CEO
Great Northern Corp. | Appleton
Jeff Michels leads Great Northern Corp., an Appleton-based company that develops and manufactures packaging, shipping, merchandising and distribution products for industrial, commercial and retail markets. The company employs more than 1,400 people across seven states. In Wisconsin, the company has facilities in Appleton, Chippewa Falls, Oshkosh and Racine. It is 44th among Wisconsin’s largest private companies, based on revenue, according to Deloitte.
Before being named CEO, he was president of the business’s packaging and instore groups, and before that he spent 14 years as the packaging business unit manager. He’s been with the company 26 years.
