{"id":97506,"date":"2018-09-18T09:15:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T13:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=97506"},"modified":"2018-09-18T09:15:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:56:21","slug":"rip-william-b-ruger-jr-former-ceo-passes-away-at-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/rip-william-b-ruger-jr-former-ceo-passes-away-at-79\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP William B. Ruger, Jr., Former CEO Passes Away at 79"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_97507\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-18-at-8.58.10-AM.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"rip-william-b-ruger-jr-former-ceo-passes-away-at-79\" title=\"RIP William B. Ruger, Jr., Former CEO Passes Away at 79\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97507\" title=\"RIP William B. Ruger, Jr., Former CEO Passes Away at 79\" class=\"wp-image-97507 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-18-at-8.58.10-AM-265x300.png\" alt=\"RIP William B. Ruger, Jr., Former CEO Passes Away at 79\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-18-at-8.58.10-AM-265x300.png 265w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-18-at-8.58.10-AM-132x150.png 132w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-18-at-8.58.10-AM.png 704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-97507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">William B. Ruger, Jr. passed away over the weekend. He was 79 years old.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our thoughts and prayers are with the Ruger family as they are mourning the loss of former CEO William B. Ruger, Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Bill was the company&#8217;s second CEO and the son of the company&#8217;s founder William B. Ruger, Sr. When Bill Sr. retired in 2000, Bill took over and spent six years at the helm of the Connecticut-based company before joining his father in retirement in 2006. He passed away over the weekend at the age of 79.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are deeply saddened by the passing of Bill, who was integral to the foundation and early success of this company,&#8221; said Chris Killoy, President and<em> CEO of Ruger. &#8220;Bill&#8217;s 42 years of loyal service to the Company has had a lasting impact that is still felt today. We will sincerely miss him and our thoughts and prayers are with his family.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>More from the press release:<\/p>\n<p><em>Bill joined Ruger in 1964 and worked in a variety of manufacturing and engineering positions within the Company. In 1970, he became a member of the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors. The following year, he was named Vice President of Manufacturing of the Southport Firearms Division. Just a few years later Bill was promoted to Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and, in 1991, was named President of the Company. He became Vice Chairman of the Board and Senior Executive Officer in <\/em>1995,<em> and reassumed the duties of President and Chief Operating Officer in 1998. He became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer upon William B. Ruger, Sr.&#8217;s retirement in 2000. Bill officially retired from the Company in February of 2006.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mr. Ruger was born in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1939. He graduated from Harvard College in 1961 where he studied engineering and applied physics. 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