Carl Margraf

BSChE '01

Carl Margraf

Since continuing with Procter & Gamble, Margraf III has worked at the global headquarters located in Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as globally in Frankfurt, Germany. For the first 13 years of his career, he worked in the Beauty Care department — specifically on hair care and color products that are used by consumers all around the world. For the last five years, he has been working in Procter & Gamble Ventures which is a start-up group within the broader enterprise. This group focuses on creating new brands and businesses for Procter & Gamble that help create incremental revenue for the company. Margraf has been the co-inventor on four patents — two of which are pending. He has successfully launched a number of products into the market that has resulted in over $1 billion in sales.

He is also a co-founder of the MetaDerm brand. He continues to be involved with the Co-op Program by being the lead research and development co-op recruiter for Procter & Gamble as well as being a frequent speaker in a few of the seminars in the School of Chemical Engineering.

Purdue experience

Completed a five-session co-op with The Proctor & Gamble Company