• DEVELOPING AS A LEADER
• RACE TO THE TOP
• THE CHALLENGES OF REVIVING ABBOTT
• WHITE AND ABBOTT TURN A CORNER
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chairman and chief executive officer, Abbott Laboratories

Nationality: American.

Born: 1955, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Education: Stanford University, BS, 1978; MBA, 1980.

Family: Married (wife's name unknown).

Career: McKinsey and Company, 1980–1984, management consultant; Abbott Laboratories, 1984–1994, sales manager in medical diagnostics, then various management positions; 1994–1998, senior vice president of diagnostic operations; 1998–1999, executive vice president; 1999–, chairman and CEO.

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