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Pfizer

COMPANY

Founded in 1849 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, by German immigrant Charles Pfizer after only one year of residence in the United States. Acquired Pharmacia in 2003. Acquired King Pharmaceuticals in 2010. Products include Viagra, Celebrex, Zoloft, Lipitor, Benadryl, and Sudafed.

Official Website:
http://www.pfizer.com/

Industry:
Pharmaceutical

Ticker:
NYSE:PFE

Corporate headquarters:
New York City

Sales:
$45.1B (2003)

Employees:
122,000 (2003)

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Maria Cino
Politician
19-Apr-1957   Republican operative
Frank A. D'Amelio
Business
c. 1958   CFO of Pfizer
Sheldon G. Gilgore
Business
13-Feb-1932 12-Feb-2010 CEO of Searle, 1986-95
Yvonne R. Jackson
Business
c. 1948   Senior VP at Pfizer, 2002-05
Karen L. Katen
Business
1948   Senior Pfizer executive
Jeffrey B. Kindler
Business
13-May-1955   CEO of Pfizer, 2006-10
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.
Business
23-Feb-1943   CEO of Pfizer, 2001-06
Charles Pfizer
Chemist
1824 19-Oct-1906 Founder of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Ian C. Read
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Pfizer
David L. Shedlarz
Business
c. 1948   Vice Chairman of Pfizer
William C. Steere, Jr.
Business
17-Jun-1936   CEO of Pfizer, 1991-2001
Mary A. Winston
Business
c. 1961   CFO of Scholastic, 2004-07

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dennis A. Ausiello
Doctor
c. 1945   Massachusetts General Hospital
Michael S. Brown
Biologist
13-Apr-1941   Metabolism of cholesterol
M. Anthony Burns
Business
1-Nov-1942   CEO of Ryder System, 1983-2000
Robert N. Burt
Business
c. 1937   CEO of FMC, 1992-2001
W. Don Cornwell
Business
1948   CEO of Granite Broadcasting
William H. Gray
Politician
20-Aug-1941   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979-91
Constance J. Horner
Government
24-Feb-1942   Former Civil Rights Commissioner
William R. Howell
Business
c. 1936   CEO of JC Penney, 1983-97
Suzanne Nora Johnson
Business
14-May-1957   Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 2004-07
James M. Kilts
Business
10-Feb-1948   CEO of Gillette, 2001-05
Jeffrey B. Kindler
Business
13-May-1955   CEO of Pfizer, 2006-10
George A. Lorch
Business
1941   CEO of Armstrong, 1993-2000
Dana G. Mead
Business
1936   Chairman of MIT Corporation
Ian C. Read
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Pfizer
William C. Steere, Jr.
Business
17-Jun-1936   CEO of Pfizer, 1991-2001

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
William J. Crowe, Jr.
Government
2-Jan-1925 18-Oct-2007 US Navy Admiral
Sheldon G. Gilgore
Business
13-Feb-1932 12-Feb-2010 CEO of Searle, 1986-95
Stanley O. Ikenberry
Educator
1935   University of Illinois President, 1979-95
Harry P. Kamen
Business
c. 1932   CEO of Metropolitan Life, 1993-98
Thomas G. Labrecque
Business
17-Sep-1938 16-Oct-2000 CEO of Chase Manhattan, 1990-96
James Thomas Lynn
Government
27-Feb-1927 6-Dec-2010 US HUD Secretary, 1973-75
Alex J. Mandl
Business
14-Dec-1943   President and COO of AT&T, 1994-96
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.
Business
23-Feb-1943   CEO of Pfizer, 2001-06
Michael Novak
Religion
9-Sep-1933   The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism
Franklin Raines
Government
14-Jan-1949   CEO of Fannie Mae, 1999-2004
Felix Rohatyn
Business
29-May-1928   Financier, Lazard Frères
Ruth J. Simmons
Educator
3-Jul-1945   President, Brown University
Walter B. Wriston
Business
3-Aug-1919 19-Jan-2005 CEO of Citibank, 1967-84

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
April H. Foley
Business
c. 1947   US Ambassador to Hungary, 2006-09
Edward C. Kendall
Scientist
8-Sep-1886 4-May-1972 Adrenocortical hormones
Judy C. Lewent
Business
c. 1948   CFO of Merck
Hadassah Lieberman
Relative
Mar-1948   Wife of Joseph Lieberman
John T. Reid
Business
c. 1940   CTO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1997-2000
Jeffrey Wigand
Scientist
17-Dec-1942   Tobacco industry whistleblower
Barry W. Wilson
Business
c. 1945   Senior VP at Medtronic

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
W. Edwards Deming
Mathematician
14-Oct-1900 20-Dec-1993 Quality Control guru
John Diebold
Author
8-Jun-1926 26-Dec-2005 Advocate of automation
Chuck Hagel
Politician
4-Oct-1946   US Senator from Nebraska, 1997-2009
Nancy Johnson
Politician
5-Jan-1935   Congresswoman from Connecticut, 1983-2007
Richard A. Lerner
Biologist
28-Aug-1938   Scripps Research Institute
Frank Luntz
Pundit
23-Feb-1962   Republican pollster, strategist
Bill Paxon
Politician
29-Apr-1954   Congressman from New York, 1989-99
John Patrick Schmitz
Government
1955   Washington lobbyist

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bob Dole
Politician
22-Jul-1923   US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96
Robert Jarvik
Doctor
11-May-1946   Co-Inventor, Jarvik-7 artificial heart
Tommy Lasorda
Baseball
22-Sep-1927   Manager of the LA Dodgers, 1977-96
Rafael Palmeiro
Baseball
24-Sep-1964   Baltimore Orioles hitter
Roger Staubach
Football
5-Feb-1942   Five-time NFC leading passer


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