Pascal Soriot
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Born | Pascal Claude Roland Soriot 23 May 1959 |
Nationality | French and Australian |
Education | École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort HEC Paris |
Occupation | Businessman |
Years active | 1982–present |
Title | CEO, AstraZeneca |
Term | 2012– |
Children | 2 |
Pascal Claude Roland Soriot (born 23 May 1959) is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the pharmaceutical multinational company AstraZeneca, since October 2012.[1]
Early life[]
Pascal Soriot was born in France on 23 May 1959.[2] His father died when he was 20.[3]
He studied veterinary medicine at the École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort at Maisons-Alfort in Paris.[2] He later obtained an MBA at HEC Paris.[1]
Career[]
Roussel Uclaf[]
In April 1986, he joined Roussel Uclaf (formerly France's second largest pharmaceutical company, until bought by Hoechst AG in 1997) as a salesman in Australia.[2][4] In 1996, he became General Manager of Hoechst Marion Roussel in Australia, moving to Tokyo in April 1997.[citation needed]
Aventis[]
In 2000 he moved to Aventis in America, becoming chief operating officer of Aventis USA in 2002, which became Sanofi Aventis USA in 2004.[citation needed]
Roche[]
He joined Roche in 2006. From April 2009 to 2010, he was chief executive of the Roche subsidiary Genentech. He rejoined Roche Pharma AG in 2010 as chief operating officer.[5]
AstraZeneca[]
In August 2012 he was named as the new chief executive of AstraZeneca,[6] the world's fifth largest pharmaceutical company, when aged 53. He took up the post on 1 October 2012.[citation needed]
In July 2017, it was reported that Soriot would become the next CEO of Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, succeeding Erez Vigodman, though this was soon denied.[7][8][9]
In September 2018, he made headlines commenting on his pay of £9.4m in salary and bonuses. 'The truth is I’m the lowest-paid CEO in the whole industry', he said. 'It is annoying to some extent. But at the end of the day it is what it is.'[10]
Personal life[]
He is married and has two children.[11] He has three brothers, all of whom are doctors.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Executive Profile: Pascal Soriot". Bloomberg. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Pascal Soriot: Leader of the great escape". Financial Times. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Ralph, Alex (17 May 2019). "A drugs giant that loves to blind rivals with science". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Pascal Soriot". Roche.com. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "AstraZeneca Names Roche's Pascal Soriot as CEO". Bloomberg. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Rowley, Emma (28 August 2012). "AstraZeneca appoints Roche's Pascal Soriot as new chief". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Boland, Hannah (14 July 2017). "Pascal Soriot looks set to stay as AstraZeneca chief". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Reuters Editorial (14 May 2014). "AstraZeneca's CEO Soriot to join Israeli drugs company Teva: report". Reuters. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ "Israeli newspaper reports that AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot has agreed to take the helm at Teva – ENDPOINTS NEWS". Endpts.com. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ Meddings, Sabah. "Salary size matters, says Astra Zeneca boss on £9.4m" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ James Ashton (16 May 2014). "Astrazeneca chief Pascal Soriot: I can carry on curing the company, says scientist in £63bn bid battle". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
External links[]
- 1959 births
- Living people
- AstraZeneca people
- HEC Paris alumni
- Chief operating officers
- Chief executives in the pharmaceutical industry
- French chief executives
- French veterinarians
- Genentech people
- Hoffmann-La Roche people
- Sanofi people
- French expatriates in Australia