COMPANY

Founded 1930 by the merger of Lever Brothers and Margarine Unie.

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

Industry:
Consumer Products

Ticker:
NYSE:UN

Corporate headquarters:
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Sales:
$50B (2005)

Employees:
200,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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
James A. Lawrence	Business	c. 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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
Charles E. Golden	Business	c. 1946		CFO of Eli Lilly, 1996-2006
Byron Grote	Business	c. 1948		CFO of BP
James A. Lawrence	Business	c. 1952		CFO of Unilever
Kees J. Storm	Business	1942		CEO of AEGON NV, 1993-2002

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Claudio X. Gonzalez	Business	?		CEO of Kimberly-Clark de Mexico
George J. Mitchell	Politician	20-Aug-1933		US Senator from Maine, 1980-95

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bruce S. Gordon	Business	15-Feb-1946		President of the NAACP, 2005-07

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jeff Gordon	Auto Racing	4-Aug-1971		Four-time Winston Cup winner

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