadmill in the office and at the same time to reflect on the upcoming working day, which, of course, at the head of such a large company would be saturated.

Padmashree Warrior (Padmasree Warrior), Cisco CTO

It does not run immediately after waking up in the office. Having risen at 4:30 am, Padmashree Warrior devotes hour parse mail, then reads the news gathering and son to school. And at 20:30 it was still possible to reach the office.

Earlier she held the position of Technical Director at Motorola, and was recognized as one of the most successful women in business.

Reynemand Steve (Steve Reinemund), former head of PepsiCo

Reynemand also he served as dean of the School of Business at the University of Wake Forest. He climbed out of bed at 5:30 and get to reading newspapers. Prior to his work he had to read The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and The Dallas Morning News.

Andrea Young (Andrea Jung), director of Avon Products

Andrea Young gets up at 5:00 am and goes to the gym, and is already sitting at eight o'clock at his desk.

Jon Corzine (Jon Corzine), former head of Goldman Sachs and MF Global

His colleagues say that he appeared at the office at six in the morning, and this is still time to make the morning run (approximately 8 km). In addition, he last went out of the office.

Howard Schultz (Howard Schultz), CEO of Starbucks

Schultz starts his day with a charge. Typically, this bike ride with his wife. Nevertheless, he arrives in the office as early as six in the morning.

Something at Starbucks makes people behave this way. President Michelle Gass Company (Michelle Gass) gets up every morning at 4:30 and jogging. And so it makes for over 15 years. Maybe the whole thing in your coffee?

Jeff Jordan (Jeff Jordan), the former head of PayPal and OpenTable

Former President OpenTable Jordan said he came to the office to five in the morning, and left until seven in the evening. However, these long hours devoted to OpenTable, and played a role in his departure from PayPal.

Former US presidents George Bush - senior (George HW Bush) and Bush - junior (George W Bush)

Bush would get up at four in the morning, jogging and six were in the office, where he remained until two in the morning. His nurse, who was supposed to be almost all the time with him, recognized a schedule just awful.

George W. Bush - Jr arrived at the office a little later, to 6:45, and often held meetings at this early hour.

Just had to work and the office of the president. How to tell the former students of Colin Powell (Colin Powell), he complained that it was absolutely terrible - to come to the office at six in the morning and did not leave there until seven at night. Condoleezza Rice (Condoleezza Rice) starts his day at 4:30 am to have time to run to the gym before work.

Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin Franklin)

A key figure in the American Enlightenment period, the founding father of the United States, Franklin often repeated this proverb: "Sooner lie down, get up early - you will be healthy, wealthy and wise." He started the day with the fact that getting up at five in the morning and asked myself: "What good I do today?".

What do you think, whether the early rise is the key to success in the affairs really?