Jakob Stausholm (born 16 August 1968)[1] is a Danish businessman, and the CEO of Rio Tinto Group since January 2021.
Stausholm attended Nyborg Gymnasium in Funen, Denmark.
[2][1] Stausholm joined Rio Tinto in September 2018 as an executive director and chief financial officer (CFO).
[3] He succeeded Jean-Sébastien Jacques as CEO on 1 January 2021.
[4] Before Rio Tinto, Stausholm was the Chief Strategy, Finance and Transformation Officer for Maersk.