The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Minnesota Chapter invites all members of the Minneapolis/St. Paul media to attend this month’s chapter meeting honoring C.H. Robinson Worldwide, ACG Minnesota’s Outstanding Corporate Growth Award Winner. John P. Wiehoff, CEO, will accept the award on behalf of C.H. Robinson and provide insight into their profitable growth.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide (Nasdaq:CHRW) is one of the largest non-asset based third party multimodal logistics providers in the world, with annual gross revenues of more than $7.3 billion. Founded in 1905, the company is a global provider of freight transportation services, serving over 29,000 customers through a network of 224 offices and approximately 7,900 employees. C.H. Robinson maintains one of the largest networks of motor carrier capacity in North America and works with approximately 48,000 transportation providers worldwide. The company is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
John Wiehoff has been Chief Executive Officer of C.H. Robinson since May 2002, President of the company since December 1999, a director since 2001, and became the Chairman in January 2007. Previous positions with the company include Senior Vice President from October 1998, Chief Financial Officer from July 1998 to December 1999, Treasurer from August 1997 to June 1998, and Corporate Controller from 1992 to June 1998. Prior to that, Mr. Wiehoff was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Polaris Industries Inc. and Donaldson Company, Inc. Mr. Wiehoff holds a Bachelor of Science degree from St. John's University.
Meeting Details |
| Tuesday, February 17, 2009 – 11:30 AM-1:30 PM |
| ACG Minnesota Lunch Meeting |
50th Floor IDS Center |
| 80 South Eighth Street |
| Minneapolis, MN 55402 |
Please visit www.marquettehotel.com/location.htm for directions. For more information on this event and our speaker, please visit the ACG Minnesota Web site at www.acg.org/minnesota/.
Media Registration
Members of the media are invited to attend the event this month at no cost. Please register your attendance at www.acg.org/minnesota, click on “register for this event now” and choose the “offline” method of payment.
Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming ACG Minnesota 2008 Calendar Events | ||||||||||
| February | February 12, 2009 | Ice Breaker Evening Charity Event | ||||||||
| March | March 17, 2009 | Economist Art Laffer, Late afternoon | ||||||||
| April | April 21, 2009 | Panel On Creative Capital Luncheon | ||||||||
| May | May 12, 2009 | Joint event with FEI and Special Speaker: Jody Feragan, CEO of Hormel | ||||||||
| June | June 16, 2009 | ACG MN Luncheon | ||||||||
About ACG Minnesota
The Association for Corporate Growth provides members with practical information to develop sound corporate growth decisions. ACG emphasizes top-quality performance, high earnings and well-founded corporate value. Diverse business professionals formed the Minnesota chapter over 35 years ago and membership now exceeds 280 executives. Members count on an extensive peer network where they can test and exchange ideas. All meetings feature speakers who offer provocative perspectives and prompt creative thought about daily challenges in the business world. Members’ skills are advanced and they typically come from these backgrounds:
- Top executives in their operating company divisions of administration, finance, development and planning
- Principals in professional service firms such as attorneys, accountants and deal makers all specializing in mergers and acquisitions
- Financiers including venture capitalists, bankers and equity investors
Visit http://www.acg.org/minnesota for more information on ACG Minnesota.
Contacts:
Nicki Vincent, Executive Director, 612-590-1041
acgminnesota@acg.org
