Awards & Recognition
★2020 Elite Leadership IMPACT Award in business and science
★CEO Today Top 50 recognition
★Ranked #106 on Chief Executive and RHR International's CEO1000 Tracker
Notable Facts
→Chairman and CEO of Abbott Laboratories, a Fortune 100 healthcare company
→Led Abbott's COVID-19 testing response, developing 8 different tests with Emergency Use Authorization
→Oversaw integration of St. Jude Medical, Abbott's largest acquisition in history
→29-year Abbott veteran who started in Brazil operations in 1996
→Led launch of FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring system
→Serves on boards of Economic Club of Chicago and U.S.-China Business Council
→Member of Business Roundtable and U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum
→Educational background: Boston College (BA Communications) and UC Berkeley Haas (MBA)
→Annual compensation approximately $23 million