Tom Linebarger | |
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Born |
Norman Thomas Linebarger January 24, 1963 Los Altos, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Stanford University |
Occupation | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cummins Inc. |
Home town | Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
Spouse(s) | Michele |
Children | 2 |
Norman Thomas "Tom" Linebarger (born January 24, 1963) is an executive businessman in the diesel industry.
Linebarger is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cummins Inc. – a role he has held since the beginning of 2012. Other leadership roles he has held at the firm prior to this include: Executive Vice President of Power Generation Business, President of Power Generation Business, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Supply Chain Management. He was also one of the 100 CEO leaders in STEM blog.
His total compensation for 2012 was $4.65 million. He ranks Number 14 within Capital Goods.
Linebarger has joint undergraduate degrees in Management Engineering from Claremont McKenna College and Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. As well he has an MSc in Manufacturing Systems from the School of Engineering and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business.
Linebarger held very few other roles in the industry before resuming his current position at Cummins. He was: Investment Analyst and Investment Manager at Prudential Investment Corporation, and thereafter took up internship at Cummins. From there he worked up the ladder and joined the company full time in 1993. During this time he held a variety of roles including: Product Manager of Fuel Systems Plant (managing 60 members of staff). He enjoyed the “values, the people and the business challenges” at the firm.