$GWW

D. G. Macpherson

W. W. Grainger

Chairman & CEO • Since 2015 • Industrials

📊 CEO Reputation Score

FY2025 vs FY2024 · Source: SEC EDGAR filings

23/100

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: $1.6B → $1.3B (−15.2% YoY) — fiscal 2025 vs fiscal 2024
Profit (net income): $1.9B → $1.7B (−10.6% YoY) — fiscal 2025 vs fiscal 2024

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Overview

D. G. Macpherson is the chairman & ceo of W. W. Grainger since 2015. W. W. Grainger is a Industrials company headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, founded in 1927, and one of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 — every one of which is profiled on this site.

Leadership

D. holds the chief executive role at W. W. Grainger with the title Chairman & CEO — in post since 2015. This page is the concise leadership record for W. W. Grainger 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: Industrials
Ticker: $GWW
Headquarters: Lake Forest, Illinois
Founded: 1927
CEO since: 2015
Index: S&P 500 (#478 of 500)