Jakob Stausholm
Danish businessman, and the CEO of Rio Tinto Group
About Jakob Stausholm
Jakob Stausholm was a Danish businessperson and chief executive officer.
Jakob Stausholm (born 16 August 1968) is a Danish businessman and was the chief executive of Rio Tinto Group from January 2021 until August 2025. He is now a fellow at the University of Oxford.
Career Stausholm attended Nyborg Gymnasium in Funen, Denmark. He earned a degree in economics from the University of Copenhagen. He succeeded Jean-Sébastien Jacques as CEO on 1 January 2021.
Before Rio Tinto, Stausholm was the chief strategy, finance and transformation officer for Maersk.
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