I'm looking for a website I saw about a year ago. It displays a
graphical view of many top US companies, their CEO's, and board of
directors. The purpose was to show how most of the top US companies
are run by the same people. It would let you click on a company
"bubble" and get the directors for that company, then click on the
people to see the other companies who's boards they sit on. It was a
graphical "flash" type layout. Where's this site?

I believe the website that you have in mind is the Corporate Library.
This website provides a director interlock tool that reveals
relationships between companies and between directors. There is a
flash tour of this product.


Web of board members ties together Corporate America
By Matt Krantz, USA TODAY

?The Corporate Library reveals the boards of the nation's leading
companies have a startling amount of overlap.?

Examples of the tight ties that bind together America's boards:

?Eleven of the 15 largest companies, including Pfizer and Citigroup,
have at least two board members who sit together on another board.
Of those 15 companies, four have at least two board members in common
with another of the top-tier firms.?

Corporate Library, a corporate governance tracker launched a database
that examines companies' and shows how nearly 2,000 corporate boards
and more than 22,000 board members are linked.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2002-11-24-interlock_x.htm


From the Corporate Library - Director Interlock Tool


?The Corporate Library Director Interlocks Tool is available as a
standalone subscriber product or as an add-on module for existing
Board Analyst subscribers. Explore corporate and non-corporate
relationships and 1st and 2nd degree level relationships, and drill
down to the underlying company board or individual director profiles
available in Board Analyst.?
http://www.thecorporatelibrary.com/Products-and-Services/director-interlocks.html


The Interlocks Tool

?The Interlocks Tool is an analytical tool designed to reveal
relationships between companies and between directors. ?
http://216.204.149.8/tutorial/lessonview.php?lesson=1&part=2


View an interactive tutorial of our director interlocks tool (requires
Flash plug-in)
Select ?Tour?
http://216.204.149.8/tutorial/Interlocks_Help.html


 ?Here is the Interlocks graph for Ashland, Incorporated. Each
director is represented by a line. If that director also sits on the
board of another company tracked in Board Analyst, that company
appears at the other end of that line.?
See image
http://216.204.149.8/tutorial/lessonview.php?lesson=1&part=6


?Backed by data from Board Analyst concerning over 2,000 US-based and
foreign-based companies, the Interlocks Tool creates color-coded
graphs that link companies by their directors.?
See image
http://216.204.149.8/tutorial/lessonview.php?lesson=8&part=2


?You can also reverse views, and use companies to link directors, to
examine how connected directors are to each other.?
See image
http://216.204.149.8/tutorial/lessonview.php?lesson=8&part=3


Pricing
Hourly access rates and per job/client billing options available on request.
Academic users call 1-207-874-6921 for special pricing information.
http://www.thecorporatelibrary.com/Products-and-Services/pricing.html


Search criteria:
Top US companies CEO's, board of directors.
Corporate Library


I hope you find this information helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

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Request for Answer Clarification by rhabdoviridae-ga on 14 Jul 2004 09:35 PDT

Thanks for all the information.  This looks like what I what I need. 
Do you know if this tool, or something like it, was ever offered as a
free service.  The site that I reviewed came as a link in an email
newsletter.  I can't remember which newsletter now.  But the content
was free rather than subscription based.  And it probably wasn't as
thorough as this Director Interlock Tool.  Thanks.

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 14 Jul 2004 09:52 PDT

I am not aware of a free tool like the one I located for you; however
I will do additional research and hopefully I will locate a similar
website.

--Bobbie7

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 14 Jul 2004 16:52 PDT

Dear rhabdoviridae,

thespace-ga kindly posted a link to the website theyrule.com
http://www.theyrule.net/

It appears that this is the exact website you're looking for.

Best regards,
Bobbie7

EXCELLENT!!! "Thespace" and "Bobbie7", thanks very much for your
assistance.  Your responses were quick and exactly the kind of
information I was looking for.

http://www.theyrule.net/

THEY RULE!!!

Thank you very much for the five stars and tip!
I'm pleased that thespace-ga and I were able to help.

Sincerely,
Bobie7