Dennis Gillings
Dennis Gillings | |
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 Gillings at the Horasis Global Business Meeting of 2012, held in Russia. | |
| Born | Dennis Barry Gillings April 1944 (age 77) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Exeter University |
| Occupation | statistician and entrepreneur |
| Known for | founder and former chairman of Quintiles |
| Spouse(s) | Joan Gillings (divorced) Mireille Gingras (m. 2012) |
Sir Dennis Barry Gillings CBE (born April 1944) is a British-born American billionaire statistician and entrepreneur, the founder and former chairman of Quintiles, a clinical research company.
Early life[]
Gillings was born in April 1944.[1] He obtained a BSc degree in 1966 and a PhD in 1972, both in mathematics, from the University of Exeter.[2][3]
Career[]
Gillings was a professor of biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[4]
Gillings is the founder and former chairman of Quintiles, a contract research organization.[5]
In 1994, he took Quintiles public through an IPO.[5]
Quintiles is the "largest global provider of clinical trials and commercial marketing services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry".[4]
In December 2015, Gillings retired as executive chairman of Quintiles, but remains a director.[5]
According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2019 his net worth was estimated at £1.199 billion.[6]
In 1998 he endowed the Dennis Gillings Professor of Health Management at the University of Cambridge.[7]
Honours[]
In 2001, he received an Honorary DSc degree from the University of Exeter.[3] Gillings was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2004 for services to the pharmaceutical industry and was knighted in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to the advancement of dementia and life sciences research.[8]
Personal life[]
In 2010, Gillings filed for divorce from his first wife, Joan Gillings, shortly before their 32nd wedding anniversary.[9]
In 2012, he married Mireille Gingras in Hawaii.[10]
References[]
- ^ "Dennis Barry GILLINGS – Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "The Dennis and Mireille Gillings Foundation donates £1 million for cutting-edge medical research". University of Exeter. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Dr Dennis Gillings CBE - Honorary graduates". University of Exeter. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Dennis Gillings, CBE, PhD". GHO Capital. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ a b c "Founder Dennis Gillings to Retire as Quintiles Executive Chairman at Close of 2015". QuintilesIMS. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Sunday Times Rich List 2019: Profiles 101-148".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Report of the General Board on the establishment of a Dennis Gillings Professorship of Health Management". Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ^ "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N2.
- ^ "December". Find a Family Law & Divorce Lawyer. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Gillings remarries; new bride heads California pharma". Triangle Business Journal. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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