| Summary: | Corporate chief executive Robert "Bob" Johnson was born on June 17, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. After earning his B.S. degree in sociology from Roosevelt University in Chicago in 1958, he began working for the Chicago Housing Authority. In 1965, Johnson was hired at Sears Roebuck & Company where he rose to the position of vice president of specialty sales. In 1988, Johnson and his daughter partnered to form Bagcraft Corporation, a food packaging company. In 1991, Johnson and business partner Tom Bryce formed Johnson Bryce, Inc., as part of an initiative by PepsiCo to award contracts to minority suppliers. Johnson served as chairman and CEO of Johnson Bryce, Inc. until retiring in 2007. In addition, he served on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, was a founding member of the Executive Leadership Council, and was a board member of LeMoyne Owen College and Clemson University's Packaging Science Department.
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