Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 18, 2002
LAWRENCE I. SILLS has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Standard Motor Products, Inc., since December 2000. Prior to
that, from 1986, he was President and Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Sills joined the company in 1967 and in his early years held
a variety of sales, marketing, and operational positions. Prior
to joining Standard Motor Products in 1967, Mr. Sills worked for
Pfizer International in Ghana. Mr. Sills graduated from Dartmouth
College in 1961 and received an MBA degree from Harvard Business
School in 1964. Mr. Sills is Chairman of the Board of Directors
of SEEDCO, a nonprofit organization located in New York City, and
is on the Corporate Advisory Board of Queens College. Mr. Sills
has served on various boards in the automotive industry. Profile
Products, Inc., and a picture of the company as it is now?
Mr. Sills: The company was founded by my grandfather in 1919. We
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