Awards & Recognition
★Fortune 40 Under 40 (2015)
★TIME100 Most Influential People in Health (2025)
★Former Chair of PhRMA (2023-2024)
Notable Facts
→CEO of Novartis since 2018, leading a $77,000+ employee pharmaceutical giant
→Physician-scientist with MD from Harvard and MPP from Kennedy School
→Oversaw development and approval of 35+ novel medicines
→Recently appointed to Anthropic board of directors in 2026
→Member of US National Academy of Medicine
→Chair of African Parks Network conservation organization
→Board member of Council on Foreign Relations
→Lives in Basel, Switzerland with wife and two sons
→Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
→Former chair of PhRMA (Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America)