$BF.B

Lawson E. Whiting

Brown-Forman

President & CEO • Since 2019 • Consumer Staples

📊 CEO Reputation Score

FY2026 vs FY2025 · Source: SEC EDGAR filings

56/100

Blend of this company's year-over-year free-cash-flow and profit improvement, each ranked as a percentile against every scored company in the three indexes.

Free cash flow: $431M → $893M (+107.2% YoY) — fiscal 2026 vs fiscal 2025
Profit (net income): $869M → $715M (−17.7% YoY) — fiscal 2026 vs fiscal 2025

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Overview

Lawson E. Whiting is the president & ceo of Brown-Forman since 2019. Brown-Forman is a Consumer Staples company headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, founded in 1870, and one of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 — every one of which is profiled on this site.

Leadership

Lawson holds the chief executive role at Brown-Forman with the title President & CEO — in post since 2019. This page is the concise leadership record for Brown-Forman in the S&P 500 CEO index; the site's fully researched long-form profiles (career timelines, education, achievements, setbacks, philosophy and sourced quotes) currently cover the index's ten largest companies, and this entry will be expanded in the same format.

At a Glance

Sector: Consumer Staples
Ticker: $BF.B
Headquarters: Louisville, Kentucky
Founded: 1870
CEO since: 2019
Index: S&P 500 (#76 of 500)