iOwnTheWorld.com Mr. Pinko and Herman Cain. Herman Cain (born December 13, 1945) is a businessman, political activist, columnist, and radio host from Georgia. He is best known as the former chairman and CEO of Godfather’s Pizza. He is a former deputy chairman (1992–94) and chairman (1995–96) of the civilian board of directors to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Before his business and economics career he worked on ballistics for the United States Navy. Cain’s newspaper column is distributed by North Star Writers Group. He lives in the Atlanta suburbs. In January 2011, Cain announced he had formed an exploratory committee for a potential presidential campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, and on May 21, 2011, Cain officially announced his candidacy.