John F. Grundhofer (January 1, 1939 – January 24, 2021) was a director of
Donaldson Company
Donaldson Company, Inc. is a Vertical integration, vertically integrated filtration company engaged in the production and marketing of air filters used in a variety of industry sectors, including commercial/industrial (engines, exhausts, transmis ...
,
Securian Financial Group Inc.
Securian Financial Group, Inc. is a mutual holding company that provides a range of financial products and services. Founded in St. Paul, Minnesota by Russell Dorr on August 6, 1880, Securian Financial provides insurance, investment retireme ...
,
and
BJ's Restaurant & Brewery
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. is an American restaurant chain, headquartered in Huntington Beach, California. Some locations feature microbreweries that supply beer to other locations in the chain. The chain operates under the names BJ's Restaurant & ...
.
He served as Chairman (1990–1997 and 1999–2002), Chief Executive Officer (1990–2001) and President (1990–1999 and 2000–2001) of
U.S. Bancorp
U.S. Bancorp (stylized as us bancorp) is an American bank holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and incorporated in Delaware. It is the parent company of U.S. Bank National Association, and is the fifth largest banking institution i ...
(formerly First Bank System),
a financial services provider. On retirement he was succeeded by his brother
Jerry Grundhofer Jerry Grundhofer (born 1945) is the former CEO and Chairman of U.S. Bancorp.
Education
He graduated from Seattle University in 1965.
Career
Jerry was a vice president of Security Pacific Bank and Bank of America in the early 1990s. He left ...
.
He was a graduate of
Loyola High School (Los Angeles) and
Loyola Marymount University. He received an MBA in Finance from the
University of Southern California.
Grundhofer was purportedly kidnapped from a Minneapolis parking garage in November 1990. He escaped after being bound and stuffed in a sleeping bag. No one was ever charged in the kidnapping.
See also
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List of kidnappings
The following is a list of kidnappings summarizing the events of each individual case, including instances of celebrity abductions, claimed hoaxes, suspected kidnappings, extradition abductions, and mass kidnappings.
Before 1900
1900–1949
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References
1939 births
2021 deaths
American chief executives of food industry companies
American chief executives of financial services companies
Businesspeople from Los Angeles
Kidnapped American people
Formerly missing people
Loyola Marymount University alumni
Marshall School of Business alumni
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