About Our Founder, Perry L. Johnson

Perry L. Johnson is the founder of Perry Johnson Registrars, Inc. (PJR) and the founder and owner of more than 70 companies that operate worldwide. These include Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. (PJLA). PJR and PJLA do business in 61 countries around the world, and PJR is the largest ISO 9001 certification body in the United States.

Mr. Johnson is widely regarded as a foremost authority in the field of quality. He has written more than 15 manuals covering topics from Total Quality Management to Statistical Process Control and ISO/QS-9000, and he wrote what is considered the definitive book on ISO 9000, ISO 9000: Meeting the International Standards (McGraw-Hill), which has been published in multiple editions.

Books by Perry L. Johnson

• ISO 9000: Meeting the New International Standards (McGraw-Hill, 1993), later published as ISO 9000: Meeting the International Standards (McGraw-Hill, 1997)
• ISO 9000: The Year 2000 and Beyond (McGraw-Hill, 2000), the third edition
• Keeping Score: Strategies and Tactics for Winning the Quality War (HarperCollins, 1989)
• ISO 14000 Road Map to Registration (McGraw-Hill, 1997)
• ISO 14000: The Business Manager’s Complete Guide to Environmental Management (John Wiley & Sons, 1997)
• ISO/QS-9000 Yearbook: 1997 (McGraw-Hill, 1997)
• Two Cents to Save America (Perry Johnson Publishing House, 2023)

Education

Mr. Johnson holds a degree in mathematics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a minor in economics, and he completed work in the graduate program for psychology at the University of Detroit.

Beyond the Business

Mr. Johnson serves as president of Perry Johnson International Holdings and a number of his other companies. Outside of his business responsibilities, he is an avid golfer and bridge player. He has won five National Bridge Championships and has competed in the World Bridge Championships, finishing eighth overall in 1998 in Lille, France.