Bob Chapman is the CEO of the St. Louis, Missouri based Barry-Wehmiller, a $2.4 billion global manufacturing business. He became the senior executive of this private company in 1975 at age thirty when the eighty-year-old business had $20 million in revenue, outdated technology, and a very weak financial position. Despite the obstacles, Chapman applied a unique blend of strategy and culture over the next forty years and lead Barry-Wehmiller through more than eighty successful acquisitions.
“Bob Chapman, CEO of the $1.7 billion manufacturing company Barry-Wehmiller, is on a mission to change the way businesses treat their employees.” - Inc. Magazine Starting in 1997, Bob Chapman and Barry-Wehmiller have pioneered a dramatically differen...[SEE MORE]