W.W. Grainger, Inc. announced the appointment of Chris Klein to its Board of Directors, effective December 13, 2023. Until retiring in December 2020, Mr. Klein, age 60, most recently served as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Fortune Brands Home and Security, a manufacturer of home and security consumer products and spinoff of Fortune Brands, Inc. His broad background includes corporate strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, and capital allocation, as well as consumer branding, marketing and distribution. Prior to joining Fortune Brands, Inc., Klein held key strategy and leadership positions at Bank One Corporation and spent eight years at McKinsey & Company as a partner in the Financial Institutions Group.

He also was a Managing Director for Internet Capital Group where he helped develop early-stage technology companies across North America and Europe. Mr. Klein holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Iowa and a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University. With this appointment, Grainger now has 13 members on its Board of Directors.