Hugh Grant (manager)

Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant (born March 23, 1958 in Larkhall , Scotland ) is a British manager . He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto .

Life

Grant earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Zoology from the University of Glasgow , a degree in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Edinburgh and an MBA from the International Management Center in Buckingham , England . From 1981 to 1991 he worked in Scotland for the US company Monsanto and then became "global strategy director" for the agriculture division in St. Louis , Missouri. In 1995 he became board member for Asia Pacific and in 1998 co-president of the agricultural division.

In March 2009, Grant was named one of the 30 most respected CEOs on Barron's annual list . He was named CEO of the Year by Chief Executive Magazine in 2010. In 2011 he was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

In 2009 Grant earned around 10.8 million US dollars (around 7.7 million euros at the annual average exchange rate at the time), the majority of which in shares and stock options .

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Hugh Grant to be President and Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto," press release
2. ↑ "Monsanto's Grant is one of the world's best CEO's"
3. ↑ JP Donlon: Seeding the Future Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Chief Executive . No. 247, July / August 2010, pp. 28-34. 
4. ↑ 2009 CEO Compensation for Hugh Grant ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Equilar