Toledo Rotary 08272012Jeff Fettig, CEO Whirpool Corporation - "Whirlpool Invested in America" Jeff M. Fettig was named Whirlpool Corporation’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in July 2004. He served as president and chief operating officer, as well as on Whirlpool's board of directors, from June 1999. Fettig joined Whirlpool in 1981 as an operations associate. He held a number of managerial positions in operations, sales, planning and product development before being promoted to vice president, marketing, KitchenAid Appliance Group in July 1989. In October 1990, he was named vice president, marketing, for the Philips Whirlpool Appliance Group of Whirlpool Europe B.V., the company's European subsidiary, and was named vice president, group marketing and sales, North American Appliance Group, in October 1992. In 1994 he was named an executive vice president of Whirlpool, and president, Whirlpool Europe and Asia. A native of Tipton, Ind., Fettig holds a bachelor's degree in finance and a master of business administration degree from Indiana University. Fettig is lead director of The Dow Chemical Company Board of Directors. He serves on the Board of Governors for Boys & Girls Clubs of America and is Chairman of the Midwest Region of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. He is also a member of Business Leaders for Michigan and the Business Roundtable Association. Whirlpool Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of approximately $19 billion in 2011, 68,000 employees, and 66 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. The company markets Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, Bauknecht and other major brand names to consumers in nearly every country around the world.
