WHEN PROCTER & GAMBLE global business units president Susan Arnold announced in March that she was leaving P&G, the question resurfaced: Who else could possibly replace A.G. Lafley, the company's longtime CEO? Filling his shoes won't be easy. Since Lafley took the helm at P&G in 2000, he has increased sales 110%, to USD84 billion, and nearly tripled profits, to USD12 billion. Lafley hasn't yet revealed his succession plan, but he doesn't seem at all worried: "If I get on a plane next week and it goes down, there will be somebody in this seat the next morning," he told Fortune while sitting in his Cincinnati office.
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