Awards & Recognition
★Cleveland Magazine 2025 Business Hall of Fame
★Crain's Cleveland Business 2022 Power 150
★Sherwin-Williams R&D center named 'Morikis Global Technology Center' in his honor
Notable Facts
→Led Sherwin-Williams for 40 years rising from management trainee to CEO
→Oversaw $11.3 billion Valspar acquisition
→Led company's inclusion in Dow Jones Industrial Average
→Serves on boards of Johnson & Johnson, UPS, General Mills, and Whirlpool
→Chairman of University Hospitals Health System
→Committed to keeping Sherwin-Williams headquarters in Cleveland despite offers to relocate
→Company expanded global presence to 123 countries under his leadership