Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen (born 18 August 1955) is a Danish businessman and former Chief Executive of the Danish multi-national brewing company Carlsberg Group (Carlsberg A/S), based in Copenhagen (native København) in Denmark. Carlsberg is the name of a district of Copenhagen. The main shareholder of Carlsberg is the Carlsberg Foundation.
He has a BBA and an MBA from Copenhagen Business School.
He started his career at IFH Research International in Denmark, owned by the Anglo-Dutch Unilever, now owned by WPP since 1989.
He joined the executive board of Carlsberg Group on 1 April 2006. He became Chief Executive on 1 October 2007. He retired from the position in June 2015 when he was succeeded by Cees 't Hart.[1] [2]