Chip Bergh

President and CEO

Levi Strauss & Co.

CEOI MEMBER SINCE 2017

Chip Bergh has served as the president and CEO of LS&Co. since 2011. He is also on the company’s board of directors. During his tenure, the company has experienced a dramatic turnaround marked by outstanding performance and a return to the center of culture and purpose-driven leadership. LS&Co.’s products are sold in more than 110 countries worldwide through a combination of chain retailers, department stores, online sites, and a global footprint of some 3,200 retail stores and shop-in-shops. LS&Co.’s reported 2022 net revenues were $6.2 billion. Before joining LS&Co. in 2011, Mr. Bergh spent 28 years at Procter & Gamble (P&G) in roles of increasing scope and complexity in brand management, general management, and executive leadership. His last assignment before joining LS&Co. was group president for global male grooming. He was the first P&G employee assigned to the Gillette business following P&G’s $57 billion acquisition of Gillette in 2005. He led the integration and then ran the Gillette Blades & Razors business along with all of P&G’s male grooming brands. In July 2017, Mr. Bergh was named nonexecutive chairman of the board of HP Inc. (HPQ). He has served as lead independent director of the HP board since March 2017 and as a board member since the company’s separation in 2015. Mr. Bergh has been widely recognized for his statements and actions on issues like gun violence prevention, climate change, and social and racial justice.