Jakob Stausholm (born 16 August 1968) is a Danish businessman, and the CEO of Rio Tinto Group since January 2021.
Stausholm attended Nyborg Gymnasium in Funen, Denmark. He earned a degree in economics from the University of Copenhagen.
Stausholm joined Rio Tinto in September 2018 as an executive director and chief financial officer (CFO). He succeeded Jean-Sébastien Jacques as CEO on 1 January 2021.
Before Rio Tinto, Stausholm was the Chief Strategy, Finance and Transformation Officer for Maersk. Prior to this, Stausholm worked for Shell for 19 years.
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- "Jakob Stausholm, Rio Tinto PLC: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com.
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