Chairman, president and CEO
Snap-on Inc. | Kenosha
Nicholas Pinchuk has served as Snap-on Inc.’s president and chief executive officer since 2007 and chairman of the board since 2009. Kenosha-based Snap-on, which manufactures tools and software for professional technicians, has roughly 13,200 employees worldwide and has manufacturing, warehouse, distribution, R&D and office facilities throughout the world, including 14 manufacturing facilities in the U.S. The company reported net sales of $4.7 billion in 2023.
Pinchuk has overseen the company’s expansion through several acquisitions. Recent deals include its acquisitions of Cognitran Ltd. in 2019 for approximately $31 million; AutoCrib Inc. in 2020 for $36 million; Dealer-FX Group Inc. in 2022 for $200 million; and San Jose, California-based Mountz in 2023 for $40 million.
Pinchuk is a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Manufacturers, the U.S. Council on Competitiveness, the National Manufacturing Institute, the U.S. Manufacturers Alliance and Carthage College. He is past chair of the Skills for America’s Future organization at The Aspen Institute.
Previously, Pinchuk served as Snap-on’s president and chief operating officer, and before that as senior vice president and president–worldwide commercial & industrial group. Before joining Snap-on in 2002, Pinchuk held executive operational and financial management positions at United Technologies Corp. and various financial and engineering positions at Ford Motor Co. Pinchuk also previously served as a director of Columbus McKinnon Corp.
Education: B.S. and M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; MBA, Harvard Business School
