Biography

Daniel Ninivaggi, an independent director, has served on our Board as a director and Non-Executive Chairman since April 2021. Mr. Ninivaggi served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Icahn Enterprises L.P. (IEP), the principal investment vehicle of Carl Icahn, between 2010 and 2014. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Icahn Automotive Group, LLC, a leading automotive parts distribution, maintenance and repair company with over 2,000 locations, and a Managing Director of IEP, from March 2017 through August 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Ninivaggi was the Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp. (‘‘Federal-Mogul’’), an $8 billion automotive and commercial vehicle supplier. From August 2021 until March 2024, Mr. Ninivaggi served as the Chief Executive Officer (until July 2023) and subsequently the Executive Chairman of Lordstown Motors Corporation, an electric vehicle automaker. On June 27, 2023, Lordstown Motors filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Previously, from January 2011 to May 2012, Mr. Ninivaggi served as the Interim President and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Tropicana Entertainment Inc., a company primarily engaged in the business of owning and operating casinos, hotels and resorts. From 2003 until 2009, Mr. Ninivaggi held a variety of senior executive positions at Lear Corporation, a global Tier 1 supplier of automotive seating, interior, and electrical and electronic power management systems and components, including most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. From 1992 through May 2003, Mr. Ninivaggi was an attorney in private practice at the international law firm of Winston & Strawn LLP specializing in corporate law, including serving as partner from 1998. Prior to Winston & Strawn LLP, Mr. Ninivaggi was an attorney in private practice at the international law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP from 1991 through 1992. Mr. Ninivaggi received a B.A. from Columbia University, an M.B.A from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business and a J.D. from Stanford University School of Law.