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Unilever

COMPANY

Consumer products conglomerate, founded 1930 by the merger of Lever Brothers and Margarine Unie. Brands include Axe male grooming, Bertolli Italian cuisine, Close-Up toothpaste, Comfort fabric conditioners, Dove soaps, Heartbrand ice creams, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Knorr soups, Lifebuoy soaps, Lipton teas, Lux beauty products, Omo detergent, Pond's skin care products, Signal mouthwash, Slim-Fast weight loss products, Sunlight soaps, Vaseline skin care products, and Wish-Bone salad dressings, among many others product lines.

Official Website:
http://www.unilever.com/

Industry:
Consumer Products

Ticker:
NYSE:UN

Corporate headquarters:
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Sales:
$50B (2005)

Employees:
200,000

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Antony Burgmans
Business
13-Feb-1947   Chairman of Unilever, 1999-2007
Patrick Cescau
Business
1948   Group Chief Executive of Unilever
Niall FitzGerald
Business
13-Sep-1945   Chairman of Reuters
Richard A. Goldstein
Business
1942   CEO of International Flavors, 2000-06
Sanjay Khosla
Business
c. 1952   EVP at Kraft
James A. Lawrence
Business
18-Oct-1952   CFO of Unilever
Charles B. Strauss
Business
c. 1943   CEO of Unilever USA, 2000-04
Morris Tabaksblat
Business
1937   Chairman of Reed Elsevier, 1999-2005

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Antony Burgmans
Business
13-Feb-1947   Chairman of Unilever, 1999-2007
Patrick Cescau
Business
1948   Group Chief Executive of Unilever
Wim Dik
Business
1939   PTT Telecom
Ann M. Fudge
Business
23-Apr-1951   CEO of Young & Rubicam, 2003-07
Charles E. Golden
Business
c. 1946   CFO of Eli Lilly, 1996-2006
Byron Grote
Business
c. 1948   CFO of BP
James A. Lawrence
Business
18-Oct-1952   CFO of Unilever
Kees J. Storm
Business
1942   CEO of AEGON NV, 1993-2002

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Claudio X. Gonzalez
Business
c. 1939   CEO of Kimberly-Clark de Mexico
George J. Mitchell
Politician
20-Aug-1933   US Senator from Maine, 1980-95

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bertrand P. Collomb
Business
c. 1943   CEO of Lafarge SA, 1987-2003
Niall FitzGerald
Business
13-Sep-1945   Chairman of Reuters
Charles B. Strauss
Business
c. 1943   CEO of Unilever USA, 2000-04
Morris Tabaksblat
Business
1937   Chairman of Reed Elsevier, 1999-2005

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Wim Dik
Business
1939   PTT Telecom
Evert Henkes
Business
c. 1943   CEO of Shell Chemical, 1998-2003
William D. Novelli
Business
c. 1941   CEO, AARP
H. G. L. Powell
Business
c. 1945   CEO of Interbrew, 1999-2002

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bruce S. Gordon
Business
15-Feb-1946   President of the NAACP, 2005-07
James A. Kennedy
Business
?   National Starch and Chemical Company
Charles R. Shoemate
Business
c. 1940   CEO of Best Foods, 1990-2000

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Michael Ian Black
Comic
12-Aug-1971   The State
Mary J. Blige
Musician
11-Jan-1971   Pop/R&B diva
Kim Cattrall
Actor
21-Aug-1956   Samantha on Sex and the City
Bobby Flay
Chef
10-Dec-1964   Southwestern cuisine impresario
Jeff Gordon
Auto Racing
4-Aug-1971   Four-time Winston Cup winner
T. I.
Rapper
25-Sep-1980   Dirty south rapper, Trap Muzik
David Koechner
Actor
24-Aug-1962   SNL alumnus, character actor
Bert Lahr
Actor
13-Aug-1895 4-Dec-1967 Lion in The Wizard of Oz
Lori Loughlin
Actor
28-Jul-1964   Rebecca Katsopolis on Full House
Joan Lunden
Talk Show Host
19-Sep-1950   Former host, Good Morning America
Don Meredith
Football
10-Apr-1938 5-Dec-2010 Dallas Cowboys, Monday Night Foorball
Megan Mullally
Actor
12-Nov-1958   Karen Walker on Will & Grace
Chad Ochocinco
Football
9-Jan-1978   NFL wide receiver
Ozzy Osbourne
Singer
3-Dec-1948   Black Sabbath
Andy Samberg
Actor
18-Aug-1978   SNL, The Lonely Island
Michael Showalter
Comic
17-Jun-1970   The State
Elizabeth Taylor
Actor
27-Feb-1932 23-Mar-2011 Cleopatra


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