The founding chairman of CSX Corporation was Prime F. Osborn III of Seaboard , for whom Jacksonville 's Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center is named . The first CEO and second chairman was Hays T. Watkins Jr. of Chessie . Watkins was succeeded by John W. Snow as CEO in 1989 and as chairman in 1991 . When Snow left the company in 2003 to become United States Secretary of the Treasury , Michael J. Ward , who then headed CSX Transportation , was promoted to succeed him . Overall in 2003 , Ward took on the positions of chairman , president , and CEO . When president Oscar Munoz left CSX in September 2015 after obtaining the role earlier that year from Ward , the company underwent several management changes , with Clarence Gooden appointed president
Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center
Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center
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