Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 18, 1999

Joseph Perl – Mail-well Inc (mwl)

GERALD F. MAHONEY has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Mail-Well, Inc. since February 1994. He served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pavey Envelope from January 1991 to February 1994. From January 1990 to the present, he has also served as President of Saddle River Capital, an investment firm. From June 1987 through 1989, Mr. Mahoney was President of Transkrit Corp., a business forms manufacturing company. Mahoney, 55, is a CPA who graduated from Adelphi University and received a Master's degree from Northeastern University. He started his career and spent seven years with Arthur Andersen & Co., a period interrupted by service in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He spent ten years with a Fortune 500 manufacturing company in various financial and general management roles, including CFO and President of their largest division. Mahoney grew up in the Bayridge area of Brooklyn but lived in northern New Jersey for the 22 years prior to becoming the top officer of Mail-Well and moving to the Denver, Colorado area. He and his wife of 27 years, JoAnne, have two sons, ages 19 and 15. Profile
TWST: Let's start with a history and brief overview of Mail-Well so that

our readers understand your business?

Mr. Mahoney: The original Mail-Well has been around a long time. It was

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