Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 15, 2004

BRUCE HERTZKE – WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES INC (WGO)

BRUCE D. HERTZKE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Winnebago Industries, Inc., is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company. Mr. Hertzke joined Winnebago Industries as a production worker in 1971. In 1974, he was promoted to the position of Foreman and, in 1979, to General Foreman. He became Production Manager in 1980. Over the next years, he was promoted to positions of increasing responsibility at Winnebago Industries, becoming President and Chief Operating Officer in 1996 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1998. Mr. Hertzke was elected to the Board of Directors of the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association in 1997 and was elected to a two-year term as the association's Chairman in September 2004. He is a Board member of the Iowa Business Council, was elected in 2000 to the Board of Directors of First Citizen's National Bank in Mason City, Iowa, and is a member of the Manufacturer's Bank & Trust Advisory Board. Mr. Hertzke is a graduate of Iowa Lakes Community College with an Associate of Arts degree in Business Administration. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a quick overview of Winnebago and how you see

the company today?

Mr. Hertzke: First of all, Winnebago Industries is a recreational

vehicle motor home manufacturing