David Johnson (company director)
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David Willis Johnson (7 August 1932 – June 19, 2016)[1] was an Australian-American company director, who as president and CEO led the Campbell Soup Company from 1990 until 1997 and then again from March 2000 to January 2001. He was also the CEO of Gerber, the president of Entenmanns, and on the board of directors for Colgate Palmolive.[2]
Johnson was born in New South Wales and grew up near Tumut in the Snowy Mountains. From the family farm he rode to the one room Lacmalac Public School for his primary education. He attended Newington College (1947–1950) and was Senior Boarder Prefect and captained the 1st XV rugby and 1st XI cricket.[3] He continued his sporting career at Wesley College, University of Sydney, where he captained the rugby, athletics and cricket teams, was Senior Student, and won a university rowing Blue. He graduated in Economics at the University of Sydney in 1954 and received a Diploma of Education the following year. In 1958 he received an MBA from the University of Chicago.[4]
