David Nelson Farr (born 1955) is an American, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of directors of Emerson Corporation . Married, has two children. [one]
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| Date of Birth | |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Occupation | CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors , Emerson Corporation |
| Spouse | married |
| Children | 2 |
Under the leadership of David Farr , Emerson Corporation sales reached $ 24.2 billion in fiscal year 2011 [2] , the company increased its presence in the global market by investing in technology , maintaining a stable financial performance of the company in sales , revenue , cash flow and return on equity .
Content
- 1 Education
- 2 Career
- 3 Achievements
- 4 notes
Education
Mr. Farr holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Wake Forest University and a master's degree in business administration (Vanderbilt University). [3]
Career
David Farr joined Emerson in 1981. During his career in the corporation, he worked as an investor relations manager, served as vice president of corporate planning and development, president of the Ridge Tool (a division of Emerson ), and vice president of the production group industrial components and equipment for business. He then led Emerson for 4 years in the Asia-Pacific region in Hong Kong and Astec, a joint venture of Emerson Corporation .
In 1997, David Farr returned to St. Louis and became executive vice president of business process control systems at Emerson Corporation . In May 1999, he became senior executive vice president and chief operating officer of the company and held this position until his appointment as CEO in 2000, replacing Charles F. Knight [4] . From November 2005 to October 2010, David Farr also led the corporation as president.
Achievements
- Named one of the 25 Best BusinessWeek Evaluation Managers in 2000. [5]
- Recognized as one of America's top CEOs by Institutional Investor magazine in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. [6] .
- He is a member of the Business Council in Washington (The Business Council) and is a member of the Board of Directors of the US-China Business Council.
- Honorary Professor of SUSU [7] .
Notes
- ↑ Investor Fact Sheet
- ↑ Business Biography (Inaccessible link) . Date of treatment May 3, 2012. Archived on October 30, 2012.
- ↑ Forbes
- ↑ NNDB: Who is who
- ↑ BusinessWeek
- ↑ Institutional Investor
- ↑ SUSU expands cooperation