Warren
R. Staley
Cargill, Incorporated
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Warren Staley was elected Chairman of the Board in August 2000. He continues to hold the office of Chief Executive Officer, a position to which he was elected in June 1999. He held the office of President from February 1998 to June 2000. He was elected to Cargill’s Board of Directors in August 1995. He serves on the Executive and Governance Committees of the Board. He is Chairman of the Cargill Foundation.
Warren joined Cargill in 1969 and held merchandising, administrative and general management positions in corn milling in the United States and in Europe. He was head of Cargill in Argentina, and prior to his current role, he was President of Worldwide Feed and President of North America and Latin America. Staley was elected President and Chief Operating Officer of Cargill in February 1998.
Warren received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical
Engineering from Kansas State University, Manhattan, in 1965 and an M.B.A. from
Cornell University in 1967. He is a member of the Board of Directors of U.S.
Bancorp, Target Corporation and Minnesota’s Private Colleges Council. He is a
member of the Board of the Greater Twin Cities United Way, as well as Co-Chair
for the 2002 Greater Twin Cities United Way Campaign.
Cargill, Inc.
Cargill, Inc., headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is an international marketer, processor and distributor of agricultural, food, financial and industrial products and services with 97,000 employees in 59 countries. The company provides distinctive customer solutions in supply chain management, food applications and health and nutrition. Ranked No. 1 on the Forbes Private 500, Cargill generated revenues of $51 billion during fiscal year 2001-2002.
Cargill, as provider of agrifood solutions - in food, feed, fiber and financial products and services - to customers around the world, touches the lives of millions of people in thousands of communities. Cargill products include the grain in breakfast cereal, the flour in bread, the chocolate in cookies, the vegetable oil in dressings and sauces, oranges in juice, malt in beer and the sweetener in soft drinks. The company links supply and demand by moving basic commodities and raw materials from areas of production to areas of consumption.
The company’s 90 business units are organized into five segments: agriculture services, origination and processing, food ingredients and applications, risk management and financial and industrial services. In its dedication to providing distinctive value to customers, Cargill’s vision is to be the global leader in nourishing people.