Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 22, 2011
Daniel S. Fulton was elected Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the board of directors of Weyerhaeuser Co. in April 2008. He remains the company's President, a position he assumed in January 2008. From May 2001 to March 2008, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, a wholly owned subsidiary. Mr. Fulton joined Weyerhaeuser's investment evaluation department in 1976. He transferred to Weyerhaeuser Real Estate in 1978. In 1979, he transferred to the subsidiary's Weyerhaeuser Venture Company, where he held a series of investment management roles. From 1987 to 1988, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Cornerstone Columbia Development Co. In 1988, he returned to Weyerhaeuser Venture and its affiliate Weyerhaeuser Realty Investors. Mr. Fulton served in various management and investment positions before becoming President and Chief Executive Officer of Weyerhaeuser Realty Investors and Weyerhaeuser Venture from 1998 to 2000. Before joining Weyerhaeuser, Mr. Fulton served as an Officer in the U.S. Navy Supply Corps. He graduated with a B.A. in economics from Miami University in Ohio in 1970. He received an MBA in finance from the University of Washington in 1976, and he completed the Stanford University Executive Program in 2001. Mr. Fulton currently serves on numerous national boards, including the Business Roundtable, National Alliance of Forest Owners and Sustainable Forestry Initiative. He also is a Member of the Washington State Roundtable and serves as Chairman of the policy advisory board of the Joint Center of Housing at Harvard University. Profile
TWST: Please start with a brief history of the company and an overview of your current operations.
Mr. Fulton: Let me start with our formation. Our beginnings go back to 1900, when Frederick
