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• WORKED IN STRATEGY AND MARKETING AT KRAFT
• MADE NEWTONS POPULAR, LAUNCHED SNACKWELLS
• HIRED AS CEO OF CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

President, chief executive officer, and director, Campbell Soup Company

Nationality: American.

Born: ca. 1952, in Chicago, Illinois.

Education: Northwestern University, BA, 1973; MBA, 1975.

Family: Married (wife's name unknown); children: three.

Career: General Mills, 1976–1989, marketing department; Kraft General Foods, 1989–1992, director of strategy; Nabisco Foods Group, 1992, vice president and general manager of Fleischmann's division; Nabisco Biscuit Co., 1992–1994, senior vice president of marketing;...