About
Nick Gangestad, 3M’s chief financial officer, grew up on a farm in Iowa intending to pursue a traditional accounting practice. That’s certainly the path he started down, earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting followed by an MBA. But when he was in college, Nick participated in a corporate student program at 3M that started him down a different path. That was almost three decades ago. “Three aspects of 3M changed my mind,” Nick recalls. “This place operates like a family. I saw opportunities to do it all while working for one company. And I liked how 3M developed people.” Now, he’s such a big believer in the company that he has a framed copy of the McKnight Principles hanging on his wall at 3M headquarters. William L. McKnight was a longtime 3M CEO whose management philosophy – of allowing room for the kind of experimentation that leads to breakthrough innovations – has shaped the company. Innovation is clearly appealing to Nick, who was the first student in his high school to buy
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 6 investors at 3M are tracked.
- • 3 investors hold the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer role in VCSift. Nicholas C. Gangestad is one of them.
- • 145 investors are based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Milwaukee, US
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