Jakob Stausholm

Jakob Stausholm (born 16 August 1968) is a Danish businessman, and the CEO of Rio Tinto Group since January 2021.

Stausholm attended Nyborg Gymnasium in Funen, Denmark. He earned a degree in economics from the University of Copenhagen.

Stausholm joined Rio Tinto in September 2018 as an executive director and chief financial officer (CFO). He succeeded Jean-Sébastien Jacques as CEO on 1 January 2021.

Before Rio Tinto, Stausholm was the Chief Strategy, Finance and Transformation Officer for Maersk. Prior to this, Stausholm worked for Shell for 19 years.