Ronald D. Sugar
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Dr. Ronald D. Sugar is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Northrop Grumman Corporation, a leader in global security.
Northrop Grumman provides innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide. Northrop Grumman is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with sales of $34B, and employs 120,000 people in all 50 states and 25 countries.
Sugar was elected Chairman and CEO in 2003. He joined the company following its 2001 acquisition of Litton Industries Inc., having previously served as Litton's president and chief operating officer and as a member of its board of directors.
Prior to joining Litton, Sugar was president and chief operating officer of TRW Aerospace and Information Systems. Earlier, he ran TRW's worldwide automotive electronics business and also served as TRW's chief financial officer. TRW Inc. was acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2002.
In 1968, Sugar graduated summa cum laude in engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he also received a master's degree and a doctorate in the same field. He subsequently completed executive education programs at Stanford University, the Wharton School, and Harvard University. He was honored by UCLA as Engineering Alumnus of the Year, and has received among other honors the Marine Corps Foundation's Semper Fidelis Award, the Air Force Association’s John R. Alison Leadership to National Defense Award, the Army Distaff Foundation’s Eisenhower Distinguished Citizen Award, and the Howard Hughes Memorial Award.
Sugar is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He served as Chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association and as national fundraising chairman of the $50M Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund. He earlier was appointed by the President of the United States to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. He is a national trustee of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, a director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, a member of the Board of Visitors of the UCLA Anderson School of Management, a trustee of the University of Southern California, and a member of the board of directors of Chevron Corporation.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.