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Donald H. Rumsfeld
After Daniel Searle had all but run his family’s company into the ground, Rumsfeld took over and began cutting costs across the board. After selling off the majority of Searle’s non-pharmaceutical business with the exception of the Pearle Vision chain, Rumsfeld’s... View Details
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Thomas M. Rauch
Through significant investments in research and development, Rauch enabled Smith Kline to build a pipeline of new products and drug applications. During his leadership, Smith Kline’s revenues increased from $259 million to $357 million – continuing a 23-year trend of... View Details
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Abe Plough
In 1908, with $125 borrowed from his father, Plough formed Plough, Incorporated by selling Antiseptic Heating Oil door to door. Over the next 65 years, Plough transformed his company from a small manufacturer of toiletries to a multinational corporation producing such... View Details
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Gordon M. Binder
Binder led Amgen to become the first commercially successful and largest independent biotechnology company in the world employing over 6,000 individuals and generating in excess of $3 billion in revenue. In 1999, Binder was named Chairman of the Biotechnology Industry... View Details
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Ray T. Parfet, Jr.
During Parfet’s career at Upjohn Company, the company expanded from pharmaceuticals to veterinary, agricultural and health care fields. Under his leadership Upjohn developed the first oral anti-diabetes agent, discovered and developed useful broad-spectrum antibiotics,... View Details
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Eli Lilly II
Succeeding his father, Lilly spent his entire career, 70 years, with Eli Lilly and Company. He started as superintendent of manufacturing in 1907 and was the company’s honorary chairman until his death in 1977. He presided over Lilly’s dramatic growth as a major... View Details
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Ralph S. Larsen
Larsen reorganized J&J and managed its costs in order to improve its efficiency and reduce operating expenses. Between 1994-1999, the annual operating costs were reduced by $2 billion, which enabled J&J to compete aggressively in the personal care market.... View Details
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Robert W. Johnson
Johnson created a large-scale medical products company, specializing in surgical dressings and medical supplies for hospital markets. His name and products have become synonymous with quality health care treatment. View Details
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Philip B. Hofmann
Hofmann served as Johnson and Johnson’s first non-family member CEO. He was instrumental in the success of the Ortho Pharmaceutical affiliate and during his tenure as CEO, he doubled sales – reaching the $1 billion mark by 1970. View Details
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William W. George
George is credited with Medtronic’s phenomenal growth from a small producer of pacemakers to an international manufacturer of a broad line of medical devices. Through strategic acquisitions and organic growth, George catapulted revenues from $1 billion to $6 billion. View Details
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Francis C. Brown
Schering, a German company, was one of the first to be seized by the United States during World War II under the Alien Property Custodian Act. Accepting what he thought was a temporary post, Brown built Schering into a formidable player in the pharmaceutical industry.... View Details
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Yi-An Huang
internal consulting group. How is your current job related to your HBS experience? When I came to HBS, I had been working in global health and development issues. I had realized that healthcare is an exciting sector with powerful social... View Details
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Laura Sophie Wegner | MBA
solve social issues with technological solutions will make many of us cohort members life-long friends, and potentially even co-founders, who support each other beyond the fellowship. Tech areas of interest: Healthcare Technologies,... View Details
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Sahar Maisha | MBA
years ago, I found out that my father was at risk for diabetic retinopathy—a condition that can cause vision loss in diabetics. Realizing that annual testing is imperative but often not fully covered by insurance, I saw the critical role technology can play in bridging... View Details
Gil Addo
roles at Xerox, Cubist (acquired by Merck), and two early stage healthcare ventures. Gil has appeared in Inc, Forbes, CNBC, Fortune and Entrepreneur Magazine. He’s been named one of Forbes’ “30 Under 30” in healthcare, Crains New York... View Details
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Randolph Rodrigues
are the ultimate testament to the fact that "the dream" is more than just "American." So I go through my days knowing that I have no excuse to fail and that terrifies me. I touched land in the US determined to be a neurosurgeon because I wanted to... View Details
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Honors & Awards - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Healthcare Prize What Others Are Saying Honors & Awards Select Honors & Awards 2015 CK Prahalad Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award from the Strategic Management Society 2011 McKinsey Award for the best article in Harvard Business... View Details
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Student Trio Advance Health Payment Reform
Related Links Read about other efforts in healthcare delivery Three HBS students spent much of the last academic year helping a leading Boston hospital answer one of the most important questions in health-care management: how to create a... View Details