Jakob Stausholm (born 16 August 1968)[1] is a Danish businessman, and the CEO of Rio Tinto Group since January 2021.
Stausholm attended Nyborg Gymnasium in Funen, Denmark. He earned a degree in economics from the University of Copenhagen.[2][1]
Stausholm joined Rio Tinto in September 2018 as an executive director and chief financial officer (CFO).[3] He succeeded Jean-Sébastien Jacques as CEO on 1 January 2021.[4]
Before Rio Tinto, Stausholm was the Chief Strategy, Finance and Transformation Officer for Maersk.[3] Prior to this, Stausholm worked for Shell for 19 years.[3]