Ellen Kullman on Her Grand Scheme for DuPont

The CEO is stressing food, fuel, and safety, and doing field work that encourages women in a field that previously didn’t welcome them

(The table previously published with this story has been removed because it contained some erroneous data. Corrects the product of the Cooper River, S.C. plant)

DuPont is known for its dominance in chemicals, but since becoming CEO in 2009, Kullman has pushed the 210-year-old company into unexpected new businesses. She talks with Carol Hymowitz about food, energy, and the state of science education.