Jakob Stausholm

Jakob Stausholm (born 16 August 1968)^[1] is a Danish businessman and was the chief executive of Rio Tinto Group from January 2021 until August 2025^[2]. He is now a fellow at the University of Oxford.

Career

Stausholm attended Nyborg Gymnasium in Funen, Denmark. He earned a degree in economics from the University of Copenhagen.^[3][1]

Stausholm joined Rio Tinto in September 2018 as an executive director and chief financial officer.^[4] He succeeded Jean-Sébastien Jacques as CEO on 1 January 2021.^[5]

Before Rio Tinto, Stausholm was the chief strategy, finance and transformation officer for Maersk.^[4] Prior to this, Stausholm worked for Shell for 19 years.^[4]

In May 2025, it was announced by Rio Tinto that Stausholm would be stepping down as chief executive in 2025 once the company had selected his replacement.^[6]