Michael Keown Farmer Bros. CEO Rating

Farmer Bros. CEO Michael Keown Bio

Mr. Michael H. Keown, also known as Mike, has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Farmer Brothers Co. since March 23, 2012. Mr. Keown serves as an Executive Officer of The Minute Maid Company. He serves at Morningstar Group, Inc. He served as Senior Vice President of Marketing, Research & Development at White Wave, Inc. He served as President of Indulgent Brands at WhiteWave Foods Company. He served as President of Indulgent Brands of Whitewave Foods of Dean Foods Co. He was responsible for maximizing the performance of the Dean Branded Products Group's product portfolio, which consists of International Delight(R) and Land O Lakes(R) coffee creamers, Hershey's(R) milks and milkshakes, Land O Lakes Dairy Ease(R), Folgers(R) Jakada(R) single-serve chilled coffee and milk beverages, Marie's(R) dips and dressings and Dean's(R) dips. He served as the President of Dean Branded Products Group of Dean Foods Company since August 7, 2003 and also served as its Senior Vice President of Marketing, Research and Development. He joined Dean Foods from the Coca-Cola Company, where he served as Vice President and General Manager of the Shelf Stable Division of The Minute Maid Company. From the last five years he was with Minute Maid and has a total of 20 years of experience, having held various positions with E&J Gallo Winery and Procter & Gamble. He has been a Director of Welch Foods Inc. since May 2015 and Farmer Brothers Co. since March 2012. Mr. Keown holds Bachelor's degree in Economics from Northwestern University.

Farmer Bros. CEO Michael Keown At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Farmer Bros..

Farmer Bros. CEO is highly regarded by Male employees. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.