Founder Profile
John W. Rowe
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is John W. Rowe?
John W. Rowe is a founder of Exelon Corporation, which was founded in 2000 with Corbin A. McNeill Jr..
- Company founded
- Exelon Corporation
- Founded
- 2000
- Co-founders
- Corbin A. McNeill Jr.
Background
A lawyer with degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Rowe previously led Central Maine Power and New England Electric System before joining Unicom in 1998.
Founding Story
John Rowe was chairman and CEO of Unicom when it merged with PECO Energy in 2000. He became Exelon's co-CEO and then sole CEO, leading the company until 2012 and building it into the largest U.S. nuclear operator before the Constellation merger.
John W. Rowe was born in 1945 in Dodgeville. Education: University of Wisconsin Law School.
John William Rowe was born in 1945 and died on September 24, 2022. Under him Exelon had the largest market capitalization in the US electric utility industry.