Christopher A. Viehbacher

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Christopher A. Viehbacher (also Chris Viehbacher ; born March 26, 1960 ) is a German - Canadian pharmaceutical manager. From 2008 to 2014 he was CEO of Sanofi .

Life

Viehbacher has Canadian and German citizenship. He studied at the University of Ottawa , Canada and graduated as a chartered accountant .

In 1983 he was employed by the auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). In 1988 he moved to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). He was Head of GSK France and North American Head of GSK until November 2008. After losing to Andrew Witty in his application for the chief post in 2007 , he moved to Sanofi-Aventis as head of December 1, 2008 (since 2011 Sanofi ). The Sanofi Board fired Viehbacher from this position on October 29, 2014.

Viehbacher is Deputy Head of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) in Belgium . He is chairman of the biotech company Genzyme and a board member of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). In 2003 he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor . He is Chairman of the CEO Roundtable on Cancer .

In addition to German and English, Viehbacher speaks fluent French. He has three children with his wife. In 2010 he had an income of over six million euros .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Christopher Viehbacher ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on forbes.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / people.forbes.com
  2. ↑ Chris Viehbacher in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
  3. ↑ a b c Christopher A. Viehbacher on ceo-lsc.org
  4. ↑ a b c New boss at Sanofi-Aventis  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on apotheke-adhoc.de@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.apotheke-adhoc.de  
  5. ↑ Statement from Sanofi Board of Directors ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from October 29, 2014 on sanofi.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / en.sanofi.com
  6. ↑ Christopher A. Viehbacher ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on sanofi.com  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / en.sanofi.com
  7. ↑ Christopher Viehbacher Continues as PhRMA Board Chair on phrma.org
  8. ↑ Christopher A. Viehbacher on investing.businessweek.com
personal data
SURNAME Viehbacher, Christopher A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Viehbacher, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-German manager
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1960