Ashland competitors

Neil Schrimsher works at General Electric (GE) and a President/CEO at Applied Industrial Technologies; Board Member at Applied Industrial Technologies; and Board Member at PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC.. He has worked as VP:Residential Infrastructure at Siemens, Executive at GE Lighting, and VP:Power Distribution at Siemens. Neil attended University of Tennessee and JCU.

William C. Rhodes, III, was named Chairman of AutoZone during fiscal 2007 and has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a director since March 2005. Prior to his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Rhodes was Executive Vice President - Store Operations and Commercial. Previously, he held several key management positions with the Company. Prior to 1994, Mr. Rhodes was a manager with Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Rhodes is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Dollar General Corporation.

Darren W. Woods (born 1964/65) is an American businessman, and the chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of ExxonMobil since January 1, 2017.

Sam Mitchell was named chief executive officer and director of Valvoline in September 2016. Mitchell joined Valvoline, then a division of Ashland Inc., in 1997 as director of marketing for Valvoline’s brand management group. In 1999, he was named vice president of marketing, and in 2000, vice president and general manager of Valvoline’s do-it-yourself (DIY) retail business. He became president of Valvoline and vice president of Ashland in 2002. In 2011, Mitchell was named senior vice president of Ashland, while retaining his responsibilities for Valvoline. Prior to joining Valvoline, he held brand and category management leadership positions at The Clorox Company for eight years. Mitchell serves on the board of trustees of Transylvania University and on the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business Dean’s Advisory Council. From 2006 to 2012, he served on the board of the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association. Mitchell is active in the community, working with Young Life, the Lexington Leadership Foundation and Habitat for Humanity. A Michigan native, Mitchell holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Miami University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

Jay Lund is a Board Member at Schwan Food Co., Board Member at St Olaf College, and Chairman/CEO at Andersen Corporate Foundation and is based in Minnesota. He has worked as Senior VP:Sales & Marketing at Andersen Corporation, President/COO at Andersen Corporation, and Consultant at Andersen Business Consulting. Jay works or has worked as Board Member at The Itasca Project, Board Member at GREATER MSP Regional Economic Dev, and Board Member at Andersen Corporate Foundation. He studied at Dartmouth College - The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth between 2010 and 2010 and St Olaf College between 1977 and 1981.

Charles de Ganahl Koch (born November 1, 1935) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. As of April 2021, he was ranked as the 15th-richest person in the world on Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with an estimated net worth of $63.1 billion. Koch has been co-owner, chairman, and chief executive officer of Koch Industries since 1967, while his late brother David Koch served as executive vice president. Charles and David each owned 42% of the conglomerate. The brothers inherited the business from their father, Fred C. Koch, then expanded the business. Originally involved exclusively in oil refining and chemicals, Koch Industries now includes process and pollution control equipment and technologies, polymers and fibers, minerals, fertilizers, commodity trading and services, forest and consumer products, and ranching. The businesses produce a wide variety of well-known brands, such as Stainmaster carpet, the Lycra brand of spandex fiber, Quilted Northern tissue, and Dixie Cup.