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Michael E. Szymanczyk

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Altria Group, Incorporated (MO)

Industry: Consumer Goods

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Mike Szymanczyk serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Altria Group, Inc. He was appointed to that position in March 2008. He joined Philip Morris USA in 1990 as Senior Vice President of Sales. He held a number of executive positions at PM USA and was appointed Chairman, President and CEO of that company in 2002. Previously, he had extensive consumer products experience in sales and marketing at Procter & Gamble and Kraft. Mike received a B.S. degree in finance from Indiana University in 1971. Mike currently serves on several boards of trustees including: The University of Richmond; The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering Foundation; The United Negro College Fund; The Richmond Performing Arts Center. Mike also is a retired Chairman and current member of the Dean's Advisory Council for the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and a retired board member of Futures for Children.


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