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John C. Lechleiter

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Eli Lilly and Company

Revenue: $19.6 billion (2014)
Employees: circa 41,000

John joined Lilly in 1979 as a senior organic chemist in process research and development and became head of that department in 1982. He has served as president and CEO since April 2008 and became chairman of the board of directors in January 2009.

www.lilly.com

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Part of the Power List 2015

Who are the most influential medicine makers?

That’s the question we posed to ourselves – and then to you – over two months ago, ahead of open nominations and a painstaking judging process. Here, without further ado, we celebrate the answer.

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