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Jim Fitterling
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Jim Fitterling

American business executive

James Ray Fitterling (born 1962) is an American business executive. He is the executive chairman and former president and CEO of Dow Inc., Fitterling is vice-chair of the National Association of Manufacturers, and on the boards of the American Chemistry Council and the U.S.-China Business Council.2

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Born 1961.1

About

The first board-appointed out CEO of a Fortune 100 company; Fitterling was ranked the world's top LGBT executive by the Financial Times in 2018. He is also a member of The Business Council.

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Companies

Holdings

Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.

Shares held

  • Dow Inc. DOW192,474 shares17$5.8M at $30.31Feb 17, 2026
  • 3M MMM11,612 shares18$2.0M at $173.17May 13, 2026

As of each latest filing. The line shows shares held over time.

Recent filings

  • May 12, 2026Granted 1,360 shares at $143.34 of 3M18
  • Feb 12, 2026Granted 68,230 shares of Dow Inc.17
  • Feb 12, 2026Granted 60,732 shares of Dow Inc.17
  • Feb 12, 2026Granted 68,230 shares of Dow Inc.19
  • Feb 9, 2026Returned to company 9,551 shares at $32.08 of Dow Inc.20
  • Jan 23, 2026Granted 288 shares at $160.63 of 3M21
  • Nov 28, 2025Returned to company 1,929 shares at $23.85 of Dow Inc.22
  • Oct 24, 2025Granted 270 shares at $171.60 of 3M23
  • Jul 23, 2025Granted 306 shares at $151.20 of 3M24
  • May 13, 2025Granted 1,297 shares at $150.33 of 3M25
  • Apr 25, 2025Granted 333 shares at $138.88 of 3M26
  • Feb 13, 2025Granted 58,100 shares of Dow Inc.27
  • Feb 10, 2025Returned to company 9,267 shares at $38.57 of Dow Inc.28
  • Dec 12, 2024Bought 11,400 shares at $41.45 of Dow Inc.29
  • Dec 12, 2024Bought 14,200 shares at $41.52 of Dow Inc.29
  • Nov 29, 2024Returned to company 1,341 shares at $44.21 of Dow Inc.30
  • Sep 5, 2024Gift 50,135 shares of Dow Inc.31
  • May 14, 2024Granted 1,957 shares at $99.63 of 3M32
  • Feb 22, 2024Returned to company 48,445 shares at $55.95 of Dow Inc.33
  • Feb 22, 2024Exercised options 53,487 shares at $46.60 of Dow Inc.33
  • Feb 22, 2024Returned to company 45,269 shares at $56.00 of Dow Inc.33
  • Feb 22, 2024Exercised options 50,000 shares at $46.60 of Dow Inc.33
  • Feb 16, 2024Returned to company 22,711 shares at $55.63 of Dow Inc.34
  • Feb 16, 2024Exercised options 25,000 shares at $46.60 of Dow Inc.34
  • Feb 16, 2024Returned to company 44,524 shares at $55.58 of Dow Inc.34

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Missouri3

Jim Fitterling was born in 1962 in Missouri, where he spent his youth in a small farm town. He attended the University of Missouri, graduating from the school's College of Engineering in 1983 with a BS in mechanical engineering.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.8

1984-2004: Early roles with Dow

In 1984, Fitterling was hired by The Dow Chemical Company. In 1998, he became CEO of Filmtec Corporation, a subsidiary of Dow. Also in 1998, he became global business director of Dow's liquid separations unit. He was named both general manager of Dow Thailand and managing director of the SCC - Dow Group of joint venture companies in 2000. In 2002, Fitterling became CEO of The OPTIMAL Group, an affiliate company of both Dow and Petroliam Nasional Berhad. He began overseeing OPTIMAL's regions in Southeast Asia and Australia in 2004.

2005-2015: Dow executive roles

He left OPTIMAL Group in 2005 to become business vice president of polyethylene at Dow Chemical Corporation. He then was Dow's president of basic plastics from 2007 until 2009. Soon, Fitterling was also a member of several committees at Dow, including the Executive Leadership Committee, the Management Committee and the Strategy Board.

In 2012, Fitterling was given "executive oversight of feedstocks, performance plastics in Asia and Latin America." While still an executive vice president, in November 2012, Fitterling was appointed a member of Dow's newly formed executive committee. In 2014, Fitterling became vice chairman of business operations for Dow. In October 2015, he was named chief operating officer of Dow, which announced its merger with DuPont in December 2015. Fitterling then worked with Dow's CEO on reforming the new company into three separate entities, and to later be COO of the new Dow company.

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2016-2019: Dow president and CEO

On February 2, 2016, Dow Chemical announced that Fitterling would be replacing Andrew Liveris as Dow president upon Liveris' retirement in 2017. In 2016, he was named Dow's president and chief operating officer, positions he still held into 2017. From September 2017 to March 2019, Fitterling also was COO of the materials science division of DowDuPont.

On March 12, 2018, he was named the CEO of the new Dow Inc., which was split, on April 1, 2019, from DowDuPont, as the new parent company of The Dow Chemical Company. In 2019, he became the first openly gay CEO of a large industrial company and the first board-appointed out CEO of a Fortune 100 company.

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Personal life

  • Born1961, Missouri9
  • CitizenshipUnited States10

Fitterling is a resident of Midland, Michigan.

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