Edward J. Zore is President and Chief Executive Officer of Northwestern Mutual. Northwestern Mutual, the largest direct provider of individual life insurance, has nearly $900 billion of individual life insurance in force and assets of more than $120 billion. Zore joined Northwestern Mutual’s Investment Department in 1969, and held various investment positions over the next 28 years. He served as chief investment officer from 1990 to 1998, and chief financial officer from 1995 to 1998. In 1995 he was elected executive vice president. In 1998 Zore moved from the investment area to lead the company’s life and disability income insurance operations. He was elected to the company’s board of trustees effective February 1, 2000 and became the 16th president in the history of Northwestern Mutual on March 31, 2000. He became chief executive officer on June 1, 2001.
Zore is a director of Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company®, Northwestern Investment Management Company, Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company, Northwestern International Holdings, Inc., Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Mason Street Funds, and the Northwestern Mutual Foundation. Zore also serves on the board of directors of the Russell Investment Group, Tacoma, Washington, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northwestern Mutual.
Zore is a member of the board of directors of Manpower Inc. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the insurance industry, Zore is a former chairman of the board of the American Council of Life Insurers, and an honorary board member of the Million Dollar Round Table Foundation. He is also a member of the Business Round Table, the Conference Board, and the Advisory Board of The American College Center for Ethics in Financial Services.
Zore is actively involved in the Milwaukee community. He is a board member of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Inc., Competitive Wisconsin, Froedtert Health System, Greater Milwaukee Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, Milwaukee affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc., United Performing Arts Fund, United Way, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, and the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee.
Born in Milwaukee in 1945, Zore received his B.S. and M.S. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.