Mark Whitacre

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mark Whitacre
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	May 1, 1957(1957-05-01)
Age	67
Birthplace	Morrow
Country	United States
Birth City	Ohio
Horoscope	Taurus

Mark Whitacre Biography

Mark Whitacre is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on May 1, 1957 in Morrow, Ohio, United States. FBI informant, who was later imprisoned for a total of eight years.

He was played in the film by He was portrayed by Matt Damon in the film The Informant! from 2009. in the film The Informant! from 2009.

Mark Edward Whitacre (born May 1, 1957) is an American business executive who came to public attention in 1995 when, as president of the Decatur, Illinois- based BioProducts Division at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), he became the highest-level corporate executive in U.S. history to become a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) whistleblower. For three years (1992–95), Whitacre acted as a cooperating witness for the FBI, which was investigating ADM for price fixing. In the late 1990s Whitacre was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for embezzling $9.5 million from ADM at the same time he was assisting the federal price-fixing investigation.

Whitacre married his high school sweetheart, Ginger Gilbert, on June 16, 1979.

He had three children who are now grown with Ginger, his partner. Ginger.

Mark Whitacre Net Worth

Mark Whitacre is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark Whitacre 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was the president for the BioProducts division of Archer Daniels Midland.

He was in a documentary titled Undercover: Operation Harvest King on the Discovery Channel in 2009.

Whitacre was born on May 1, 1957 and grew up in Morrow, Ohio. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Ohio State University, and earned a Ph.D. in Nutritional Biochemistry from Cornell University (1983).

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Who is Mark Whitacre Dating?

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In his 2000 book, Rats In The Grain, attorney James B. Lieber focuses on ADM’s price-fixing trial and presents Whitacre as an American hero overpowered by ADM’s vast political clout. Rats In The Grain presents evidence that the U.S. Department of Justice often subjugated itself to ADM’s political power and well-connected attorneys in prosecuting Whitacre. Lieber reveals that, in 1996, “ADM CEO, Mr. Dwayne Andreas, told The Washington Post that he had known about Whitacre’s frauds for three years” and speculates that Whitacre was fired and turned over to the Federal authorities only after ADM learned he had been working as an FBI mole. If he knew about Whitacre’s embezzlement for three years, Lieber asks, why didn’t Andreas fire Whitacre immediately? Lieber surmises: “There were only two logical explanations for Andreas’ behavior: either he did not think the funds were stolen (in other words, they were approved) or he didn’t care.” Based on the fact that other ADM executives committed crimes such as financial fraud by a former treasurer and technology thefts by others, Lieber concludes that fraud was well-known and widespread at ADM during the 1990s. Lieber suggests that ADM would have not turned Whitacre over to the authorities if he had not been a mole for the FBI.

Facts & Trivia

Mark Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mark Whitacre celebrates birthday on May 1 of every year.

In his 2000 book, The Informant, Kurt Eichenwald, a former The New York Times reporter, portrays Whitacre as a complex figure: while working for the FBI as one of the best and most effective undercover cooperating witnesses the U.S. government ever had, Whitacre was simultaneously committing a $9 million white-collar crime. According to Eichenwald, preceding the investigation Whitacre was scammed by a group in Nigeria in an advance fee fraud, and suggests that Whitacre’s losses in the scam may have been the initial reason behind his embezzlement activity at ADM.

Where is Mark Whitacre now?

Whitacre is currently the chief science officer and President of Operations at Cypress Systems , a California biotechnology firm.

Where does Mark Whitacre live during the movie?

Where does Mark Whitacre live during the movie?- Germany 4. How much money was ADM losing per month in the lysine business because of the virus? 7million per month 5.

Is The Informant real?

The movie The Informant starring Matt Damon is based on the real-life story of Mark Whitacre , the 1990’s whistleblower in the infamous Archer Daniels Midland price-fixing conspiracy.

What is the lysine cartel?

The lysine cartel was the first successful prosecution of an international cartel by the U.S. Department of Justice in more than 40 years. Since then, the DoJ has discovered and successfully prosecuted nearly 20 international cartels.

Is ADM real?

The Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, commonly known as ADM, is an American multinational food processing and commodities trading corporation founded in 1902 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.