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Polaris CEO and leadership

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Polaris CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Chen Shao-Chen (Shaw) is the Polaris's CEO. Polaris has 15,000 employees, of which 51 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Polaris executive team is 29% female and 71% male.
  • 67% of the management team is White.
  • 10% of Polaris management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Chen Shao-Chen (Shaw)

Chief Executive Officer

Chen Shao-Chen 'Shaw' is a Board Member at Polaris Industries Inc and Chief Executive Officer at Polaris Industries Inc. He has worked as Executive Vice President at Polaris Industries Inc and Board Member at Orient Pharma Co Ltd. Chen attended Johns Hopkins University and University of Miami.

Allan Hetteen

Founder

David Johnson

Founder

Edgar Hetteen

Founder

Michael Todd Speetzen

Exec VP:Finance/CFO

Michael Todd Speetzen's LinkedIn

Accomplished finance executive with broad experience in diversified global industrial companies. Experience in both public and private CFO roles, a career marked with roles of progressing scope, complexity and responsibility as well as serving as a strategic business partner and advisor. Skills include; partnering with senior management to achieve long-term goals, working with a public company Board of Directors, leading discussions with investors and sell-side analysts, development and execution of capital deployment strategies, acquisition execution and integration, strategic leadership, treasury, tax, financial planning & analysis, leadership of global accounting and finance organizations and a demonstrated ability to attract, develop and motivate talent.

Robert Paul Mack

Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development

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James P. Williams

Sr. Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

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James Williams joined Polaris on April 4, 2011. Prior to joining Polaris, Mr. Williams was Vice President of Human Resources for Cooper Industries since 2006. Between 2005 and 2006, Mr. Williams was Vice President of Human Resources for Danaher Corp., and held various executive positions of increasing responsibility with Honeywell Inc. from 1995 to 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Williams held a number of posts in Human Resources with Monsanto and General Motors Corp.

John P. Wiehoff

Board Member

Lawrence D. Kingsley

Board Member

Lucy Clark Dougherty

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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Allan Hetteen

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Polaris board members

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Michael Todd Speetzen

Exec VP:Finance/CFO

Michael Todd Speetzen's LinkedIn

Accomplished finance executive with broad experience in diversified global industrial companies. Experience in both public and private CFO roles, a career marked with roles of progressing scope, complexity and responsibility as well as serving as a strategic business partner and advisor. Skills include; partnering with senior management to achieve long-term goals, working with a public company Board of Directors, leading discussions with investors and sell-side analysts, development and execution of capital deployment strategies, acquisition execution and integration, strategic leadership, treasury, tax, financial planning & analysis, leadership of global accounting and finance organizations and a demonstrated ability to attract, develop and motivate talent.

John P. Wiehoff

Board Member

Lawrence D. Kingsley

Board Member

Bernd F. Kessler

Board Member

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Gary E. Hendrickson

Board Member

Kevin M. Farr

Board Member

George W. Bilicic

Board Member

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Gwenne Anne Henricks

Board Member

Gwynne E. Shotwell

Board Member

Darryl R. Jackson

Board Member

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Polaris leadership demographics

Polaris gender distribution in management team

  • The Polaris executive team is 29% female and 71% male.
  • Polaris is 34% female and 66% male company-wide.
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Company-wide: 66%
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Company-wide: 34%

Polaris executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Polaris executive officers is White.
  • 67% of the management team is White.
  • 10% of Polaris's management is Black or African American.
  • 10% of the management team is Hispanic or Latino.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 66% of employees are White.
  • 12% of employees are Asian.
  • 10% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
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Updated November 18, 2022

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