Joseph Jimenez

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Joseph Jimenez
Nationality American
Alma mater Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley[1]
Occupation CEO of Novartis

Joseph Jimenez is the CEO of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis.[2]

Education

Jimenez earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 1982, and an MBA from University of California, Berkeley in 1984.[3]

Career

Early career

Jimenez began his career at Clorox before joining ConAgra Foods.[4] Prior to joining Novartis, he was head of H. J. Heinz Company's North American business from 2002 to 2006. He was also a non-executive director of AstraZeneca from 2002 to 2007, as well as an advisor for the Blackstone Group.[1]

Novartis

Jimenez joined Novartis in 2007 as Division Head of Novartis Pharmaceutical. and was named CEO in 2010[5] by his predecessor and Chairman Daniel Vasella.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 http://www.novartisfoundation.org/platform/content/element/4381/bio_jimenez_e_final.pdf
  2. "Fix the Problem, and Not Just the Symptoms". New York Times. Retrieved 22 May 2013. 
  3. "Joseph Jimenez MBA". Businessweek. Retrieved 22 May 2013. 
  4. "Joseph Jimenez - Forbes". People.forbes.com. 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2012-08-02. 
  5. "Joseph Jimenez - The 25 most influential people in biopharma today". Fierce Biotech. Retrieved 22 May 2013. 
  6. Greil, Anita (2010-01-26). "Vasella’s Impeccable Timing - The Source - WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2012-08-02. 

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