October 6, 2004
by Dick Prentke
 After 28 years at Bunge North America, Inc., John Klein (pictured) resigned last year as president and CEO, but stayed on as chairman. On Sept. 1, he consummated his plan to work in education when he became the new executive vice chancellor for administration at Washington U. in St. Louis.
The university is delighted. The chancellor remarked that John’s “long and successful tenure as the top corporate officer at Bunge brings extraordinary experience and leadership skills to help us continue the upward trajectory of the university.”
Prior to his 19 years as president and CEO, John had a variety of international assignments with Bunge in Belgium, Holland, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Argentina, and NYC. He moved Bunge’s corporate headquarters to St. Louis in 1990.
John will be the university’s chief administrative officer, with responsibility for finance and administration, administrative information technology, facilities, human resources, and other administrative units. The university’s budget exceeds $1.5 billion and it has more than 11,000 employees.
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© 2004 Dick Prentke and The Princeton Alumni Weekly. Used by permission.
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