Walter Johnsen

Walter C. Johnsen
Johnsen visiting the New York Stock Exchange
Born	Walter Craig Johnsen (1950-12-15) December 15, 1950 (age 66) New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Chairman and CEO of Acme United Corporation
Board member of	Acme United Corporation TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.
Spouse(s)	Wendy Davies (m. 1990)
Children	1

Walter Craig Johnsen (born December 15, 1950) is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Acme United Corporation, which is a supplier of cutting, measuring and safety products for the school, home, office, hardware and industrial markets.

Mr. Johnsen joined Acme United in January 1995 as a Board member and became CEO later that year. Under his leadership, Acme United became the leading scissors brand in the United States and one of the leading ruler brands in North America. In addition, Acme United has become one of the top-3 producers of first aid kits in the United States.

Walter Johnsen was born in New York, the son of Walter S. Johnsen, a co-founder of Armel Electronics and Therese Johnsen, a high-end residential real estate sales agent. His father was Norwegian, while his mother’s family was from Denmark.

After graduating from Ramsey High School, in Bergen County, New Jersey, Johnsen attended Cornell University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering. During those years he was an intern in the US House of Representatives, Banking and Currency Committee, where he worked on a loan guarantee for Lockheed.

In 2006, Johnsen established the Rosenblatt Faculty Fellow Endowment to honor the memory of Frank Rosenblatt, a former professor and mentor at Cornell. Dr. Rosenblatt drowned in the Chesapeake Bay during a boating trip, while being accompanied by Walter Johnsen and another student.

Johnsen first joined Pfizer Inc., where he was a process engineer and later production supervisor making penicillin and other sterile pharmaceuticals.