Helen Johnson-Leipold is an American billionaire businesswoman, the daughter of Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr., who died in 2004, and Imogene Powers Johnson and the great great granddaughter of S. C. Johnson & Son founder Samuel Curtis Johnson, Sr.. She was elected Chairman and CEO of Johnson Outdoors in March 1999, and she was elected Chairman of Johnson Financial Group in July 2004. Both are components of the Johnson Family Enterprises. She began her career at Foote, Cone & Belding in Chicago in 1979 and joined S. C. Johnson & Son in September 1985. She is tied with her three siblings and mother at #182 on the Forbes 400 list of Richest Americans. Johnson-Leipold was born in Racine, Wisconsin.
Helen and her husband, Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold maintain residences in Racine, Wisconsin, and Saint Paul, Minnesota, and are the parents of five sons.
Tied with his siblings in the 182nd in the list of Forbes 400 Richest Americans, Helen Johnson-Leipold is currently worth $2.7 billion according to Forbes.
She is the daughter of Samuel Curtis Johnson who died in 2004. After her father’s death, her mother Imogene took over the company and later on, Helen and her siblings joined the company as well. In March 1999, she was elected as the CEO and Chairman of Johnson Outside Gear LLC, and in July 2004, she became the Chairman of the Johnson Financial Group. Since 1999, she has been serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Johnson Worldwide Associates Inc.
After the controversial arrest of her brother S. Curtis Powers Johnson in February, Helen Johnson Leipold assumed the position as Diversey Inc and Diversey Holdings Inc.
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