Rufus Williams

Business executive

Muckety metrics:

Connections: Rufus Williams has direct or once-removed relationships with 191 people, organizations or other entities in our database of the most influential people in America. Under a scoring system that gives more weight to direct links, this score is higher than 90% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 90

Influence: Williams has a Muckety influence index of 96 out of 100. This is a measure of power and reach compared with others in the U.S. leadership elite.

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Muckety influence score: 96

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Rufus Williams

Gender: Male

Areas of interest:

nonprofits

entertainment & sports

business

politics & government

Personal social network: Much of Williams's Muckety comes from political connections.

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Rufus Williams personal relations:

Oprah Winfrey - friend

Other current Rufus Williams relationships:

Olympus, LLC - president & CEO

Real Men Read - founder

Rufus Williams past relationships:

Chicago (IL) Board of Education - president

Harpo Entertainment Group - VP & CFO

Muckety List of Most Networked in Chicago, 2008 - in top 100

Oprah Winfrey Show - producer

Public Building Commission of Chicago (IL) - commissioner

Renaissance Schools Fund - director

Five degrees of Kevin:

We can connect Rufus Williams with Kevin Bacon in five steps:
Rufus Williams → Muckety List of Most Networked in Chicago, 2008 →
  William M. Daley → JPMorgan Chase & Co. →
    Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities →

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