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Ashland Taps Wulfsohn As CEO

by Alexander H. Tullo
November 24, 2014 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 92, Issue 47

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William A. Wulfsohn.
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Ashland’s board of directors has named William A. Wulfsohn, 52, its next CEO effective Jan. 1, 2015. He will succeed James J. O’Brien, who has led the specialty chemical company for 12 years. Since 2010, Wulf­sohn had been CEO of metal alloy specialist Carpenter Technology, which nearly doubled its sales under his leadership. He earlier led PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business and had been with Honeywell’s nylon business.

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