Wrigley names first CEO from outside family

Chain Drug Review, Nov 6, 2006

William Perez has been named chief executive officer of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. He is the first person from outside the Wrigley family to head the company. Perez succeeds Bill Wrigley Jr., who will assume the new post of executive chairman. Perez, 59, spent 34 years with S.C. Johnson & Son Inc., including eight years as president and CEO.

In 2004 he joined Nike Inc., where he served as president and CEO until earlier this year.

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