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<html> <head> <title>Kraft Foods</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Kraft Foods COMPANY Founded in 1903 by <a href="/people/021/000165523/">James L. Kraft</a> as a cheese delivery service, and bailed out during its early, money-losing years by Kraft's brothers Charles, Fred, John, and Norman, the business was incorporated as J.L. Kraft & Brothers in 1909. Re-named Kraft Cheese Co. in 1924, Kraft Foods Co. in 1945, Kraftco Corporation in 1969, and Kraft Inc. in 1976. Merged with <a href="/company/284/000124909/">Dart Industries</a> in 1980 and renamed <a href="/company/285/000125907/">Dart & Kraft</a>, but divorced in 1986, emerging again as Kraft Inc. Purchased by <a href="/company/768/000048624/">Philip Morris</a> (now known as <a href="/company/240/000058066/">Altria</a>) in 1988, Kraft has since absorbed former competitors <a href="/company/144/000052985/">General Foods</a> and <a href="/company/609/000126231/">Nabisco</a>. Altria spun off Kraft Foods in 2007. Kraft's brands include A-1 steak sauce, Athenos, Back to Nature, Balance Energy Bars, Country Time lemonade, Cheese Nips, Cheez Whiz, Chips Ahoy, Cool Whip, Corn Nuts, Crystal Light, Dream Whip, General Foods International coffees, Ginger Snaps, Grey Poupon, Honey Maid, Jack's Pizza, Jell-O, Knox Gelatin, Kool-Aid, Lorna Doone, Louis Rich, Mallomars, Maxwell House, Miracle Whip, Nabisco, Newtons cookies, Nilla, Nutter Butter, Oreo, Oscar Meyer, Oven Fry, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Planters, Post Cereals, Postum, Premium crackers, Ritz crackers, Sanka, Seven Seas salad dressings, Shake 'n Bake, SnackWell's, South Beach Diet, Stove Top stuffing mix, Tang, Tombstone Pizza, Triscuits, Velveeta, Wheat Thins, and Yuban. Official Website: <a href="http://www.kraft.com/">http://www.kraft.com/</a> Industry: <a href="/lists/624/000098330/">Food</a> Ticker: NYSE:KFT Corporate headquarters: <a href="/geo/630/000124258/" class=proflink>Northfield, IL</a> Sales: $37.2B (2007) Employees: 103,000 EXECUTIVES <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/485/000169975/">Barbara L. Bowles</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Kenwood Group</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/185/000163693/">Daryl G. Brewster</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former CEO of Krispy Kreme</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/776/000127395/">Douglas R. Conant</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Campbell Soup</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/826/000126448/">Gary P. Coughlan</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of Abbott Laboratories, 1990-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/080/000127696/">Robert A. Eckert</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Aug-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Mattel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/163/000126782/">Ann M. Fudge</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Young & Rubicam, 2003-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/703/000172187/">Linda P. Hefner</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>EVP at Wal-Mart</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/277/000160794/">Betsy D. Holden</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Kraft Foods, 2001-03</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/530/000119173/">Donna Hrinak</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Ambassador, Latin America</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/481/000345443/">Sanjay Khosla</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>EVP at Kraft</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/610/000126232/">James M. Kilts</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Gillette, 2001-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/021/000165523/">James L. Kraft</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Dec-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>Feb-1953</tt></td> <td>Inventor of processed cheese</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/265/000125887/">Alan J. Lacy</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Sears, 2000-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/811/000126433/">Richard H. Lenny</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Hershey, 2001-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/198/000128811/">Miles L. Marsh</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Fort James Corporation, 1997-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/708/000128324/">Michael A. Miles</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Philip Morris, 1991-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/243/000126862/">Denise M. Morrison</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Campbell Soup executive</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000127620/">Robert S. Morrison</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vice Chairman of Pepsi, 2003-05</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/720/000170210/">Hugh H. Roberts</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Kraft Foods executive</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/716/000125341/">Irene B. Rosenfeld</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Kraft Foods</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/428/000169918/">Paula A. Sneed</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Nov-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Retired EVP, Kraft Foods</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/181/000128794/">Steven J. Strobel</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Senior VP at Motorola</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/098/000128711/">Raymond G. Viault</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vice Chairman of General Mills, 1996-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/694/000168190/">Mary Beth West</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chief Marketing Officer, Kraft Foods</td> </tr> </table> CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/909/000171396/">Ajay Banga</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Citibank Asia/Pacific</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/912/000171399/">Jan Bennink</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Numico NV, 2002-07</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/524/000170014/">Myra M. Hart</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of Staples</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/581/000127200/">Lois D. Juliber</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>COO of Colgate-Palmolive, 2000-04</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/103/000128716/">Mark D. Ketchum</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Newell Rubbermaid</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/930/000171417/">Richard A. Lerner</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Scripps Research Institute</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/357/000127973/">John C. Pope</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President and COO of United Airlines, 1992-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000171420/">Frederic G. Reynolds</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of CBS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/716/000125341/">Irene B. Rosenfeld</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Kraft Foods</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/404/000168897/">Mary L. Schapiro</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Financial Industry Regulatory Authority</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/380/000128993/">Deborah C. Wright</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Carver Bancorp</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/989/000121626/">Frank G. Zarb</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Energy Czar, 1974-77</td> </tr> </table> PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/713/000125338/">Louis C. Camilleri</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Altria</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000171376/">Dinyar S. Devitre</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of Altria, 2002-08</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/572/000126194/">W. James Farrell</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Illinois Tool Works, 1995-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/072/000119712/">Robert S. Ingersoll</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-2010</tt></td> <td>CEO of Borg-Warner, 1958-72</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/708/000128324/">Michael A. Miles</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Philip Morris, 1991-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000127620/">Robert S. Morrison</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Vice Chairman of Pepsi, 2003-05</td> </tr> </table> EMPLOYMENT <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/029/000354961/">Harsha V. Agadi</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1962</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chairman of Quiznos</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/931/000172415/">Steven A. Davis</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Bob Evans Farms</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/884/000169377/">Blythe J. McGarvie</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CFO of Bic, 1999-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/738/000171225/">Luis P. Nieto, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>ConAgra executive</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/912/000178378/">Alice M. Peterson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Syrus Global</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/298/000174773/">Chris Policinski</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Land O'Lakes</td> </tr> </table> CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/529/000026451/">Samantha Bee</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1969</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Daily Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/800/000024728/">Jack Benny</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1894</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Dec-1974</tt></td> <td>The Jack Benny Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/674/000022608/">Bill Cosby</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Comedy fixture, pudding industry shill</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/597/000022531/">Robert Downey, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Gingerbread Man</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/351/000026273/">Michelle Kwan</a></td> <td><center>Figure Skating</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1980</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Olympic figure skater</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/909/000044777/">Lindsay Lohan</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1986</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mean Girls</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/455/000025380/">Joe Montana</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>San Francisco 49ers QB</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/236/000023167/">Shaquille O'Neal</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1972</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Shaq Attack</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/740/000108416/">Michael Vick</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1980</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Football quarterback and dog fighter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/233/000026155/">Malcolm-Jamal Warner</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Aug-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/008/000025930/">Jaleel White</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Nov-1976</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Urkel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000023160/">Venus Williams</a></td> <td><center>Tennis</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-1980</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Winner of 17 Grand Slam titles</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=122420" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/064/000001061/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/64/1061/s1061.jpg" width=128> The Commission on Global Governance (CGG)</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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