Herman Cain (born December 13, 1945) is an American businessman, politician, columnist, and
radio host from
Georgia. He is the former chairman and CEO of
Godfather's Pizza and a former deputy chairman (1992–94) and chairman (1995–96) of the board of directors to the
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Before his business and economics career he worked as a mathematician in
ballistics for the
United States Navy. Cain's newspaper column is distributed by
North Star Writers Group. He lives in the
Atlanta suburbs, where he also serves as a minister at Antioch Baptist Church North.
In January 2011, Cain announced he had formed an exploratory committee for a potential presidential campaign for the
Republican presidential nomination in
2012, and on May 21, 2011, Cain officially announced his candidacy.
Background
Cain was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 13, 1945, the son of Lenora (née Davis) and Luther Cain, Jr. His mother was a cleaner and his father was a
chauffeur.
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