Harry M Cornell Jr

Harry Cornell Jr., who is credited with leading exponential growth as CEO of Leggett & Platt Inc. (NYSE: LEG) over four decades, died May 8 2022. He was 93. Cornell became president and CEO of Leggett & Platt in 1960, when the private company founded in 1883 had four U.S. factories generating $7 million in annual sales. At the end of his tenure as CEO in 1999, the Carthage Missouri-based manufacturer had annual sales of $3.5 billion, with nearly 200 factories in 18 countries. In 2021, Leggett & Platt had $5.1 billion in sales, 20,000 employees and more than 130 manufacturing facilities in 18 countries. Cornell retired from the Leggett & Platt board as chair emeritus in 2008