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Mark Edward Whitacre (born May 1, 1957) is an American business executive who came to public attention in 1995 when, as president of the Decatur, Illinois -based BioProducts Division at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), he became the highest-level corporate executive in U.S. history to become a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) whistleblower.
Aug 28, 1995 · His concern grew in February 1992, when Randall and vice chairman Michael (“Mick”) Andreas, the son of the chairman, told Whitacre to begin working with Terrance Wilson, the president of the...
Feb 4, 1998 · ADM alleges that its own investigation revealed that some of the money Mark Whitacre took was wired from a Swiss bank account to his parents between 1990 and 1996. Mark Whitacre told the...
Ginger and Mark have three grown children. In 1984, they adopted two older children when they were five and seven years of age and they received their third child within months of adopting the other two. Their youngest son was born in 1985 while they were living in Germany.
Feb 21, 2018 · Whitacre informed the FBI that he and other executives at ADM conducted a price-fixing scheme involving lysine, an amino acid found in some foods. As a result of federal charges, ADM paid hundreds of millions of dollars to plaintiffs and customers.
Aug 20, 2019 · Mark Whitacre’s larger-than-life role as an FBI mole is forever memorialized in the movie The Informant. But the whistleblower’s story has a second act—and here it is. Mark Whitacre could never have enough—education, money, cars, or prestige.
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Dec 5, 2023 · In this gripping episode, we explore the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) lysine scandal with whistleblower Mark Whitacre. Unraveling the intricacies of illegal price-fixing, we follow Whitacre's courageous journey as he exposes the conspiracy and cooperates with the FBI.