Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 3, 2003
KENNETH R. RISK is President and Chief Executive Officer of George Risk
Industries, Inc. From 1969 to 1971, he served in the U.S. Navy during
the Vietnam Conflict. Between 1971 and 1980, he worked at various jobs,
including George Risk Industries, Inc., from 1974 to 1978. In January
1981, Mr. Risk founded Platte Valley Sales and Service, Inc., in
Hastings, Nebraska, a retail/wholesale company dealing in residential
and commercial lighting and various other products. In July 1996, Platte
Valley Sales and Service Inc., was sold, because George Risk Industries,
Inc., was growing by leaps and bounds and he could not do justice to
both companies. Mr. Risk graduated in 1966 from Pratt Individual School
of Learning in Omaha. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief historical sketch of GeorgeRisk Industries, Inc., and a picture of the company as it is now.
Mr. Risk: George Risk Industries is a company that was