Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 27, 1999

Rick R. Holley – Plum Creek Timber Company Lp (pcl)

RICK R. HOLLEY is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Plum Creek Timber Company, L.P., based in Seattle, Washington, the position he has held since January of 1994. Upon graduating from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Business Administration, Mr. Holley spent 9 years with General Electric Company in various financial positions. In 1983, he joined Burlington Northern, Inc. as Assistant Vice President-Corporate Audit. In 1985, he was promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Plum Creek Timber Company, then an operating company of Burlington Northern. Mr. Holley serves on the boards of Plum Creek, American Forest & Paper Association as its Chairman and World Forestry Center. He is a member of Board of Trustees at American Forest Foundation and Children's Hospital Foundation in Seattle. Profile
TWST: Could you begin by giving us a brief overview of Plum Creek

Timber. It's history, products, services, customers, those kinds of

things?

Mr. Holley: Plum Creek goes back more than 50