Bridgestone CEO and leadership

Q: Who is the CEO of Bridgestone?

The CEO of Bridgestone is Paolo Ferrari.

Zippia score 4.7

Bridgestone CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Paolo Ferrari is the Bridgestone's CEO. Bridgestone has 143,616 employees, of which 29 are in a leadership position.

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:

The Bridgestone executive team is 21% female and 79% male.
57% of the management team is White.
11% of Bridgestone management is Hispanic or Latino.
11% of the management team is Black or African American.

Work at Bridgestone?

Share your experience

Rate Bridgestone's leaders' effectiveness in guiding the company.

Name & TitleBio

Paolo Ferrari

CEO / President

Paolo Ferrari is an Executive Vice President at Bridgestone Americas, President/CEO/COO at BRIDGESTONE EUROPE NV/SA, and President/CEO/COO at Bridgestone Americas. He has worked as Chairman at Bridgestone Americas, Sr VP/Executive Officer at Bridgestone Americas, and VP/Senior Officer at Bridgestone Americas. Paolo works or has worked at Telecom Italia Media. He studied at Stern School Of Business and Bocconi.

Nizar Trigui

Chief Technology Officer

Nizar Trigui was named the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Bridgestone Americas, in March 2017. As CTO, Nizar oversees the Bridgestone Americas Technical Center (ATC) in Akron, Ohio, and is building a business-first approach to innovation. He works to accelerate the commercialization of technology products, services and solutions; to bring new ideas to market; and to fuel business growth around such marketplace dynamics as autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles and artificial intelligence. Nizar also serves as a member of the Bridgestone Group Global Research and Development Committee.

Nizar’s automotive career spans nearly 30 years. During this time, he’s demonstrated his ability to create brand and business transformation, honed his management and leadership skills, developed a track record for meaningful product and technology development and gained extensive experience in program management, financial and quality controls, supplier negotiations and supply chain management.

Nizar has been recognized for a natural aptitude for leadership, talent development, operation streamlining, brand positioning, brand DNA definition, corporate strategy, business planning, product strategy, technology development, lean manufacturing and marketing strategies.

Prior to Bridgestone, Nizar held executive positions at Ford, Jaguar Land Rover and Dura Automotive.

Nizar’s personal interests include the future of mobility as well as corporate leadership, business development and a fascination with outer space. He holds a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University. In addition, he received executive training at the Yale University School of Management and is a two-time winner of the prestigious Henry Ford Technology Award.

Amanda Mathis

CFO

Amanda Mathis is a CFO at Bridgestone Americas and Vice President, Finance, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations North America at Bridgestone Americas and is based in Area, Tennessee. She has worked as Manager, Forecasting and Planning at YUM BRANDS INC; Investor Relations at YUM BRANDS INC; and CFO at A&W and LJS Division at Yum! Brands. Amanda studied at Emory University Goizueta Business School between 1998 and 2000 and Emory University between 1996 and 2000.

Andreas Sobotta (Andy)

Chief Information Security Officer

Andreas (Andy) Sobotta is a Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer at Bridgestone Americas and is based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked as Information Systems Security Officer at Volkswagen AG, Infrastructure & Ops Strategy Leader at Volkswagen AG, and Network Architect at Hartford Financial Services Group Inc/The. Andreas studied at Enterprise State Community College between 1985 and 1988, Penn State Great Valley between 1995 and 1997, and Pennsylvania State University-Great Valley Graduate Center between 1995 and 1997.

Bill Thompson

Chief Operating Officer

Bill Thompson is a Vice President at BRIDGESTONE JAPAN and Chief Operating Officer at Bridgestone Americas and is based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked as Zone Manager, West Zone at Bandag; Controller, Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions at Bandag; and Controller, Bridgestone Americas, Inc. at Bridgestone Americas. Bill attended The Navigator Company, S.A. between 1985 and 1989 and PostX between 1993 and 1996.

Christine Karbowiak

Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Risk Officer and EVP

Hideo Hara

Board Member

Hideo Hara is a CTO at Bridgestone Americas.

