MICHAEL BURKE
The Journal Times
July 7, 2010
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RACINE - Richard Hansen is retiring as CEO of Johnson Financial Group, the $6 billion parent of Johnson Bank and other companies.
Hansen, CEO for the past 15 years, will be replaced by current Chief Operating Officer Russ Weyers, company Chairman Helen Johnson-Leipold announced Wednesday morning.
The announcement was made at the Johnson Building, 555 Main St., in a teleconference which included all 1,300 employees in 60 offices in Wisconsin and Arizona.
Hansen, 64, will retire at year's end, and Weyers will take over as CEO next Jan. 1.
"Dick has totally outdone everyone's expectations," said Johnson-Leipold, daughter of the late Sam Johnson, who started Johnson Bank from a trailer on the city's north side.
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