1. Alex Gorsky was the seventh person who was the company's chairman and CEO since it became a publicly traded company in 1944.
20 Facts About Alex Gorsky
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Alex Gorsky is a board director of Apple and JP Morgan Chase.
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Alex Gorsky's grandparents immigrated to the United States from Russia and Croatia.
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Alex Gorsky was the third of six children of Albert and Loretta Alex Gorsky in Kansas City, Kansas.
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In high school, Alex Gorsky was captain of the varsity football team, assuming positions as quarterback and linebacker.
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In 1977, as a member of Boy's State, Alex Gorsky was chosen to represent Michigan at the Boy's Nation national conference.
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In 1981, Alex Gorsky was one of the cadets chosen for the Army Ranger School where he earned a Ranger Tab.
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In May 1982, when Alex Gorsky graduated from West Point with a Bachelor of Science degree, he joined the Artillery Branch of the USArmy.
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In 1988, Alex Gorsky married Patricia Dittrich, a hospital nurse in Carmel, California.
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Alex Gorsky earned his Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1996.
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Alex Gorsky held various management and leadership roles at Janssen before becoming Company Group Chairman overseeing Europe, Middle East, and Africa in 2003.
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Alex Gorsky joined the Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in 2004 as chief operating officer and head of General Medicines.
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Alex Gorsky oversaw the growth of its cardiovascular and other franchises.
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Alex Gorsky oversaw the company's legal defense against talc class action suits and opioid lawsuits.
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Alex Gorsky was the speaker at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania 2022 MBA graduation ceremony.
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Alex Gorsky is a member of The Business Council's executive committee and was chair of the Business Roundtable Corporate Governance Committee.
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Since 2014, Alex Gorsky has been on the board of directors at IBM.
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Alex Gorsky is on the advisory board at Thayer Leader Development Group at West Point, and is co-chair of the Strategic Investor Initiative advisory board at Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose.
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Alex Gorsky is a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center's CEO Council on Health and Innovation and of The Wharton Leadership Advisory Board.
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Alex Gorsky was on the American Manufacturing Council, and was a member of the American Heart Association CEO Roundtable.