
The Cirrus Logic co-founder helped make the fabless chip business credible. His other lasting investment was in people willing to ask what doing the right thing actually requires.

He started with egg cartons, built a chemical business through acquisitions, and kept asking what a promise was worth. Jon M. Huntsman Sr.’s story runs from a Wharton scholarship to factories, family and the money he sent back out.
The U.S. network turns a CEO’s signature into emissions inventories, human-rights due diligence and peer learning. Its real test comes after the welcome letter.