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Yoshihiko Hatanaka

Chief Executive Officer and President, Astellas Pharma

Revenue: $11 billion (2014)
Employees: circa 17,500

Yoshihiko has been CEO and President of Astellas since 2011. He’s served in a number of other roles within the company including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Corporate Executive of Astellas Pharma, Inc. He has also served as CEO of Astellas Pharma US, Inc.

www.astellas.com

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Part of the Power List 2015

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