Rajendra retires as executive chairman of A. O. Smith Water Heaters
A. O. Smith Water Heaters announced that executive chairman Ajita Rajendra retired effective May 1. The company’s board of directors has elected Kevin Wheeler as chairman of the Milwaukee-based water technology company effective upon Rajendra’s retirement. Wheeler will continue to serve as president and chief executive officer of the company. Rajendra will remain a member of the company’s board of directors. Rajendra joined A. O. Smith in January 2005 as president of its Water Products Co., a manufacturer of residential and commercial water heaters and boilers, and he was named an executive
