Benno Dorer

Benno O. Dorer (born 1964) is a German businessperson. With the entirety of his career in the consumer goods industry, he has been the CEO and Chair of Clorox since November 2014 and August 2016, respectively. He began his career with Procter & Gamble, in 1990, An original signatory to the CEO Action for Diversity and inclusion pledge; Dorer was the highest-rated CEO in the United States in the Glassdoor 2017 Employees' Choice Awards. He serves on the board of directors of the VF Corporation,

Early life and education Dorer was born in 1964, in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald. Growing up in the Black Forest of Germany, he sawed wood until the age of 14, and also worked for the Siedle company, during holidays. Dorer is multilingual, Dorer began his career at Procter & Gamble (P&G), where he held a number of executive positions in Germany over a five-year span, then, after 1995, worked out of Stockholm, Sweden, Brussels, Belgium, At P&G, he also variously oversaw marketing for laundry, beauty and care, paper products, and home care, and led the marketing organization of the joint venture between Clorox and The Glad Products Company. While CEO, Dorer also became the Clorox chairman on August 15, 2016. and his annual compensation that year amounted to $8.9 million. He remained CEO as of 2017, stating to media outlets that Clorox was continuing to focus on services such as online grocery shopping and e-commerce.

Boards and memberships

Since 2017, Dorer has served on the board of VF Corporation. emphasizing the business case and the significant roles of CEOs in furthering societal change, and was an original signatory to the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge in 2017. earning a 99 percent approval rating from employees. Sources attributed the ranking to management tactics that included transparency, emphasizing results, giving workers flexibility, and encouraging debate. The following year, Dorer was named to the junior Achievement Northern California Business hall of Fame and, in 2018, named as the Out & Equal CEO of the Year.

Personal life

Dorer has resided in the Northern California Bay Area, since 2005.