Georgia-Pacific President and CEO Announces Retirement, Company Announces New CEO

Georgia-Pacific is sharing the news that Christian Fischer, president and CEO, announced he is retiring from the company at the end of October and will work to transition his responsibilities beginning in August. Christian joined Georgia-Pacific in 1989 and has held numerous leadership roles. He was named president and CEO in 2017. 

Mark Luetters, currently executive vice president of Koch, Inc., with responsibility overseeing several Koch companies, including Georgia-Pacific, will continue in that role while serving as Georgia-Pacific’s president and CEO. Luetters joined Koch in 1989 and Georgia-Pacific in 2006 and, among other roles, was executive vice president of Georgia-Pacific building products for nine years prior to returning to a role in another Koch company in 2018. “I want to thank Christian for his 40 years of service in the forest products industry and his 35 years of significant contribution to Georgia-Pacific. We all wish Christian the very best following his retirement,” said Luetters. “I look forward to working collaboratively with the GP team on our key initiatives, and ultimately naming a new, long-term GP president and CEO at some point within calendar year 2026.” 

About Georgia-Pacific

Based in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries are among the world’s leading manufacturers and marketers of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging, cellulose and building products. Our familiar consumer brands include Angel Soft^®, Brawny^®, Dixie^®, enMotion^®, Quilted Northern^®, Sparkle^® and Vanity Fair^®. Georgia-Pacific has long been a leading supplier of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers.

Its Georgia-Pacific Recycling subsidiary is among the world’s largest traders of paper, metal and plastics. The company operates more than 150 facilities and employs approximately 30,000 people directly and creates more than 80,000 jobs indirectly. For more information, visit: gp.com/about-us. For news, visit: news.gp.com. Follow Georgia-Pacific on LinkedIn, Meta, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Source: Georgia-Pacific, LLC