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Edward D. Breen

Chairman and CEO, DuPont

"A Conversation with DuPont's Chairman and CEO, Edward Breen"

Edward Breen, chairman and chief executive officer of DuPont, sat down with Delphi Automotive Chairman Raj Gupta at the December 8 meeting of the Boston College Chief Executives Club at the Boston Harbor Hotel. Breen, who served on DuPont's board before assuming the helm of the chemical-manufacturing conglomerate last year, engineered a proposed $130 billion merger agreement between DuPont and the Dow Chemical Company.

Takeaway

Long-term Value

Instead of separating back into two [after the merger of Dow and DuPont], we're going to separate into three companies—a materials science, an agriculture, and a specialty company. It's going to create more value. They're each going to have the right balance sheet for their businesses, so they can grow and do their thing

Takeaway

Repatriation of US Money

We just need to…get a tax rate that's competitive with the rest of the world. If we could repatriate the $3 to $4 trillion that's sitting overseas in all of our bank accounts…I think what it would unleash would be unbelievable.

Takeaway

Risk Factor

It goes back to…risk—what could happen to you? And if something's going to cannibalize your business, you might as well be the one to cannibalize your own business.

“ DuPont CEO talks openness, strategy and populism ”

Boston Business Journal

“ Donald Trump Won't Block Dow-DuPont Mega Merger ”

Fortune

“ DuPont CEO Breen says Trump win unlikely to impact Dow deal ”

Reuters, Business News

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