Whirlpool

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Whirlpool

COMPANY

Heavy appliance manufacturer, a predecessor of which was founded in 1911. In 1950 the firm was renamed from The Nineteen Hundred Corporation to Whirlpool. It acquired Maytag for $2.6B in 2006.

Official Website:
http://www.whirlpool.com/

Industry:
Consumer Products

Ticker:
NYSE:WHR

Corporate headquarters:
Benton Harbor, MI

Sales:
$14.3B (2005)

Employees:
80,000

EXECUTIVES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Michael J. Callahan Business c. 1938 CEO of Material Sciences, 2003-04

Josephine Cochrane Inventor 8-Mar-1839 3-Aug-1913 Invented the dishwasher

Jeff M. Fettig Business ? CEO of Whirlpool

Louise K. Goeser Business c. 1952 CEO of Ford Mexico

Ralph F. Hake Business 25-Jan-1949 CEO of Maytag, 2001-06

William D. Marohn Business c. 1936 President and COO of Whirlpool, 1992-97

David L. Swift Business c. 1959 Senior Whirlpool executive

Michael A. Todman Business c. 1958 President of Whirlpool International

George E. Wardeberg Business c. 1935 CEO of WICOR, 1994-2000

David R. Whitwam Business 30-Jan-1942 CEO of Whirlpool, 1987-2004

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Samuel R. Allen Business c. 1954 CEO of John Deere

Herman Cain Business 13-Dec-1945 Godfather's Pizza

Gary T. DiCamillo Business c. 1951 CEO of Polaroid, 1995-2002

Jeff M. Fettig Business ? CEO of Whirlpool

Allan D. Gilmour Business 1934 Twice Vice Chairman of Ford

Kathleen J. Hempel Business c. 1951 Former CFO of Fort Howard Corporation

Michael F. Johnston Business c. 1947 CEO of Visteon

William T. Kerr Business 17-Apr-1941 CEO of Meredith Corporation, 1997-2006

Arnold G. Langbo Business c. 1938 CEO of Kellogg, 1990-2000

Miles L. Marsh Business c. 1948 CEO of Fort James Corporation, 1997-2000

Paul G. Stern Business 31-Oct-1938 CEO of Northern Telecom, 1989-93

Janice D. Stoney Business c. 1941 Former VP at US West

David L. Swift Business c. 1959 Senior Whirlpool executive

Michael A. Todman Business c. 1958 President of Whirlpool International

Michael D. White Business c. 1952 CEO of DirecTV

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Roy D. Chapin, Jr. Business c. 1916 5-Aug-2001 Former CEO of American Motors

David R. Whitwam Business 30-Jan-1942 CEO of Whirlpool, 1987-2004

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