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• EARLY EXPERIENCE IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY
• CONTINUING ASCENT AT PHILIP MORRIS
• SUCCESS AT NABISCO
• MANAGEMENT STYLE
• MORE SUCCESS AT GILLETTE
• PHILANTHROPY
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chairman and chief executive officer, Gillette Company

Nationality: American.

Born: February 10, 1948, in Chicago, Illinois.

Education: Knox College, BA, 1970; University of Chicago, MBA, 1974.

Family: Married Sandra.

Career: General Foods Corporation, 1970–1984, various positions; Oscar Mayer Foods, 1984–1985, vice president and division manager, consumer products; Kraft Limited Canada,...