John E. Pepper Jr.
American businessman
John E. Pepper Jr. (born August 2, 1938) is an American businessman. He was chief executive officer and/or chairman of Procter & Gamble from 1995 to 2002. He was also CEO of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, and until 2012 was the chairman of The Walt Disney Company.
Biography
John E. Pepper Jr. was born August 2, 1938, in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School (then Portsmouth Priory) in Rhode Island, then graduated from Yale University in 1960, where he was on the board of the Yale Daily News.
From 1963 to 2003, he worked in various positions at Procter & Gamble, including chairman of the board from 2000 to 2002, and CEO. He was chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors of The Procter & Gamble Company until December 2003. He then was vice president of finance and administration at Yale University from January 2004 to December 2005. He was a director of The Walt Disney Company beginning in 2006 (chairman from 2007 to 2012) and of Boloco from 2007 to 2015, a Boston-based restaurant chain that his son John co-founded in 1997.
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