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David W.MacLennan (born 1958/59) is an American businessman, the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Cargill.
MacLennan received a BA in English from Amherst College, followed by an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago.
MacLennan has been chairman and CEO of Cargill since 2013, when he succeeded Greg Page. Under MacLennan’s leadership, Cargill has faced numerous controversies and criticisms. In 2019, former U.S. Congressman Henry A. Waxman, in a report by Mighty Earth, called Cargill under MacLennan's leadership "the worst company in the world" and noted that it drives "the most important problems facing our world" (deforestation, pollution, climate change, exploitation)"at a scale that dwarfs their closest competitors."
He is married to Kathleen MacLennan, and they have three adult children.
