Darius Adamczyk

Darius Adamczyk (born February 8, 1966) is a Polish-American businessman. He is the chairman (and former CEO) of Honeywell, an American multinational conglomerate.

Early life and education Adamczyk was born in Poland on February 8, 1966, and immigrated to the US at the age of 11, speaking no English. His family settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He went to Michigan State University to study electrical and computer engineering, where he received his bachelor's degree. He received a master's degree in computer engineering from Syracuse University, and an MBA from Harvard University.

Career Adamczyk started his career with General Electric in 1988, as an electrical engineer. After the purchase, Adamczyk joined Honeywell's executive team. After assuming his post, Adamczyk ordered a comprehensive portfolio review process that included input from industry experts and stakeholders. The company announced two major divestments that represented about $7.5 billion in revenues. Adamczyk is also noted for building on the company's Sentience platform and expanded it into Honeywell Forge, a cloud-based IoT platform and product development framework for the development of scalable software.

Awards and memberships The Carnegie Corporation of New York honored Adamczyk with 2019 Great Immigrant Award. Adamczyk was awarded the Foreign Policy Association’s Corporate Social Responsibility Award. He is a member of The Business Roundtable, The Business Council, and Council on Foreign Relations. President Trump selected Adamczyk to join the Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups.

On June 1, 2023 Adamczyk became Executive Chairman of Honeywell and was succeeded by Vimal Kapur as CEO.

Selected publications

Zur Stellung Polens im modernen Weltsystem der frühen Neuzeit ("On Poland's position in the modern world system of the Early Modern Age"), Verlag Dr. Kovac, Hamburg 2001 (originally Hannover University thesis, 1999). Silberströme und die Einbeziehung Osteuropas in das islamische Handelssystem, ("Stream of silver: Eastern Europe's involvement in the Islamic trading system") in Carl-Hans Hauptmeyer et al. (Hg.): Die Welt querdenken. Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2003, pp. 107–123. Friesen, Wikinger, Araber. Die Ostseewelt zwischen Dorestad und Samarkand, ca. 700-1100, ("Frisians, Vikings, Arabs: the Baltic world, from Dorestad to Samarkand, ca. 700-1100") in Andrea Komlosy, Hans-Heinrich Nolte, Imbi Sooman (Hg.): Ostsee 700-2000. Gesellschaft – Wirtschaft – Kultur. Promedia Verlag, Vienna 2007, pp. 32–48. (Editor and co-author) Quo vadis Asien? China, Indien, Russland, Mittlerer Osten und Zentralasien im globalen Kontext. ("Status quo for Asia? China, India, Russia, the Middle East and Central Asia in the global context"), Wochenschau Verlag, Schwalbach/Ts. 2009.