Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 17, 1999
JOHN SHIELY, President and CEO of Briggs and Stratton Corporation since
1994, began his career with Arthur Andersen & Co., becoming a senior tax
accountant. He then served as an associate lawyer with the Hughes
Hubbard & Reed law firm and as an assistant general counsel of Rockwell
International Corp. He joined Briggs & Stratton in 1986 as general
counsel, was elected Vice President and General Counsel in 1990 and
Executive Vice President -Administration in 1991. Mr. Shiely is a
director of the Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, M&I Marshall & Ilsley
Bank, Consolidated Papers, Inc. and Quad/ Graphics, Inc. He is active in
a number of civic and professional organizations, including service as a
vice chairman and director of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, a member
of the Board of Regents of the Milwaukee School of Engineering, and as a
director and past president of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Association
for Corporate Growth. Mr. Shiely received a Bachelor of Business
Administration in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame, a Juris
Doctor from Marquette University Law School and a Master of Management
from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern
University. Profile
Mr. Shiely: Briggs & Stratton was founded as a partnership in 1908
between Steve Briggs and Harold Stratton. Briggs had
