Jakob Stausholm is a Danish businessman, and the CEO of

Rio Tinto Group Rio Tinto Group is an Anglo-Australian multinational company that is the world's second-largest metals and mining corporation (behind BHP). The company was founded in 1873 when of a group of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tint ...

since January 2021. Stausholm earned a degree from the

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in ...

. Stausholm joined Rio Tinto in September 2018 as an executive director and chief financial officer (CFO). He succeeded Jean-Sébastien Jacques as CEO on 1 January 2021. Before Rio Tinto, Stausholm was the Chief Strategy, Finance and Transformation Officer for

Maersk (), also known simply as Maersk (), is a Danish shipping company, active in ocean and inland freight transportation and associated services, such as supply chain management and port operation. Maersk was the largest container shipping line ...

. Prior to this, Stausholm worked for Shell for 19 years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stausholm, Jakob Living people People of Rio Tinto (corporation) University of Copenhagen alumni Maersk people Year of birth missing (living people)