Paulus
Gerardus Josephus Maria Polman was born on July 11, 1956 in
Enschede, Netherlands. He earned a BBA/BA in 1977 from the University of
Groningen. At the University of
Cincinnati he obtained an MA in Economics and an MBA in Finance and
International Marketing (both) in 1979.
At
one point Paul wanted to become a priest then decided to join the business
world. He was working nights for Procter & Gamble (P&G) then joined its
finance department in 1979. He began as
a Cost Analyst and worked for the company for 27 years. His last promotion was
as Group President Europe in 2001.
Paul
then joined Nestle in 2006 as Chief Financial Officer and Head of the Americas.
Then on January 1, 2009 he became CEO of Unilever. Paul is credited with
turning around the company’s fortune. Since joining in 2009 Paul has overseen
the company’s share prices increase by around 50 percent. As head of the
world’s third-largest fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company he has strongly
pushed the sustainability agenda.
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