Gregory C. Case

Gregory C. Case (born 1963) has been the chief executive officer of Aon plc since April 2005.

Early life and education Case was born in Kansas City.

Case received an undergraduate degree from Kansas State University, where he graduated summa cum laude. Case holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard School of Business.

Career Case was at first an investment banker.

He then worked for 17 years at McKinsey & Company, where he eventually became head of the global insurance practice and then head of the financial services practice.

In 2018, Case received the Owen B. Butler Education Excellence Award from the Committee for Economic Development.

Case was named one of the 100 best performing CEOs in world in 2019 according to the Harvard Business Review.

Compensation Case's annual salary as CEO of Aon amounts to around , and has varied widely over the years. Case's total compensation for 2005 and 2006, respectively, was and . In both 2007 and 2008, Case's compensation from Aon of and , respectively, placed him as the 13th highest compensated CEO in Illinois and Northwest Indiana. Case's compensation dropped to in 2009, placing him at 15th rank in the same geography, then rose dramatically in 2010 to , making him the 3rd highest compensated in the region. Compensation for 2011 and 2012 was and , respectively. Case's compensation across 2007 to 2009 did not substantially change (11.3, 12.9, 10.4 million) despite a 95% drop in profits for the company in the 4th quarter of 2008.