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词条 Thomas J. Falk
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  1. Early life

  2. Education

  3. Career

     Alexander Grant & Co  Kimberly-Clark Corporation 

  4. Other activity

  5. Personal life

  6. References

Thomas J. Falk (Tom Falk; born 1958)[1] is an American businessman. He was Chief Executive Officer of consumer product products giant Kimberly-Clark Corporation from 2002 until 2018 and remains Chairman of the company's Board of Directors.[2][3]

Early life

Thomas was born in a modest family, where he was the oldest of nine children.[4] Tom grew up in the Milwaukee area.[5]

Falk's first job was as a caddy at a local golf course Chenequa Country Club, at the age of 12.[5] By age 16, he professionally played drums.[7]

Education

He won the Evans Scholarship (a full-tuition award available only to caddies)[5] and received his Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin in 1980.[4][5] Falk earned a Master's of Science in Management at Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1989.[6][12][4]

Career

Alexander Grant & Co

His first job was with accounting firm Alexander Grant & Co, where he got his public accountant certification. He worked there for 3 years, from 1980 till 1983.[4]

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Mr. Falk began his career at Kimberly-Clark in 1983.[7] He was appointed as a senior auditor in 1984 and two years later he became a senior financial analyst, in 1986.[4]

In 1989, Falk worked as an operations manager for infant care at South Carolina diaper plant.[4]

In 1991, Thomas Falk took the position of the senior vice-president of analysis and administration.[4]

He has been an Executive Director of Kimberly-Clark Corporation since 1999. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation from 1999 to 2002 and as Chief Executive Officer from September 12, 2002 until December 31, 2018. He became Chairman of Kimberly-Clark Corporation's Board of Directors on February 18, 2003, a position he has retained since his December 2018 retirement as CEO.

Under Falk's leadership, Kimberly-Clark's achieved sales of $19 billion in 2015.[12]

Falk served as Group President - Global Tissue, Pulp and Paper in 1998. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer since 1999, and as President and Chief Executive Officer in 2002.

Tom Falk has served for 33 years at Kimberly-Clark.[8]

Other activity

He currently serves on the board of directors of Catalyst, the University of Wisconsin Foundation and Centex Corporation. He is also a governor of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.[9]

Personal life

Thomas was born in Waterloo, Iowa, in 1958. Thomas Falk is married to Karen Kalk, a native of Hartland.[5] Together they have a son Michael.[8][10]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Company Overview of Kimberly-Clark Corporation|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=283861&privcapId=283857|work=Bloomberg|accessdate=4 April 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web|last=Mertens|first=Maggie|title=Why Companies Need to Hire More Women, Straight From a Male CEO|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/why-companies-need-to-hire-mor|date=9 April 2014|work=Glamour|accessdate=4 April 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|last=Corkery|first=Michael|title=Kimberly-Clark Cutting 5,000 Jobs Amid Pressure on Prices|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/business/kimberly-clark-layoffs.html|date=23 January 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=5 April 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Student of the business|url=http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/the-raffles-conversation/student-of-the-business|date=10 October 2015|newspaper=The Business Times|accessdate=6 April 2018}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Tom and Karen Falk give $10 million for scholarships, faculty support|date=1 September 2015|url=https://news.wisc.edu/tom-and-karen-falk-give-10-million-for-scholarships-faculty-support/|work=Wisconsin-Madison News|accessdate=6 April 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Chairman and CEO Thomas J. Falk|url=http://www.kimberly-clark.com/ourcompany/overview/leadership/chairmanceo.aspx|work=Kimberly-clark|accessdate=4 April 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web|last=Koenig|first=David|title=Sanders steps down as Kimberly-Clark CEO|url=http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/sanders-steps-down-as-kimberly-clark-ceo/article_4f83f834-89f0-515f-b3c9-eb0e2d57315e.html|date=13 September 2002|magazine=The Times|accessdate=6 April 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Thomas Falk|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/person/thomas-j-falk#section-overview|work=Crunchbase|accessdate=4 April 2018}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=Thomas Falk Profile|url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/thomas-j-falk/17108|work=Forbes|accessdate=4 April 2018}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=Dallas 500: Tom Falk, Kimberly-Clark|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2016/02/dallas-500-tom-falk-kimberly-clark/|work=Dallas magazine|accessdate=4 April 2018}}
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