Biography

John Cosentino has served on the Ruger Board of Directors since 2005, holding multiple leadership roles including Lead Director and Vice‑Chairman, before being appointed Chairman of the Board on January 1, 2025. He also chairs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Throughout his 21-year tenure, he has contributed significant operational, financial and strategic expertise and oversight as Ruger grew 4-5-fold, became one of the largest and most profitable firearms manufacturers in the United States and created significant shareholder value.

Mr. Cosentino is an accomplished global executive with fifty years of experience across industrial and consumer products companies, including Otis Elevator/United Technologies Corporation, Danaher Corporation, and Stanley Black & Decker, where he held divisional and corporate CFO and President/COO roles. In the latter half of his career, he founded and led a lower middle market private equity fund focused on implementing lean business systems in manufacturing and service companies, achieving top‑quartile returns.

Mr. Cosentino has extensive governance experience, having served on more than two dozen boards of directors in both private and public companies over more than 40 years. He has served as Chairman of five companies, including Ruger.

He has an A.B. cum laude from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.