The Procter & Gamble Company
Leadership History
5 leaders · 2000 to present
Shailesh Jejurikar is the CEO of Procter & Gamble, in the role since 2026. The first chief executive was A. G. Lafley, from 2000.
| Name | Role | From | To | Years in role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shailesh Jejurikar | President and CEO | 2026 | Present | < 1 |
| Jon Moeller | Chief Executive Officer; later Executive Chairman | 2021 | 2026 | 5 |
| David S. Taylor | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | 2015 | 2021 | 6 |
| Robert A. McDonald | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | 2009 | 2013 | 4 |
| A. G. Lafley | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | 2000 | 2015 | 15 |
Procter & Gamble is one of the world's largest consumer packaged goods companies, selling everyday brands including Tide, Pampers, Gillette, Crest, Oral-B, Charmin, Bounty, Dawn and Head & Shoulders. Founded in Cincinnati in 1837 and still headquartered there, it reported $87.0 billion in fiscal 2026 net sales, employs roughly 109,000 people and is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Its stock trades on the NYSE under PG, with a market value of roughly $340 billion in September 2026. The company is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Procter & Gamble was founded in October 1837 in Cincinnati, Ohio, by candlemaker William Procter and soapmaker James Gamble, expanding over nearly two centuries into a global consumer goods powerhouse owning iconic brands like Tide, Pampers, Gillette, Oral-B, and Head & Shoulders.
President and CEO
2026 – Present
0 years (current)
Mumbai-born P&G veteran of more than 37 years who previously led Fabric & Home Care and served as Chief Operating Officer. Became President and CEO on January 1, 2026 and was appointed Chairman of the Board after Jon Moeller's retirement from the board on July 31, 2026.
Chief Executive Officer; later Executive Chairman
2021 – 2026
5 years
Moeller drove the monumental restructuring that shed over 100 underperforming brands (like Duracell and CoverGirl) to focus purely on 65 core high-margin product lines.
As CFO and later CEO, he successfully stabilized P&G's declining revenue by enforcing strict pricing power during severe global inflation.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
2015 – 2021
6 years
Taylor became chief executive in November 2015 and completed the sale of about 100 brands, including the beauty brands sold to Coty.
P&G returned to faster organic sales growth and won a 2017 proxy contest that ended with Nelson Peltz joining the board. Jon Moeller succeeded him in November 2021.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
2009 – 2013
4 years
McDonald became chief executive in July 2009 and pushed expansion in developing markets.
He began a $10 billion cost-cutting programme in 2012 under pressure from investors and retired in 2013, when A. G. Lafley returned.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
2000 – 2015
15 years
Lafley was chief executive from 2000 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2015. He led the 2005 purchase of Gillette for about $57 billion.
P&G sales roughly doubled in his first term. He returned in 2013 to replace Bob McDonald and began the brand-reduction programme before handing over to David Taylor.
These officers report to the chief executive and are not part of the CEO timeline above.
P&G's near-term problem is volume. Fiscal 2026 organic sales grew only 1% with flat volume, the fourth quarter showed 0% organic growth, and management guided fiscal 2027 core EPS to $6.89-$7.11 because of tariffs, commodity and oil-linked costs, financing expense and currency. Longer-term risks include private-label trade-down, retailer concentration, slower China demand and the execution risk of a restructuring that cuts brands, product forms and non-manufacturing jobs.
Jon R. Moeller was Chief Executive Officer of The Procter & Gamble Company from November 2021 until December 2025, and then became executive chairman when Shailesh Jejurikar succeeded him. Moeller spent over 35 years at P&G, previously serving as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, where he co-architected P&G's portfolio restructuring, operating model redesign, and sustained organic sales growth.
David Taylor served as CEO of P&G from 2015 to 2021, leading one of the most successful corporate turnarounds in modern business history. Taylor dismantled complex matrix bureaucracy, empowered the five Sector Business Units with direct P&L accountability, fought off activist investor Nelson Peltz, and delivered industry-leading shareholder returns.
A.G. Lafley served as CEO of P&G across two historic terms (2000 to 2009 and 2013 to 2015). Lafley coined the doctrine 'The Consumer is Boss', doubled P&G's billion-dollar brands, led the landmark $57B acquisition of Gillette in 2005, and launched the large portfolio-pruning initiative in 2014.
Bob McDonald, a West Point graduate and long-time P&G operational leader, served as CEO from 2009 to 2013, expanding P&G's manufacturing footprint in emerging markets before later serving as the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Durk Jager served as CEO from 1999 to 2000, launching 'Organization 2005' to accelerate global product rollouts, before stepping down during a period of earnings volatility that preceded A.G. Lafley's appointment.
In 2017, billionaire activist Nelson Peltz (Trian Fund Management) launched the largest proxy fight in corporate history ($3.5B stake). Following a razor-thin shareholder vote, P&G took the constructive step of appointing Peltz to its Board of Directors, where he collaborated with David Taylor and Jon Moeller to accelerate organizational restructuring.
Shailesh Jejurikar is President, CEO and Chairman, and Andre Schulten is Chief Financial Officer. Jon Moeller, CEO from 2021 to 2025 and then Executive Chairman, retired from the board on July 31, 2026 and from the company on August 14, 2026.
P&G operates a world-famous 'build-from-within' leadership development philosophy. Virtually all senior executives begin their careers as entry-level brand managers or manufacturing engineers at P&G, undergoing decades of cross-category and international rotation to master operational excellence.
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