John Jeffry Louis is the Chairman of
Gannett Co, a board member of the
Olayan Group
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and
S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.; and chairman of the U.S./ U.K.
Fulbright Commission
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.
Biography
He is the son of former ambassador
John J. Louis Jr. and his wife,
Josephine Louis.
Louis was named to the''
Crain's Chicago Business
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'' "40 under 40" list in 2001 when his start-up, Parsons Group LLC, rose to the position of Inc. Magazine's list of 500 fastest-growing companies.
He also served as Vice Chairman of Frye-Louis Capital Management Inc, and a Director of S.C. Johnson & Son, The Johnson Financial Group, The City Bakery LLC, Schirf Brewing Company and Exiguous Inc.
References
21st-century British businesspeople
Businesspeople from London
Living people
1963 births
Williams College alumni
Phillips family (New England)
Samuel Curtis Johnson family
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