Gregory C. Case

Gregory C. Case
Born1963 (age 60–61)
Kansas City, US
OccupationCEO of Aon plc

Gregory C. Case (born 1963) has been the chief executive officer of Aon plc since April 2005.[1]

Early life and education

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Case was born in Kansas City.[1]

Case received an undergraduate degree from Kansas State University, where he graduated summa cum laude. Case holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard School of Business.[1][2]

Career

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Case was at first an investment banker.[1][3]

He then worked for 17 years at McKinsey & Company, where he eventually became head of the global insurance practice and then head of the financial services practice.[1][3]

In April 2005, Case was named chief executive officer of Aon plc.[1][3]

In September 2006, Case testified on behalf of Aon and the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers to the US House of Representatives on the topic of risks of catastrophic terrorism events.[4]

In 2018, Case received the Owen B. Butler Education Excellence Award from the Committee for Economic Development.[5]

Case was named one of the 100 best performing CEOs in world in 2019 according to the Harvard Business Review.[6]

Compensation

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Case's annual salary as CEO of Aon amounts to around US$14.6 million,[7] and has varied widely over the years. Case's total compensation for 2005 and 2006, respectively, was US$21 million and US$7.5 million.[8][9] In both 2007 and 2008, Case's compensation from Aon of US$11.3 million and US$12.9 million, respectively, placed him as the 13th highest compensated CEO in Illinois and Northwest Indiana.[10][11] Case's compensation dropped to US$10.4 million in 2009,[12] placing him at 15th rank in the same geography,[13] then rose dramatically in 2010 to US$20.8 million, making him the 3rd highest compensated in the region.[14] Compensation for 2011 and 2012 was US$17.5 million and US$2.5 million, respectively.[15] Case's compensation across 2007 to 2009 did not substantially change (11.3, 12.9, 10.4 million) despite a 95% drop in profits for the company in the 4th quarter of 2008.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "New Chief at Troubled Insurer". The New York Times. Associated Press. April 5, 2005.
  2. ^ "Gregory C. Case: President and Chief Executive Officer". Aon plc.
  3. ^ a b c Sachdev, Ameet (April 5, 2005). "Aon names new top executive". Chicago Tribune.
  4. ^ Protecting Americans from catastrophic terrorism risk (Report). DIANE Publishing. 27 September 2006. pp. 15–17. ISBN 9781422323328. Serial No. 109–123. Retrieved 3 September 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "2018 Distinguished Performance Awards Dinner". Events. Committee for Economic Development. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  6. ^ "The CEO 100, 2019 Edition". Harvard Business Review. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  7. ^ "Gregory C. Case: Executive Profile & Biography". Financials: Stock Sector Performance. Bloomberg. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Adding up what CEOs made". Business. Chicago Tribune. 2 July 2006. p. Section 5, page 3. Retrieved 3 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Adding up what CEOs made". Business. Chicago Tribune. 15 July 2007. p. Section 5, page 3. Retrieved 3 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Adding up what CEOs made". Business. Chicago Tribune. 27 May 2008. p. Section 3, page 3. Retrieved 3 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Adding up what CEOs made". Business. Chicago Tribune. 24 May 2009. p. Section 4, page 3. Retrieved 3 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Wernau, Julie (23 May 2010). "The $10+ Million club". Chicago Tribune. Contributing reporter Wailin Wong. pp. Section 2, pages 1–2. Retrieved 3 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "What area CEOs made in 2009". Business. Chicago Tribune. 23 May 2010. p. Section 2, page 3. Retrieved 3 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "What area CEOs made in 2010". Chicago Tribune. 22 May 2011.
  15. ^ "#77 Gregory C Case". Forbes. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  16. ^ "CEO gets boost as profits dive". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 4 April 2009. p. A11. Retrieved 3 September 2018 – via Newspapers.com. — Note: the total compensation figure from this piece is US$11.6 million, differing substantially from the Chicago Tribune figure of US$12.9 million.


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