John T. Cahill (businessman)

John T. Cahill(born 1958/59)is anAmericanbusinessman.

John T. Cahill
Born	1958 or 1959 (age 64–65)
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Vice Chair ofKraft Heinz

Biography

Early life

He graduated fromHarvard University,and received an M.B.A. from theHarvard Business School.

Career

From 1979 to 1987, he worked forRKO General,including its subsidiaryGenCorp.From 1987 to 1989, he was Chief Financial Officer ofRKO Pictures.

He joinedThe Pepsi Bottling Groupin 1989.He served as Chief Financial Officer from 1998 to 2000, President and Chief Operating Officer from 2000 to 2001, Chief Executive Officer from 2001 to 2003, Chairman and CEO from 2003 to 2006, and Executive Chairman from 2006 to 2007.He has been an industrial partner at the private equity firmRipplewood Holdingssince 2008.Since February 2009, he has served as Chairman ofHostess Brands.He became Executive Chairman of Kraft Foods Group, a subsidiary ofMondelēz International,in January 2012.He sits on the Board of Directors ofColgate-Palmolive,Mondelēz InternationalandLegg Mason.

He served as Chairman of theAmerican Beverage Association.He serves on the Boards of the U.S.-Russia Business Council, the Woodward/White Publishing Company, and the Industry Affairs Council of theGrocery Manufacturers of America.He is a member ofG100,a private group of chief executives from the world's largest companies.

In December 2014 John Cahill was named CEO of Kraft foods.

In March 2015, it was announced that Kraft Foods would merge withHeinzto formKraft Heinz.Cahill became vice chairman of the new merged company.