Stefano Pessina was born on 4 June 1941 and is an Italian-Monegasque billionaire businessman; he is the executive chairman and largest single shareholder of Walgreens Boots Alliance.
11 Facts About Stefano Pessina
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Stefano Pessina graduated from the Polytechnic University of Milan in nuclear engineering before starting his career in academia and later joining market research firm ACNielsen in Milan.
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Stefano Pessina wanted to be a nuclear physicist, but was discouraged by the tumultuous political climate of 1970s.
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In 1977, Stefano Pessina took over his family's pharmaceutical wholesaler in Naples, and turned it into Alliance Sante, a Franco-Italian pharmaceutical wholesale group.
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Stefano Pessina served as deputy chairman, and later as chairman.
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Stefano Pessina merged with Boots Group PLC in 2006 and was taken private in July 2007.
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Stefano Pessina was chairman of Alliance Boots from 2007 to 2014, and serves as Executive Chairman of Walgreens Boots Alliance.
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Stefano Pessina is a director of the Consumer Goods Forum.
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The Sunday Telegraph commented that Stefano Pessina "declined to elaborate on which specific policies he disliked".
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Stefano Pessina was expressing his personal views only and is not campaigning against Ed Miliband or the Labour Party.
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Stefano Pessina is married to Ornella Barra; she is chief operating officer, international of Walgreens Boots Alliance.