Karen Johnson Boyd is an American businesswoman with a net worth of $2.3 billion. She is an heir to the SC Johnson fortune, a company founded by her great-grandfather S.C. Johnson Sr. in 1886. Her brother, Samuel Johnson Jr., ran the company until his passing in 2004, and it is now managed by her nephew H. Fisk Johnson.
Karen Johnson Boyd is a renowned supporter of the arts, particularly interested in crafts and fiber arts. She serves as a board member emerita at the Racine Art Museum and donated part of her American crafts collection to the museum in 1991. Additionally, she has supported institutions like the Cooper-Hewitt, Milwaukee Art Museums, and the Racine Art Museum.
Boyd earned a Bachelor's degree from Bennington College. She is married and has four children. Professionally, she served as the owner and president of Chicago's Perimeter Gallery.
Karen grew up in a home designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright and later commissioned Wright to design her own home. This architectural legacy is an integral part of her family's history.
S.C. Johnson is a prominent American producer of consumer goods, boasting products like Shout, Windex, Ziploc, Glade, Raid, OFF!, Pledge, and Scrubbing Bubbles. The company employs 12,000 people and reported a revenue of $11.75 billion and estimated sales of $7.5 billion in 2013.