Director and CEO
Regal Rexnord Corp. | Milwaukee
Louis Pinkham leads Regal Rexnord Corp., a Milwaukee-based manufacturer of electric motors and power transmission components. The company has more than 30,000 employees across its 80 manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide.
Under Pinkham’s leadership, Milwaukee-based Rexnord and Beloit-based Regal Beloit Corp. completed a $3.7 billion merger of Rexnord’s process and motion control business into Regal Beloit, to become Regal Rexnord, in 2021. In 2023, Regal Rexnord sold its Industrial Motors and Generators businesses to Brazil-based WEG, a producer of electric motors, generators, transformers, drives and coatings, for $400 million. That same year, the company shifted its corporate headquarters from Beloit to downtown Milwaukee.
Prior to joining Regal Rexnord in 2019, Pinkham held leadership positions at Crane Co., an industrial products manufacturer. Prior to that, he was senior vice president and general manager of the critical power solutions division, electrical group at Eaton Corp.
Since 2023, Pinkham has served as a director of Jacobs Solutions Inc., which provides professional services, including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery to government and the private sector. He also serves as a member of the board of trustees for the University of Chicago Medical Center, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation.
Education: Bachelor’s, Duke University; master’s, Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering; MBA, Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management
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Manufacturing
CEO
Regal Rexnord Corp. | Beloit
Louis Pinkham became chief executive officer of Regal Beloit Corp. in 2019. Under his leadership, the Beloit-based electric motors and power transmission components manufacturer completed a $3.7 billion merger with Milwaukee-based Rexnord Corp.’s process and motion control business. One of the region’s largest deals that year, the merger closed in October 2021, leading to the new entity known as Regal Rexnord Corp. In November of last year, Regal Rexnord closed on its $279 million acquisition of Oshkosh-based Arrowhead Systems LLC.
In October of this year, it announced plans to buy Massachusetts-based Altra Industrial Motion Corp. for $5 billion. Regal Rexnord has said the deal will combine complementary power transmission portfolios and open up new avenues for profitable growth.
Regal Rexnord ranked No. 763 on last year’s Fortune 1000 and is among the 20 largest corporations in the state. With operations throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia, Regal Rexnord has about 29,000 employees. It reported revenue of $3.8 billion in 2021.
Previously, Pinkham held senior vice president roles with Crane Co. and with the critical power solutions division, electrical group at Eaton Corp. plc. He’s served on the boards of the University of Chicago Medical Center, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation and on the board of governors for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
Education: Bachelor’s, Duke University; master’s in engineering management, Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering; MBA, Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management
