Larry J Merlo was born on 1956 and is the former president and CEO of CVS Health.
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10 Facts About Larry Merlo
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Larry Merlo grew up in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, just south of Pittsburgh, and graduated from Charleroi Area High School in 1973.
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Larry Merlo graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy in 1978.
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Larry Merlo began his career at Peoples Drug, and joined CVS Pharmacy in 1990, when Peoples was acquired by CVS.
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Larry Merlo served as senior vice president of stores, Executive Vice President – Stores, executive vice president of CVS Caremark, president of CVS Pharmacy, and chief operating officer .
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In 2014, after CVS refined its purpose of "helping people on their path to better health", Larry Merlo announced that CVS would be the first major retail pharmacy to discontinue tobacco sales in all of its stores.
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In 2017, Larry Merlo was behind the decision that CVS would limit access to opioid painkillers.
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Larry Merlo serves on the board of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the University of Pittsburgh's board of trustees.
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In 2016, Larry Merlo was named University of Pittsburgh's 2016 Distinguished Alumni Fellow, which recognizes graduates with records of professional achievement and community service.
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In 2015, it was revealed that Larry Merlo had the highest CEO-to-average-employee pay ratio of any American company by Fortune Magazine.
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