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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
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Dennis A. Ausiello |
Doctor |
c. 1945 |
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Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Michael S. Brown |
Biologist |
13-Apr-1941 |
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Metabolism of cholesterol |
| M. Anthony Burns |
Business |
1-Nov-1942 |
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CEO of Ryder System, 1983-2000 |
| Robert N. Burt |
Business |
c. 1937 |
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CEO of FMC, 1992-2001 |
| W. Don Cornwell |
Business |
1948 |
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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 |
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CEO of Gillette, 2001-05 |
| Jeffrey B. Kindler |
Business |
13-May-1955 |
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CEO of Pfizer, 2006-10 |
| George A. Lorch |
Business |
1941 |
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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
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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
EXTRANEOUS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |
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US Senator from Nebraska, 1997-2009 |
| Nancy Johnson |
Politician |
5-Jan-1935 |
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Congresswoman from Connecticut, 1983-2007 |
| Richard A. Lerner |
Biologist |
28-Aug-1938 |
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Scripps Research Institute |
| Frank Luntz |
Pundit |
23-Feb-1962 |
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Republican pollster, strategist |
| Bill Paxon |
Politician |
29-Apr-1954 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1989-99 |
| John Patrick Schmitz |
Government |
1955 |
|
Washington lobbyist |
CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Bob Dole |
Politician |
22-Jul-1923 |
|
US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96 |
| Robert Jarvik |
Doctor |
11-May-1946 |
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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 |
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Five-time NFC leading passer |
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