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• LIFE IS LIKE A FOOTBALL GAME
• ESTABLISHING "PRICE-BASED COSTING"
• NAMED CEO
• FACED MANY CHALLENGES
• MANAGEMENT STYLE: LOW-KEY AND PERSONAL
• GETTING HEINZ ON TRACK
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CEO and president, H.J. Heinz Company

Nationality: American.

Born: 1949.

Education: University of California–Los Angeles, BA, 1971; University of Texas–Austin, MBA, 1974.

Family: Son of Bill "Tiger" Johnson, a professional football player and coach, and mother's name unknown; married Susie (maiden name unknown), c. 1973; children: two.

Career: Drackett Company,...