Pursuits
Louis Dreyfus Selects CEO as Billionaire Owner Tightens Grip
- Asia head Gonzalo Ramirez to take over as CEO in October
- Margarita Louis-Dreyfus to become non-executive chairman
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Louis Dreyfus Commodities BV named Gonzalo Ramirez as chief executive officer, ending a 17-month search for the top job at the 164-year-old commodity trader.
Ramirez, head of the company’s Asia Region, will assume the CEO role at the world’s largest raw-cotton and rice trader on Oct. 1, Louis Dreyfus said Friday in a statement. The 48-year-old Argentine national will be tasked with steering Dreyfus through the collapse in food commodity prices and economic turbulence in key markets from Latin America to Russia.