Gary Rodkin

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Gary Rodkin is the past CEO and President of ConAgra Foods, one of the largest food processing companies in North America. Rodkin was formerly the CEO and president of the North America division of PepsiCo from 1995 to 2005, and still is a special consultant through his exit agreement with the company.

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On August 12, 2014, Rodkin announced that he would be retiring as CEO in 2015. [1]

Education

Rodkin has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

Career

Early in his career, Rodkin worked at General Mills, Inc., in a variety of marketing and general management roles, taking a key role in many of the successes of the firm’s leading brands, such as Betty Crocker and Cheerios. In 1995, Rodkin joined Tropicana Products, Inc. and became chief executive in August 1998. [2]

From 2003 to 2005, Rodkin was Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Beverages and Foods North America. [3] [4] He was also CEO and President at various times for: Pepsi-Cola North America, Pepsico, Inc. and PepsiCo Beverages and Foods North America. He has been an Independent Director at the United Industries Corporation since 2002, and a Director at Avon Products between 2007 and 2016.

While CEO of ConAgra Foods in 2009, Gary M. Rodkin earned a total compensation of $5,858,677, which included a base salary of $1,019,231, a cash bonus of $1,100,000, stocks granted of $2,126,000, options granted of $1,425,850, and other compensation totaling $187,596. [5]

After leaving ConAgra Foods, in July 2015 he took on the role of Independent Director for the Simon Property Group [6]

Charitable endeavors

Rodkin is the chairman of Boys Town, the Prosper Omaha economic development campaign established by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home Board of Trustees. He has also been Chairman of the Grocery Manufacturers Association since 2011. Gary and Barbara Rodkin donated $15 million dollars to Rutgers University in 2018 to build the Gary and Barbara Rodkin Center for Academic Success to support the academic achievements of Rutgers' approximately 700 student-athletes. [7] This facility houses the Men's and Women's soccer teams, as well as the Men's and Women's lacrosse teams. This facility also has a large academic learning center for all student-athletes to use.

Recognition

Rodkin was listed as Number 250 on Forbes' Top CEO Compensation for 2011. [8] He received the FMI Albers Award for Business Collaboration in 2015. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ ConAgra CEO Gary Rodkin, retiring in 2015, has seen company through change, says it's now 'on the right path', omaha.com
  2. ↑ "PepsiCo Names New CEO for Tropicana". Los Angeles Times. 1998-08-26. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  3. ↑ Journal, Betsy McKayStaff Reporter of The Wall Street (2002-06-05). "Pepsi Combines Beverage Units, Elevating Key Executive Rodkin". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  4. ↑ JOURNAL, Joann S. Lublin and Janet AdamyStaff Reporters of THE WALL STREET (2005-09-01). "ConAgra Names Pepsi Executive As CEO to Help Guide Recovery". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  5. ↑ 2009 CEO Compensation for Gary M. Rodkin Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine , Equilar.com
  6. ↑ "Gary M. Rodkin, Independent Director". Morning Star. Retrieved 12 December 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Largest Gift in Athletics History Enables Build of Gary and Barbara Rodkin Academic Success Center". Rutgers University Athletics. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  8. ↑ "CEO Compensation #250 Gary M Rodkin". Forbes. Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "ConAgra Foods' Gary Rodkin Receives FMI Albers Award for Business Collaboration". FMI. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
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