Herbert Fisk Johnson III (born May 19, 1958), known as Fisk, is an American billionaire businessman. He is the fifth generation of his family to lead S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc of

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, as chairman and CEO. As of March 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$3.4 billion.

Early life

He is the son of the late

Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr. Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr. (March 2, 1928 – May 22, 2004) was an American businessman. He was the fourth generation of his family to lead S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., which is headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin. He was the son of Herbert ...

(1928–2004) and Imogene Powers Johnson, and the great-great-grandson of company founder Samuel Curtis Johnson. His three siblings and mother each have a net worth of $3 billion as of May 2015.

Education

He has a BA in chemistry and physics, 1979; Master of Engineering, 1980; MS in applied physics, 1982; MBA in marketing and finance, 1984; and PhD in applied physics, 1986 – all from

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and Cornell's

S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management is the Graduate school, graduate business school in the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, a private university, private Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New Yor ...

Career

He joined the family business in 1987 as a marketing associate and served in a number of roles. He was appointed chairman in 2000, and CEO in 2004. On behalf of the company, he accepted a 2006

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, a presidential award for corporate leadership.

Public policy work

He has served as a: * member of President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation * member of the

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* director on the board of Conservation International * member of the executive board of CI's Center for Environmental Leadership in business * trustee emeritus of Cornell University

Patents

He is one of the inventors listed on U.S. Patent #7028405, entitled "Vibratory Shaver", and U.S. patent application #20060238136, entitled "Lamp and bulb for illumination and ambiance lighting".

Charity

His extended family is the named benefactor of the

Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school in the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, a private Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York. It was founded in 1946 and ren ...

at Cornell University. He has supported Chicago's

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. On 28 January 2017, he and the SC Johnson company donated $150 million to Cornell to name the SC Johnson College of Business, which comprises the previously-endowed Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics, and the School of Hotel Administration.

Personal life

Johnson was married to Dr. Susan Lochhead, a former emergency room physician, for 13 months. Johnson and Lochhead have a daughter. Their divorce proceeding went for three years. He lives in

References

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