Ernest Micek
{{short description|American businessman (born 1936)}}
{{Infobox person
| name =Ernest Micek
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date =February 18, 1936
| birth_place =Arcadia, Wisconsin
| death_date =October 29, 2020
| death_place =Dresbach, Minnesota
| death_cause =
| resting_place =
| resting_place_coordinates =
| nationality =
| other_names =
| known_for =
| education =University of Wisconsin–Madison
| employer =
| occupation =Business executive
| title =
| term =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| party =
| boards =
| spouse =
| children =
| parents =
| relatives =
}}
Ernest Micek (February 18, 1936 - October 29, 2020) was an American businessman. He was the chairman and chief executive officer of Cargill from 1995 to 1999.
Biography
=Early life=
Ernest S. Micek was born on February 18, 1936, in Arcadia, Wisconsin.{{cite web |title=AgProfile interview with Ernest S. Micek |url=http://www.countryroads.net/agjournal/agprofile.cfm?person_id=42 |website=AG Journal |accessdate=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219010319/http://www.countryroads.net/agjournal/agprofile.cfm?person_id=42 |archivedate=2014-12-19 |date=December 18, 2014}}
{{cite web|title=Clinton Appoints Micek to APEC Business Advisory Council |url=http://wfile.ait.org.tw/wf-archive/2000/000131/epf110.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141115103435/http://wfile.ait.org.tw/wf-archive/2000/000131/epf110.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 15, 2014 |website=AIT.org |accessdate=15 November 2014 }} He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he graduated with a BS degree in chemical engineering in 1959.{{cite web|title=Ernie Micek awarded honorary degree |url=http://www.engr.wisc.edu/che/newsletter/2000_fall/micek.html |website=Wisc.edu |accessdate=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004204926/http://www.engr.wisc.edu/che/newsletter/2000_fall/micek.html |archivedate=4 October 2013 }}
=Career=
In 1995, Micek succeeded Whitney MacMillan as chairman and chief executive officer of Cargill, working in those capacities until 1999.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Micek, Ernest}}
Category:People from Arcadia, Wisconsin
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering alumni
Category:Businesspeople from Minnesota
Category:Businesspeople from Wisconsin
Category:American chief executives of Fortune 500 companies
{{US-business-bio-1930s-stub}}