What Quiet Leadership Looks Like in a Loud World — and How It Took This Company to $3B in Revenue

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When I sat down with Scott Clawson, CEO of Culligan, there was no pomp, no buzzwords and certainly no ego. He’s not trying to sell you on anything. Culligan is a nearly 90-year-old water company based in suburban Chicago, and under Scott’s leadership, it’s grown from $400 million to over $3.3 billion in revenue, now serving more than 14 million households and two million businesses across 90 countries — and I had never heard of him! But Scott doesn’t come across like a typical “big company” CEO. He was grounded, thoughtful and deeply mission-driven.

We met at the United Center, where

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