Helen Johnson-Leipold
Helen Johnson-Leipold is an American billionaire businesswoman, the daughter of Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr., who died in 2004, and Imogene Powers Johnson and the great great granddaughter of S. C. Johnson & Son founder Samuel Curtis Johnson, Sr.. She was elected Chairman and CEO of Johnson Outdoors in March 1999,[2] and she was elected Chairman of Johnson Financial Group in July 2004.[2] She began her career at Foote, Cone & Belding in Chicago in 1979 and joined S. C. Johnson & Son in September 1985.[2] She is tied with her three siblings and mother at #182 on the Forbes 400 list of Richest Americans. Johnson-Leipold was born in Racine, Wisconsin.[3]
Helen Johnson-Leipold | |
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Born | Helen Johnson |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Chairman and CEO of Johnson Outdoors |
Net worth | $3.9 billion (September 2017)[1] |
Spouse(s) | Craig Leipold |
Parent(s) | Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr. Imogene Powers Johnson |
Relatives | Herbert Fisk Johnson III S. Curtis Johnson Winnie Johnson-Marquart (siblings) |
Helen and her husband, Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold maintain residences in Racine, Wisconsin, and Saint Paul, Minnesota, and are the parents of five sons.[4]
Notes
- "Helen Johnson-Leipold". Forbes. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- "Our Family Story: Helen Johnson-Leipold". S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. 2007. Archived from the original on January 3, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2007.
- "Helen Johnson-Leipold". Forbes.com Inc. October 1, 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- Minnesota Wild Media Guide 2009–10 (PDF). Minnesota Wild. 2009. p. 10.