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Søren Wølck Schrøder (born 1962/63) is a Danish businessman, the CEO of Bunge Limited, a global agribusiness and food company, since June 2013.


Early life

Søren Wølck Schrøder was born in
Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
in Denmark, but moved to the United States to study at Connecticut College, where he received a bachelor's degree in economics.


Career

After finishing his bachelor's degree, Schroder worked for
Continental Grain ContiGroup Companies, Inc (CGC) was founded by Simon Fribourg in Arlon, Belgium, in 1813 as a grain-trading firm. Formerly known as Continental Grain, ContiGroup has expanded into a multinational corporation with offices and facilities in 10 c ...
for more for than ten years and then transferred to
Cargill Cargill, Incorporated, is a privately held American global food corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1865, it is the largest privately held corporation in the United States in ter ...
for a shorter period. From 1997 to 2000, Schroder was a board member of the Danish company Scanola, but otherwise he has worked exclusively abroad. He has worked for Bunge since 2000, initially as Protein Director at Bunge Global Markets. From 2010 to 2013 he was CEO of Bunge North America. He became CEO of Bunge Limited in June 2013, succeeding Alberto Weisser. On December 10, 2018, Bunge announced Soren will be stepping down as CEO as soon as a replacement has been found.


References

1960s births Living people Connecticut College alumni Danish businesspeople 21st-century American businesspeople {{US-business-bio-1960s-stub