John Strangfeld: Prudential Financial Chief

Not every employee will one day become CEO of the company they work for. This position goes to only a chosen few. One of those who had enough skill and talent to get the top post is John Strangfeld.  

John earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Susquehanna University and got his MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. 

John has been a long serving employee of Prudential Financial having joined in July 1977. Over the 35 years he has been with the company he has held various managerial positions. John has worked both in the U.S. and abroad for Prudential including a six year stint in London.

Among the positions John has served in include Chairman at PRICOA Capital Group (London) Europe from 1989 to 1995. He was the Senior Managing Director of the Private Asset Management Group from 1995 to 1996. He became the Chairman and CEO in 2008 after having been the Vice Chairman responsible for Prudential’s U.S. Businesses, which include both the Investment and Insurance Divisions.

Prudential Financial, Inc. is one of the largest companies in the world and has been in business for over 135 years. It has operations in 38 countries and territories with asset under management amounting to $1.076 trillion.

John belongs to a group of elite business executives who lead huge corporations.