Novartis ceo joe jimenez biography

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    • Joseph Jimenez

    This article is about the businessman. For the golfer, see Joe Jimenez. For the baseball player, see Joe Jiménez.

    Joseph Jimenez is the former CEO of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis.[2]

    Education

    Jimenez earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 1982, and an MBA from Berkeley's Haas School of Business in 1984.[3]

    Career

    Early career

    Jimenez began his career at Clorox before joining ConAgra Foods.[4][5][6] Prior to joining Novartis, he was head of H. J. Heinz Company's North American business from 2002 to 2006. He was also a non-executive director of AstraZeneca from 2002 to 2007, as well as an advisor for the Blackstone Group.[5]

    Novartis

    Jimenez joined Novartis in 2007 as Division Head of Novartis Pharmaceutical and was named CEO in 2010[7] by his predecessor and ChairmanDaniel Vasella.[8]

    During his time at Novartis, Ji