Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> June 3, 1999

Paul C. Reyelts – Valspar Corporation

PAUL C. REYELTS is Senior Vice President- Finance at Valspar, which he joined in 1982. He is the Chief Financial Officer reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. He is actively involved in strategic planning and M&A activities. Prior to joining Valspar, Mr. Reyelts spent six years in corporate finance at Piper, Jaffray and Hopwood, Inc. Mr. Reyelts received an A.B. in Architecture from Harvard College in 1968 and an M.B.A. in Finance in 1975 from Harvard Business School. He served as an officer in the U.S. navy from 1969 to 1972. Paul lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with his wife Mary and their two children (Grace and Will, ages 10 and 8). Profile
TWST: How about if we start out with a brief overview and a little bit

of history of Valspar just to set the stage for the readers?

Mr. Reyelts: It's an old company. It was founded in 1806