ITW Chairman and chief executive officer David B. Speer has passed away after an illness, the company announced on Sunday. He was 61. The Glenview-based industrial equipment maker said E. Scott Santi, ...

Chicago's business community is mourning the loss of one of its own. David Speer, the president and CEO of Illinois Tool Works Inc., had been a force in Chicago's business and civic community before ...

David Speer, who pushed Illinois Tool Works Inc. deeper into international markets as CEO while wrestling with a fierce recession that upended the industrial conglomerate's business model, has died ...

ITW ITW is deeply saddened to announce that ITW Chairman & CEO David B. Speer has passed away after an illness. He was 61. Mr. Speer joined ITW in 1978 and served in a number of selling, marketing, ...

GLENVIEW, ILL. (Nov. 19, 1:10 p.m. ET) — David Speer, who pushed Illinois Tool Works Inc. deeper into international markets as CEO while wrestling with a fierce recession that upended the industrial ...

The 2012 annual compensation of Illinois Tool Works’ new President and Chief Executive Scott Santi rose 15 percent, to $4.2 million. Santi took the helm at the Glenview-based company after the death ...