Whitney MacMillan

Whitney MacMillan (September 25, 1929 – March 11, 2020) was an American billionaire heir and businessman. He was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of his family business, Cargill, from 1976 to 1995. He graduated from Yale University. He served on the National Advisory Board of the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences board on agriculture and natural resources, the EastWest Institute, Care International, Mayo Clinic and the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2002, he received an honorary doctorate from Montana State University-Bozeman.

He died on March 11, 2020, in Vero Beach, Florida, at the age of 90.