Aki Tsuya

CEO

Akihiro Eto

Board Member

Akihiro Eto is a Board Member at Bridgestone and EVP, CFO & Group Strategy Planning at Bridgestone Americas. He has worked as President/COO at Bridgestone and Sr VP/CFO at Bridgestone.

Alejandro Solano

Sub Gerente Comercial

11 años de experiencia en rubro minero e industrial, experto en neumáticos OTR con responsabilidades en Chile y países colindantes. Especialista en formación de equipos de alto desempeño.

Do you work at Bridgestone?

Does leadership effectively guide Bridgestone toward its goals?

Bridgestone jobs

Bridgestone board members

Name & TitleBio

Paolo Ferrari

CEO / President

Bill Thompson

Chief Operating Officer

Christine Karbowiak

Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Risk Officer and EVP

Hideo Hara

Board Member

Hideo Hara is a CTO at Bridgestone Americas.

Akihiro Eto

Board Member

Akihiro Eto is a Board Member at Bridgestone and EVP, CFO & Group Strategy Planning at Bridgestone Americas. He has worked as President/COO at Bridgestone and Sr VP/CFO at Bridgestone.

Gordon Knapp

Board Member

Philip Dobbs

Board Member

William Bill

Board Member

Bridgestone leadership demographics

Bridgestone gender distribution in management team

The Bridgestone executive team is 21% female and 79% male.
Bridgestone is 29% female and 71% male company-wide.

Male

79%

Company-wide: 71%

Female

21%

Company-wide: 29%

Bridgestone executives by race

Management Team:

The most common ethnicity among Bridgestone executive officers is White.
57% of the management team is White.
18% of Bridgestone's management is Asian.
11% of the management team is Black or African American.

Company-wide:

White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
64% of employees are White.
13% of employees are Black or African American.
12% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.

Management team
General

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

Unknown

White

Black or African American

Asian

Hispanic or Latino

Bridgestone jobs nearby

What employees say about the executives at Bridgestone

Employee reviews

2.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2024

Pros of working at Bridgestone

good money, lots of time off

Cons of working at Bridgestone

company is in the middle of upper mgmt ploys and lower mgmt has no idea of the next step or are told to lie about it. Cutting shifts and hours to starve out employees to get them to quit before downsizing and layoffs. Corporation is importing Chinese tires through a tariff loophole and costing American jobs

Bridgestone benefits

Every other weekend is a 3 day weekend

What do you like best about Bridgestone's CEO and the leadership team?

Nothing, actually consider them to liars on everything that they say

How would you improve Bridgestone's culture?

I would remind the management that once they have finished reducing the number of employees the need for mgt will be reduced and they will be the next to get laid off.

How did you prepare for the Bridgestone interview?

I took a test

How does your compensation at Bridgestone compare to the industry average?

I think the compensation is at or above industry average but that is entirely due the United Steel Workers fighting for the increases and benefits. There would have been significant cuts if the union had not been there to fight for our rights.

What's the diversity at Bridgestone like?

The representation of diverse demographics within the organization is adequate.

What brings you the most joy at Bridgestone?

The most fulfilling part of my job was the personal challenge each day to perform better than the previous day

Is this useful?

Bridgestone executives FAQs

Who is the CEO of Bridgestone?

Related company executives

Working at related companies

Related company jobs

Bridgestone highest paying jobs

Updated November 18, 2022

Zippia gives an in-depth look into the details of Bridgestone, including salaries, political affiliations, employee data, and more, in order to inform job seekers about Bridgestone. The employee data is based on information from people who have self-reported their past or current employments at Bridgestone. The data on this page is also based on data sources collected from public and open data sources on the Internet and other locations, as well as proprietary data we licensed from other companies. Sources of data may include, but are not limited to, the BLS, company filings, estimates based on those filings, H1B filings, and other public and private datasets. While we have made attempts to ensure that the information displayed are correct, Zippia is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of this information. None of the information on this page has been provided or approved by Bridgestone. The data presented on this page does not represent the view of Bridgestone and its employees or that of Zippia.

Bridgestone may also be known as or be related to Bridgestone, Bridgestone Americas, Bridgestone Americas Inc, Bridgestone Americas, Inc. and Mc Kay's Service Center Inc.