From First-Generation American to CEO The Michael Polk Story
The American dream has many faces. For Michael Polk Newell Brands, it looked like a young man born to immigrant parents finding his way through engineering school, factory floors, and ultimately the executive suites of some of the world's largest consumer goods companies.Polk grew up in a musical household but found his truest abilities in math and science. He built a weather station at home to track storms along the Connecticut coast, and while...