H. Todd Stitzer (born 10 March 1952)
is an American businessman who served as the
chief executive officer
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of
Cadbury plc
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from 2003 to 2010.
Early life
Stitzer was born in the
United States
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, the son of a YMCA director and a nurse, and is a naturalised British citizen.
He was educated at
Ridgewood High School, New Jersey,
Springfield College
Springfield College is a private college in Springfield, Massachusetts. It confers undergraduate and graduate degrees.
It is known as the birthplace of basketball because the sport was invented there in 1891 by Canadian-American instructor J ...
,
. He then obtained a B.A. from
Harvard University
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and a J.D. from
Columbia Law School.
Career
He joined
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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law firm,
Lord Day & Lord
Lord Day & Lord was an American large, blue-chip New York City law firm. It was established in 1845 by Daniel Lord, his son Daniel DeForest Lord, and his son-in-law Henry Day.
History
The firm had retained the same name until 1988 when it merg ...
, in 1973 as an associate attorney.
In 1983, joined Cadbury North America as Assistant General Counsel, later becoming marketing chief for US beverages.
He moved to London in 1991 as Group Development Director and then back to the United States in 1993 as Vice-President of Marketing and Strategic Planning and then Chief Operating Officer for Cadbury Beverages, North America.
He was President and Chief Executive Officer of
Dr Pepper/Seven Up from 1997 to 2000 and Chief Strategy Officer from 2000 to 2003. He joined the board of Cadbury plc in 2000 and in 2003, was appointed Chief Executive Officer.
On 2 February 2010,
Kraft Foods Inc.
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successfully completed the acquisition of Cadbury which was originally a
hostile takeover, the next day Stitzer along with Cadbury Chairman Roger Carr announced their resignations.
Stitzer has two children, a son and a daughter, and homes in
Connecticut
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and
Surrey
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.
[ Davidson, Nov 2003]
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:StitzerPenry-Jones, Todd
Living people
1952 births
American chief executives of food industry companies
Harvard University alumni
Columbia Law School alumni
Ridgewood High School (New Jersey) alumni