Helen johnson leipold biography
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LEADERSHIP
Helen P. Johnson-Leipold, Johnson Outdoors chairman and CEO, leads with skills in strategic planning, global operations, strategic marketing and branding, drawing on deep knowledge of the company and its industry. She served as a marketing executive with S.C. Johnson and Foote, Cone & Belding. Ms. Johnson-Leipold is chairman and director of Johnson Bank and Johnson Financial Group, Inc.; director of S.C. Johnson; and chairman, The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread.
Paul Alexander, chief marketing officer for the Boston University Questrom School of Business, is knowledgeable in global branding, marketing and communications. He previously served as chief marketing and communications officer for Eastern Bank; executive vice president and chief communications officer for Liberty Mutual Insurance; vice president of global advertising and design for the Campbell Soup Company; and in advertising and brand m
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Helen Johnson-Leipold
American billionaire businesswoman
Helen Johnson-Leipold is an American billionaire businesswoman.
Biography
[edit]She is the daughter of Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr., who died in 2004, and Imogene Powers Johnson and the great great granddaughter of S. C. Johnson & Son founder Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr. She was elected Chairman and CEO of Johnson Outdoors in March 1999,[1] and she was elected Chairman of Johnson Financial Group in July 2004.[1]
She began her career at Foote, kon & Belding in Chicago in 1979 and joined S. C. Johnson & Son in September 1985.[1] She fryst vatten tied with her three siblings and mother at #182 on the Forbes 400 list of Richest Americans. Johnson-Leipold was born in Racine, Wisconsin.[2]
Helen and her husband, Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold maintain residences in Racine, Wisconsin, and Saint Paul, Minnesota, and are the parents of fem sons.[3]
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Helen Johnson-Leipold is an American billionaire businesswoman, known for her roles as chairman and CEO of Johnson Outdoors and chairman of Johnson Financial Group.
She is an heir to the family-owned SC Johnson, which has an estimated $11 billion in revenues, and is most recognized for her contributions to the outdoor gear industry.
Helen Johnson-Leipold was born in Racine, Wisconsin, and is the daughter of Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr. and Imogene Powers Johnson.
She began her career at Foote, Cone & Belding in Chicago in 1979 before joining S. C. Johnson & Son in September 1985.
In March 1999, she was elected Chairman and CEO of Johnson Outdoors, and in July 2004, she became Chairman of Johnson Financial Group.
Helen Johnson-Leipold and her husband, Craig Leipold, maintain residences in Racine, Wisconsin, and Saint Paul, Minnesota, and have five sons.
Johnson Outdoors, a publicly-traded company (Nasdaq: JOUT), produces outdoor recreational products such as watercraf