IW Hall of Fame

In 1979, John Breen became CEO at Sherwin-Williams, at the time floundering from a series of acquisitions intended to diversify the company. He refocused Sherwin-Williams on the paint business and aggressively expanded the company's paint and...

Chuck Hull co-founded 3D Systems to help bring rapid prototyping and 3-D printing to the world. Thirty years later, that company has grown into a $500 million global corporation. Hull's invention has helped spur innovation, design and...

Since Mark Pigott took the helm at Paccar in 1997, the company has delivered 1,300% total return to shareholders and Paccar has embraced Six Sigma and thereby realized cumulative savings of more than $2 billion. Pigott attributes this success to...

Gregory Kenny took the reins at General Cable in 2001 and ramped up the continuous improvement program the company had dipped its toe into a couple years earlier. It was a prescient move, enabling the slimmed-down General Cable to continue growing...

Executive roles at GM, VW, Chrysler Guided global growth of Tier 1 drivetrain manufacturer