Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> September 20, 2000
WAYNE R. SANDERS is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Mr. Sanders joined Kimberly-Clark in Neenah,
Wis., as a Senior Financial Analyst in 1975, and held various business
planning positions before becoming Vice President of Strategic Planning
for Kimberly-Clark of Canada Limited in 1981. He was promoted to
Executive Vice President of Kimberly-Clark of Canada in 1982 and to
President of Kimberly-Clark of Canada and General Manager of Consumer
and Service Products Operations in 1984. He became Senior Vice President
of Corporate Human Resources and Logistics in 1986 and President of the
Infant Care Sector in 1987. In 1988, Mr. Sanders was appointed President
of the Personal Care Sector. He was elected to the company's Board of
Directors in 1989, and was named President, World Consumer, Nonwovens
and Service & Industrial Operations in 1990. He was elected President
and Chief Operating Officer later that year, President and Chief
Executive Officer in 1991, and to his present positions in 1992. Mr.
Sanders received a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Illinois
Institute of Technology in Chicago and a Master's degree in Business
Administration from Marquette University. Profile
Mr. Sanders: Kimberly-Clark was founded in 1872 in Neenah, Wisconsin.
Since then, we've grown from a small mid-western paper company
