Paul oneill bio

1935-2020

Paul O’Neill would often say that in any human organization, “With leadership, anything is possible, and without it, nothing is possible.”  

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Paul O’Neill, a true leader, personified this observation.  

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He inspired and guided others to achieve some of the most important accomplishments of the last 50 years in business, healthcare, education, and government.  To Paul, however, the remarkable feats he led or impacted were demonstrations meant to show every person involved, and each of us, that we could do it too, in everything that mattered.  He challenged us all to be unafraid to tap into our natural aspiration to be great, and to accomplish things together that our country and communities so desperately need. 

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To name just a few examples of Paul’s leadership legacy and influence:

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• From 1987 to 2000, as CEO of Alcoa, he led the once troubled aluminum giant

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  Paul O’Neill

  Paul Andrew O’Neill was born in Columbus, Ohio, on February 25, 1963. His mother, Virginia, was a medical technician who raised the six O’Neill children – one girl and five boys – of whom Paul was the youngest. His father, Charles ‘Chick’ O’Neill, ran his own excavation business, but his true passion was baseball. A former minor league pitcher whose own father played professional baseball, “Chick” O’Neill passed on his knowledge of, and love for, the National Pastime to all six of his children. Paul’s great-grandfather, a Nebraska homesteader, married Mary Clemens, a cousin to Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known to posterity as Mark Twain. Paul’s sister Molly is a food critic for The New York Times.

  When Paul O’Neill was five years old, the family moved into a larger house that had a large, grass-covered and tree-shaded backyard that was a perfect template for a makeshift baseball field, where the children spent hours playing pickup games and competing in

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Paul O'Neill (producer)

American composer, musician, and record producer (1956–2017)

Paul O'Neill
O'Neill in 2011
Born	(1956-02-23)February 23, 1956 New York City, U.S.
Died	April 5, 2017(2017-04-05) (aged 61) Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Genres
Occupations	Composer lyricist record producer audio engineer musician
Instrument	Guitar
Formerly of	Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Savatage, Metal Church, Omen, Badlands, Heaven

Musical artist

Paul O'Neill (February 23, 1956 – April 5, 2017) was an American composer, lyricist, record producer, and guitarist. He was the producer of the progressive metal grupp Savatage, and the founder of Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Career

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Early years

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Paul O'Neill was born in Flushing, Queens, New York City,^[1][2] the second of his parents' ten children. His music and literary influences, as well as his own artistic visions, were well established before he began working full-tim