Economic Club Of Minnesota

Doug Baker, 55, is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Ecolab Inc. A trusted partner at more than one million customer locations, Ecolab is the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services that protect people and vital resources. With 2013 sales of $13 billion and 45,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions and on-site service to promote safe food, maintain clean environments, optimize water and energy use and improve operational efficiencies for customers in the food, healthcare, energy, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. Ecolab was recently ranked #2 on the Barron’s 500, #6 on Newsweek’s list of the World’s Greenest Companies and #7 in Corporate Responsibility’s annual ranking of Russell 1000 companies. Ecolab has been named to Ethisphere’s list of the World's Most Ethical Companies for eight consecutive years, and Forbes’ ranking of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for four consecutive years. Ecolab al