Imogene Powers Johnson | |
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| Born | September 3, 1930 |
| Died | March 3, 2018 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr. |
| Children | Herbert Fisk Johnson III Helen Johnson-Leipold S. Curtis Johnson Winnie Johnson-Marquart |
Imogene Powers Johnson (September 3, 1930 – March 3, 2018) was an American billionaire and the widow of Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr., who was CEO of S. C. Johnson & Son of Racine, Wisconsin. She was the heir to the cleaning product company SC Johnson.
Johnson graduated from Cornell University in 1952 with a Bachelor's in Mathematics. She served as a board member with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology beginning in 1980 until her passing. She is honored as the first Life Member of the administrative board and the Imogene Powers Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity is named in her honor. [1]
In 1965, alongside Wille Hilpert, Johnson founded The Prairie School in Wind Point, Wisconsin with the goal of creating an independent day school, and is hailed as one of the Midwest's best in modern times.
According to Forbes, at the time of her death on March 3, 2018, at the age of 87, she was worth $3.7 billion.[2]