Michelin hosts SWU MBA class
Members of Dr. Bruce Cole’s graduate accounting class from Southern Wesleyan University recently got a glimpse of the financial workings of global tire manufacturer, Michelin North America, located in Greenville, S.C.
Pictured from left are Tom Praktish, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Michelin North America, SWU students Chad Burger, Amy Morrison, Rodney Tow, Karen Talley and Dr. Cole. Not pictured are students Jonathan Cooke, Paul Wakefield, Sandy and Doug Wilkinson and Terry Blackwell, regional director of Southern Wesleyan’s Greenville education center.
Headquartered in Greenville, Michelin North America is a $10 billion dollar a year company operating 18 plants in 16 locations and employs 22,270 people. Michelin manufactures and sells tires for airplanes, automobiles, farm equipment, heavy duty trucks, motorcycles and bicycles and has manufactured tires for the space shuttle.