Enrique Hernandez Jr.

Lawyer

Birthday November 2, 1955

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Age 68 years old

Nationality United States

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1955

Enrique Hernandez Jr. (born November 2, 1955) is an American lawyer and business executive.

He is chief executive officer (CEO) of Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc., and a director of Wells Fargo & Company.

1973

A native of Los Angeles, Hernandez graduated from Loyola High School in 1973.

1977

He received his BA degree in government and economics from Harvard University in 1977 and was recognized as a Harvard National Scholar.

1980

He received his JD degree from Harvard Law School in 1980.

He began to practice law with Brobeck, Pfleger and Harrison in Los Angeles in 1980.

1982

On June 12, 1982, he married Megan Beth McLeod.

The couple are the parents of five children.

He is of Mexican-American descent.

1984

Hernandez left Brobeck, Pfleger, and Harrison in 1984 to join his father at Inter-Con, which the elder Hernandez had founded after a career as Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.

His first position with Inter-Con, in 1984, was in the capacity of executive vice president and assistant general counsel.

1986

In 1986 he was elected president and chief executive officer.

Under his leadership, Inter-Con has grown to be one of the largest security system providers worldwide, with 25,000 employees in North and South America, Europe, and Africa.

1993

In 1993, Mayor Richard Riordan appointed Hernandez to the Los Angeles Police Commission, where he served as president through 1995.

1996

He was elected a director of McDonald's Corporation in 1996, Nordstrom, Inc., in 1997, and Wells Fargo & Company in 2003.

2001

Hernandez was also a director of the Tribune Company from 2001 to 2007.

2002

In the political realm, he supported Richard Riordan's bid to become Governor of the State of California in 2002.

2006

He was elected chairman of Nordstrom in 2006.

He is also chairman of the board of regents of Loyola High School, vice chairman of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, vice chairman of the Children's Hospital Los Angeles Board of Trustees, a director of the California Health Care Foundation, a trustee of the University of Notre Dame and of Pomona College, and a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, Harvard College Visiting Committee, and the Harvard University Resources Committee.

2016

He has been the non-executive chairman of McDonald's since May 2016, and a director since 1996.