Aon Corporation

Patrick G. Ryan is founder and executive chairman of Aon Corporation. Aon Corporation is an insurance brokerage, reinsurance brokerage, risk management services, and human capital management consulting firm based in Chicago. Aon has 36,000 people working in 500 offices in more than 120 countries, and their total revenue for 2007 was $7.5 billion. In addition to his involvement with Aon, Mr. Ryan is also chairman of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, a member of the Board of Directors for After School Matters, a director of the Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc, and the past chairman and CEO of the Chicago 2016 Olympic Committee. The Ryans also founded and are active in the Pathways Center and the Pathways Awareness Foundation, which advocate for early detection and treatment of neonatal development issues, as well as own a stake in the Chicago Bears football team.