Rick Goings

Rick Goings
Born Everett Vernon Goings
October 13, 1945 (1945-10-13) (age 66)
Wheaton, Illinois
Occupation Chairman & CEO,
Tupperware Brands Corporation
Spouse Susan Porcaro Goings

Rick Goings is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tupperware Brands Corporation, a multi-billion dollar global portfolio of direct selling companies.

While still in college at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, Goings founded one of the first direct sellers of home security systems in thr United States. He served in the US Navy as a navigator on the USS Power, a World War II-era destroyer.[1] He was recruited to Avon Products, Inc., in 1985 where he held a number of senior management positions: including President Avon Germany, Group Vice President & Senior Operating Officer Pacific Rim, and President of Avon USA. He joined Tupperware in 1992 as President of Tupperware Worldwide.[2]

In 2010, Goings was recognized by the President of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, with the distinguished decree of "Knight of the Legion of Honor" in recognition of his long term dedication to the role of women in developing countries and children’s causes.[3] The People’s Republic of China recognized Goings with the Marco Polo Award in Beijing for his visionary leadership and his significant role in China’s economic development.[3] Additionally, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America honored him with their highest award, the Herbert Hoover Humanitarian Award, for his outstanding leadership as their National Chairman.[3]

For more than twenty years he has served on the national Board of Governors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, where he also served two terms as Chairman of the Board of Governors[4]. Goings is a trustee of Rollins College, a participant of the World Economic Forum (WEF), a member of the Board of Executive Advisors for the Yale School of Management’s Chief Executive Leadership Institute and a member of the Florida Council of 100. He is a former member of the Board of Directors for SunTrust Bank, N.A., and of the boards of Reynolds American Inc. (formerly RJR), Premark International, Inc. and RR Donnelly.[5]

He resides in Isleworth, Windermere, Florida with his wife, Susan Porcaro Goings. He says he is traveling 70 percent of his time and practices Transcendental Meditation "most afternoons".[6]

References

  1. ^ Clark, Andrew (February 26, 2010). "The Friday Interview: Tupperware's alpha male lifts the lid on what women want: The plastics firm's ebullient boss still relies on its famous army of female sales reps". The Guardian (London (UK)): p. 29. 
  2. ^ Brown, Darrell (2011). "LEADERS Interview with Rick Goings, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Tupperware Brands Corporation". Leaders Magazine (New York (USA)): p. 144. 
  3. ^ a b c "Tupperware Brands Corporation CEO is Made a Knight in the French Legion of Honor". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/22/idUS10617+22-Jan-2011+BW20110122. Retrieved 5 December 2011. 
  4. ^ "THE POWER OF PEOPLE: Our National Leadership". Boy's & Girl's Club. http://www.bgca.org/whoweare/Pages/Board.aspx. Retrieved 8 December 2011. 
  5. ^ "Tupperware Brands Corporation Chairman and CEO Rick Goings Elected Chairman of Business Executives for National Security". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20110516-909750.html. Retrieved 8 December 2011. 
  6. ^ Knight, Rebecca (June 8, 2010). "Business diary: Rick Goings". Financial Times (London (UK)): p. 16. 

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