The CEO of Under Armour is stepping down from President Trump’s American Manufacturing Council, becoming the second CEO to depart the council on Monday.
“I joined the American Manufacturing Council because I believed it was important for Under Armour to have an active seat at the table and represent our industry,” CEO Kevin Plank said in a statement. “However, Under Armor engages in innovation and sports, not politics.”
“I love our country and our company and will continue to focus my efforts on inspiring every person that they can do anything through the power of sport which promotes unity, diversity and inclusion.”
I love our country & company. I am stepping down from the council to focus on inspiring & uniting through power of sport. – CEO Kevin Plank pic.twitter.com/8YvndJMjj1
— Under Armour (@UnderArmour) August 15, 2017
Plank followed Kenneth Frazier, the CEO of major pharmaceutical company Merck, who resigned Monday morning.
Frazier said he was leaving Trump’s council over the president’s response to the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., this weekend.
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