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David Ricks CEO
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Chief Executive Magazine's 2025 CEO of the Year
Watanabe Award winner (2024)
Named to STAT News STATUS List 2025
Notable Facts
Chairman and CEO of Eli Lilly since 2017, world's most valuable pharmaceutical company by market cap
Led company transformation with GLP-1 drugs (Mounjaro, Zepbound) for diabetes and obesity
Under his leadership, Lilly grew from $70B to near $700B market cap
Serves on Adobe board of directors and Business Roundtable
25+ year Lilly veteran who started as business development associate in 1996
Led breakthrough Alzheimer's drug development (Kisunla/donanemab)
Reduced insulin prices by 70% industry-leading move
Building AI supercomputer with NVIDIA for drug discovery
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