Yes, the CEO of Chiquita Brands International Has Lots of Bananas

L.A.-based AOL Jobs editor Lisa Johnson Mandell continues her look today at the high-profile Season Two contestants on CBS Sunday night smash hit Undercover Boss.

Her latest interview is the byproduct of a true rags-to-riches immigrant tale. Chiquita Brands International CEO Fernando Aguirre (pictured) has gone from selling Datsuns in Mexico, to a baseball scholarship at Southern Illinois University, to his present part ownership of the Cincinnati Reds MLB franchise.

Writes Johnson Mandell:

Aguirre’s wife went to the trouble of dying his white hair dark [for the episode], a change that ended up being more permanent than anticipated; he had to cut it out as it grew.

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