Mark Whitacre
Businessperson, Person Or Being In Fiction
1957 –
Who is Mark Whitacre?
Mark Edward Whitacre came to public attention in 1995 when, as president of the BioProducts Division at Archer Daniels Midland based in Decatur, Illinois, he was the highest-level corporate executive in U.S. history to become a Federal Bureau of Investigation whistleblower. For three years, Whitacre acted as an informant for the FBI, which was investigating ADM for price fixing.
In apparent retaliation for his role as an informant, ADM investigated Whitacre's activities and, upon discovering suspicious activity, requested the FBI investigate Whitacre for embezzlement. As a result of US$9.5 million in various frauds, Whitacre lost his whistleblower's immunity, and consequently spent eight-and-a-half years in federal prison. He was released in December 2006. Whitacre is currently the chief operating officer and President of Operations at Cypress Systems, a California biotechnology firm.
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- Born
- May 1, 1957
Morrow - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Cornell University
- Ohio State University
- Employment
- Archer Daniels Midland
(1989 - 1995)
- Archer Daniels Midland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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