Jim Hannan is president and chief operating officer of Koch. He serves on the boards of Koch and several Koch subsidiaries.
Previously, Jim served as executive vice president and CEO of Enterprises for Koch, overseeing Georgia-Pacific, Infor, Molex, Koch Engineered Solutions and Koch investment companies as well as Koch Communications Marketing, Koch Logistics and Koch Public Affairs.
Jim’s career with Koch began in 1998 in Koch Mineral Services, where he was chief financial officer prior to being named president of INVISTA Intermediates in 2004. He joined Georgia-Pacific in 2005 as chief administrative officer and was promoted to CEO and president in 2007. In that role, he led one of the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of tissue, packaging, pulp, paper, cellulose, nonwovens, building products and related chemicals.
Jim has been involved in numerous community and business organizations and actively serves on the educational foundation board for California State University-East Bay.
Originally from Connecticut, Jim grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, where he attended California State University-East Bay and earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting.
Based in Wichita, Kansas, Koch, Inc. is one of the largest private companies in America, with annual revenues that have exceeded $125 billion. It owns a diverse group of companies involved in manufacturing, agriculture, pulp and paper, packaging, consumer products, building materials, glass, automotive components, refining, renewable energy, chemicals and polymers, electronics, software, network solutions, health care technology, engineered technology, project services, recycling, supply chain and logistics, commodities trading, real estate, and investments. Since 2003, Koch companies have invested more than $190 billion in growth and improvements. With a presence in more than 50 countries, Koch companies employ about 120,000 people worldwide, with nearly half of those in the United States.