Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 12, 2001

Gary Smith – Cone Milles Corporation (coe)

GARY L. SMITH is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cone Mills Corporation since 1999. He directs the company's overall financial plans and policies including its long-term financial strategy. He also directs its treasury, investor relations, budgeting, tax, accounting and credit functions. Mr. Smith has worked for Cone Mills for 20 years in a number of financial roles of increasing responsibility. He joined Cone in 1981 as a General Accountant. In 1984, he was named Senior Financial Analyst and in 1987, Assistant to the Controller. In 1990, Mr. Smith was promoted to Manager of Business Analysis and in 1993, Assistant Controller. In 1996, he assumed the position of Controller. Mr. Smith is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he also received his MBA. A Certified Public Accountant, he also graduated from the University of Virginia's Executive Program. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a history and overview of Cone Mills?

Mr. Smith: Cone has been in operation as a company for well over 100

years. It was founded in 1891. Cone first went public in