Organizational Leadership Series with Reuben Mark

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Organizational Leadership Series


Reuben Mark, former CEO & Chairman of Colgate-Palmolive Company, 
in conversation with Adam Bryant, New York Times best-selling author



Wednesday, July 15, 2020
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. EST
Zoom link will be disclosed to admitted students only.
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As part of the Reuben Mark Initiative for Organizational Character and Leadership, Columbia Business and Law Schools will proudly host a special edition of the Organizational Leadership Series featuring Reuben Mark, former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Colgate-Palmolive Company, in conversation with Adam Bryant, New York Times best-selling author and the Reuben Mark Initiative Senior Advisor.

The conversation will focus on Mr. Mark’s success as the longest serving leader in this history of the Colgate-Palmolive Company, and will provide our students with lessons and processes on how to lead and succeed.


About the Speaker:

 

Reuben Mark was the longest serving leader in the history of the Colgate-Palmolive Company. He served as chief executive officer for two and a half decades, leading the company through a period of extraordinary progress and growth, global expansion and ever-increasing worldwide market-share leadership, resulting from a sharply focused business strategy. Mr. Mark was a champion of the distinctive Colgate culture that sustained this success with a deep commitment to managing with respect, developing all Colgate people and instilling them with Colgate values and ethics.

Mr. Mark’s wide-ranging career at Colgate gave him experience in all geographic areas of Colgate’s worldwide business. He had the opportunity to work in Europe, Latin America, Asia, the United States, and Canada. He joined Colgate in 1963 as a marketing trainee and, in 1984, he was named chief executive officer and then chairman of the board in 1986, a position he held until 2009.

Over his career, Mr. Mark has been a director of a number of major U.S. and overseas companies including Citigroup, Time Warner, Inc., Toys “R” Us, International Can Company, Cabela’s, Inc., and Pearson plc.

In 2009, Mr. Mark was named one of the “Twenty Best All Time CEOs” by Portfolio magazine.

Mr. Mark received a master’s degree from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree from Middlebury College.

When
July 15th, 2020 6:00 PM through  7:00 PM
Location
665 West 130th Street
Geffen Hall 520
New York, NY 10027
United States
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