Patrick Mulcahy is Chief Executive Officer of Energizer, Inc. His retirement from the company was announced in the fall of 2004. Mulcahy joined Ralston in 1968 and has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Eveready Battery Company, Inc. since 1987. Mulcahy served as co-Chief Executive Officer and co-President of Ralston from October 1997 to June 1999. He served as Ralston's Vice President and Director, Corporate Strategic Planning and Administration, 1984--1986. Patrick Mulcahy received Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Science from Cornell University. He also holds an MBA from Cornell's Johnson School.
Question - What was the advantage of spinning off from Ralston-Purina? Ralston used to be a huge conglomerate. We had a tunafish company. We owned Jack-in-the-Box restaurants. We owned Hostess, and Twinkies, and Ding-Dongs. We owned Keystone and Breckenridge ski resorts. We pared it down to fi...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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