Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> July 30, 2001

Paul Reilly – Mail-well Inc (mwl)

PAUL V. REILLY is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mail-Well, Inc. Mr. Reilly is currently serving on the Envelope Manufacturers Association Foundation board of trustees and on the board of GATF/PIA. He is also a member of The Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs from leading corporations who actively work on broad business issues impacting the economy. Prior to joining Mail-Well as CFO in 1995, Mr. Reilly served as Managing Director of an investment banking firm specializing in acquisitions of small businesses. His background also includes 15 years with Polychrome, a $350 million pre-press supplier, in various finance, marketing, and strategic planning positions, including Vice President and General Manager. Preceding Polychrome, he spent three years with Arthur Andersen & Co. as a computer auditor. Mr. Reilly has an undergraduate degree in Finance, an MBA in Computer Methodology from Baruch College and is a CPA. He served as a Bernard M. Baruch Graduate Assistant from 1974 to 1975. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a history and overview of Mail-Well, Inc?

Mr. Reilly: Mail-Well was launched in February 1994 as a management

buyout of the envelope operations of Georgia-Pacific.