Seeding markets for food, fuel and feed
The rising price of corn has hit many consumers hard, but it's been good news for Monsanto, one of the world's largest providers of corn seed. Kai Ryssdal talks with the company's CEO Hugh Grant in the second of his Corner Office interview.
EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT
WHO: Monsanto Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Hugh Grant
EDUCATION: Grant earned a bachelor’s of science degree in agricultural zoology with honors at Glasgow University. He also earned a post-graduate degree in agriculture at Edinburgh University, and a master’s of business administration at the International Management Centre in Buckingham, United Kingdom.
WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW: He joined the company as a product development representative for Monsanto’s agricultural business in 1981.