Robert B. Goergen, Sr.
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Blyth, Inc.
Robert B. Goergen is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Blyth, Inc., a leading global designer and marketer of home decorative and fragranced products.
Over the course of his career Mr. Goergen has been partner to McKinsey & Company and served as Managing General Partner of The Sprout Group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Prior to that, he worked with McCann-Erickson and Proctor & Gamble. Goergen has served as a member of numerous private and public companies, including serving as the non-executive Chairman of XTRA Corporation, NYSE from 1990 to 2001. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Protein Sciences Corporation, a bio-tech venture.
In addition, Mr. Goergen is a member of the Greenwich YMCA Board of Directors and a Board member of the Greenwich Historical Society. Mr. Goergen has served on the Board of Trustees of the University of Rochester since 1982 and was Chairman from 1990 to 2003. Since 1997, Mr. Goergen has served on the Wharton School Board of Overseers of The University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Goergen received his undergraduate degree in physics, graduating cum laude from the University of Rochester and received his MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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