From Newell Brands to Implus Michael Polk’s Unlikely Second Act
The executive arc of Michael Polk tracks through some of the most prominent names in global consumer goods: Kraft Foods, Unilever, and Newell Brands. At Newell, he led a transformation that pushed enterprise value from $5 billion to over $15 billion. By any measure, it was a career that had already achieved its headline moments. Then came Implus LLC, and a chapter that Polk himself describes as among the most rewarding of his professional...