Rick Wagoner
publication date: Sunday, April 9, 2006 (part of Round XXVII)
category: 
Business
clue: Do people recall this accomplished executive for his business skills or for his ironic last name?
explanation: Wagoner was the CEO of General Motors when this goo was published and had been a company executive since 1981. The phrase "ironic last name" was a reference to the fact that Wagoner was in the auto manufacturing business. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Elliot Farney, and Jerry Mathis
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